WSSC Water issued a boil water advisory for parts of Prince George’s County, Maryland, after a 16-inch water main broke in Clinton on Thursday. The advisory includes about 3,600 customers in the ...

A woman using a “mobility wheelchair” was hit and killed on Richmond Highway (Route 1) in Fairfax County on Thursday, authorities said.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June, marking a major push by the agency tasked with carrying out the Trump administration's mass ...

July 4, 1876, marked the 100-year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It’s also the day the lights turned on in San Francisco.

The U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle is a symbol of American might and excellence. But before she became a beacon of democracy, the Eagle had a very different origin story: Nazi Germany.

When Lou Gehrig announced he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, he had less than two years to live. But on July 4, 1939, the Yankees legend was the luckiest man in the world.

The Elissa is the oldest ship included in the Sail4th parade in New York City. But before she became a historical landmark in Galveston, Texas, the tall ship was used to smuggle cigarettes in Greece.

Modern day Americans go hard for the Fourth of July, but the original Americans went even harder. Here’s how the Founding Fathers got down to celebrate Independence Day.

The Harvey Gamage is a 131-foot schooner from Portland, Maine. And on July 4, she’ll sail through New York harbor with a crew of high schoolers at the helm.

Friday is set to be the peak of the dangerous heat wave in the D.C. area, and the weather is posing challenges for America 250 celebrations, too.

While banks, government offices and mail delivery services will pause operations for Independence Day, most retailers, grocery stores and restaurants plan to remain open on July Fourth. This year's ...

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez has defended her government's response to June's devastating earthquakes.