Potomac River

Over 500 Indian-Americans gathered on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington to celebrate the Chhath puja, with several women dressed in colourful sarees worshipping the rising sun.

President Donald Trump has effectively taken charge of the nation's premier Fourth of July celebration in Washington, moving the gargantuan fireworks display from its usual spot on the Mall to be closer to the Potomac River and making tentative plans to address the nation from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, according to top administration offic...

About 6,000 years ago, a precious stone ax that had been skillfully carved and shaped by Native Americans was lost on a ridge over looking the Potomac River in Virginia. The ax, about seven inches long, had been hewed and smoothed and was narrowed at one end where a wooden handle attached. Its loss must have been keenly felt.

A large, heavy ship, scuttled between 1775 and 1798, is being dug out of its damp grave at the site of a hotel construction project in Old Town Alexandria.

As temperatures crept towards 70 degrees on Christmas morning, James McPherson stood on the balcony of his family's Southeast Washington apartment wearing shorts and no shirt.

Jim Gilmore, a former governor of Virginia, filed paperwork on Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission to run for president, making him the 17th major Republican figure to enter the crowded White House race.

Scores of Indian-Americans, some even driving a few hundred miles, gathered on the banks of the historic Potomac river in the suburb of the US capital and celebrated the ancient Hindu festival of Chhath.

Holding aloft the Indian flag and with no plans to hang his boots as yet, India's grand old marathon man Ashis Roy has completed his 109th marathon in Potomac River Run Marathon here on a windswept chilly Sunday.

Over 500 Indian-Americans gathered on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington to celebrate the Chhath puja, with several women dressed in colourful sarees worshipping the rising sun.

President Donald Trump has effectively taken charge of the nation's premier Fourth of July celebration in Washington, moving the gargantuan fireworks display from its usual spot on the Mall to be closer to the Potomac River and making tentative plans to address the nation from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, according to top administration offic...

About 6,000 years ago, a precious stone ax that had been skillfully carved and shaped by Native Americans was lost on a ridge over looking the Potomac River in Virginia. The ax, about seven inches long, had been hewed and smoothed and was narrowed at one end where a wooden handle attached. Its loss must have been keenly felt.

A large, heavy ship, scuttled between 1775 and 1798, is being dug out of its damp grave at the site of a hotel construction project in Old Town Alexandria.

As temperatures crept towards 70 degrees on Christmas morning, James McPherson stood on the balcony of his family's Southeast Washington apartment wearing shorts and no shirt.

Jim Gilmore, a former governor of Virginia, filed paperwork on Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission to run for president, making him the 17th major Republican figure to enter the crowded White House race.

Scores of Indian-Americans, some even driving a few hundred miles, gathered on the banks of the historic Potomac river in the suburb of the US capital and celebrated the ancient Hindu festival of Chhath.

Holding aloft the Indian flag and with no plans to hang his boots as yet, India's grand old marathon man Ashis Roy has completed his 109th marathon in Potomac River Run Marathon here on a windswept chilly Sunday.