Andrew Mellon, treasury secretary to three presidents, slashed government spending but ultimately saw his legacy tarnished by the Great Depression and changed by the New Deal.

Former Washington Commanders cornerback Kendall Fuller received a prestigious honor on Wednesday when Virginia Tech announced that Fuller will be inducted into the school's Sports Hall of Fame.

A person on the side of Interstate 5 in Washington County shot at cars passing by on the highway Thursday morning, Oregon State Police said. The shootings occurred between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. along southbound I-5 between mileposts 288 and 286, near the Interstate 205 and Ellingsen Road exits, police said in a statement.

Some advocates worry the nation’s capital could become one of the riskiest places for undocumented immigrants to live as a federal crackdown intensifies.

A Powerball player in Washington won $1 million, just missing the $190 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday, May 28, Washington’s Lottery said.

NCAA tourney-bound Wolverines roster three key players/friends who grew up in the same southern Utah neighborhood.

The Washington Capitals knocked down reports that next year will be all-time leading goal scorer Alexander Ovechkin’s last in the NHL, saying no decision has been made on the Russian’s future.

Washington hasn't formally reopened its embassy in Damascus, which closed in 2012 after protests against the government of then President Bashar Assad, met by a brutal crackdown, spiraled into civil war. Assad was unseated in December in a lightning rebel offensive.