A historic plantation is being turned into the Josiah Henson Museum in honor of the abolitionist and author whose life and works inspired the renowned novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”

A Virginia woman woke up early Saturday to a stranger in her bed kissing her on the cheek, according to Arlington police.

A metal bracelet with a simple inscription brought three women to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

Six Howard University employees were fired last year after a review found that some university employees received inappropriate refunds from the financial aid department, the university’s president said Wednesday.

Washington Nationals TV analyst Ray Knight was charged with assault and battery after a fight at his home early Sunday, police said.

A woman has been charged with child abuse after her 15-month-old grandson was hospitalized following a methadone overdose. Calvert County police said the incident happened inside the woman’s home.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, violent crimes dropped 10 percent in 2016 and the homicide rate fell 17 percent.

“Halfway down the driveway this bear just came from the right side on two legs roaring at me.”

The number of children victimized by a school volunteer and youth choir director who forced children to perform sex acts on camera has climbed to 12, police say.

Officers used a Taser while taking a student into custody at a Fairfax County, Virginia, high school Monday.