The Washington Monument will be closed for a third day in a row on Wednesday, June 25, as temperatures continue to climb in ...

The National Park Service has re-opened the Washington Monument after a fourth shutdown in as many months. Last weekend, back-to-back blown circuit breakers cut power to the monument. Its ...

Tuesday will be the hottest day of the week, with highs expected to reach nearly 100 degrees and feels-like temperatures up ...

Washington Monument closes as DC heat index hits up to 110° National Park Service officials want to keep visitors and employees safe, including those who work outdoors to help people lined up get in.

“You can imagine someone trying to do that today,” the veteran reporter said of the hours-long standoff on Dec. 8, 1982, after nuclear disarmament advocate Norman D. Mayer drove a truck ...