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One of the stained glass windows depicting the life of General Robert E Lee

US National Cathedral to remove 'Confederate' windows

The Washington National Cathedral is to remove two stained glass windows honouring Confederate generals.

Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaianwas one of those held in Iran

US sought 'leverage' with $400m payment to Iran

The United States has acknowledged that it waited for Iran to release US prisoners before delivering $400m in cash that it owed the country, but again insisted the payment was not ransom.

News • 19 Aug 16

Hillary Clinton: 'Thanks to you, we have reached a milestone'

Clinton clinches Democratic nomination

Hillary Clinton celebrated her triumph as the first woman to lead a major party in a race for the White House, scoring big wins in California and New Jersey to cement her grip on the 2016 Democratic Party presidential nomination.

News • 08 Jun 16

The Democratic race now moves to contests in Wisconsin on 5 April

Sanders beats Clinton in three election contests

Bernie Sanders trounced Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton in Hawaii's presidential caucus to secure a clean sweep of all three election contests yesterday.

World • 27 Mar 16

The Big Four Ice Caves are home to a popular hiking trail

Several injured in Washington ice cave collapse

Several people have been injured in the partial collapse of an ice cave in Washington state that officials had warned was too dangerous for exploration due to unseasonably warm weather.

News • 07 Jul 15

Rachel Dolezal has built a career as an African-American activist

US activist resigns amid ethnicity controversy

A US civil rights activist has resigned from the leadership of a leading African American advocacy group, amid a "firestorm" over allegations that she was a white person who masqueraded for years as black.

News • 15 Jun 15

The clouded leopard cubs were born earlier this month

Four extremely rare leopards born in US zoo

Four extremely rare leopard cubs have been born in a zoo in the US state of Washington.

Special Reports • 22 May 15

The Seattle Times reported that two students had died, and that four other people had been injured.

Two dead in US high school shooting

A student opened fire at a US school, killing another student and injuring several others before taking his own life.

News • 24 Oct 14

Anthony Nitowski smokes two joints outside at Hempfest in Seattle, Washington

Two US states celebrate cannabis culture

Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts gathered in Colorado and Washington state over the weekend for an annual celebration of cannabis culture.

News • 21 Apr 14

The landslide was triggered when a rain-soaked hillside collapsed

Survivors want shrine at US mudslide site

Survivors of a mudslide in the US state of Washington say they favour turning the area into a shrine to honour those who perished.

News • 01 Apr 14

Search teams have been combing the area in search of survivors

90 people still missing after US mudslide

The number of people missing after a landslide sent a wall of mud crashing into dozens of rural Washington state homes has dropped to 90.

News • 27 Mar 14

Search teams continue their painstaking operation as 176 people remain unaccounted for (Pic: EPA)

Painstaking search for US landslide victims

Search teams picked through mud-caked debris for a fifth day looking for scores of people still missing from a deadly Washington state landslide.

News • 26 Mar 14

14 people have been confirmed dead in the mudslide

108 people unaccounted for after US mudslide

The death toll from a landslide in the state of Washington has risen to 14 and officials have said 108 people are missing or unaccounted for.

News • 25 Mar 14

Syria said the agency would use space technology 'for exploration and observing the earth' (Pic: EPA)

Syria to establish 'space agency' despite war

Syria's government has said it will establish a "space agency" to conduct scientific research despite the civil war that has torn the country apart and devastated its economy.

News • 19 Mar 14

Aaron Alexis received a "secret" clearance in 2008 despite violent incidents in the past

US govt security clearance process 'shocking'

Senators in the US have said security clearance processes are "shocking" after it emerged police records on the accused Navy Yard shooter were not consulted before giving him clearance.

News • 31 Oct 13

Fed chief Ben Bernanke has assured his G20 counterparts that a resolution on the US default would be reached in time

G20 hopes grow for US deal to avert default

Top finance officials from the G20 leading economies looked set to keep their focus on the receding risk of a US default at talks today.

Business • 11 Oct 13

CCTV footage showed Aaron Alexis walking down a corridor with a shotgun

FBI releases footage of Washington attack

The FBI has said Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis believed he was being controlled by extremely low frequency radio waves.

News • 25 Sep 13

The shooting left 13 people dead and about a dozen injured at the Navy Yard in Washington DC

US Navy shooting suspect 'honourably discharged'

The Texas man suspected of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard received an honourable discharge from the Navy Reserve in 2011.

News • 17 Sep 13

Suspect named as 13 killed in US navy base attack

A 34-year-old gunman has opened fire at a US Navy Yard in Washington in a shooting that left 13 people dead.

News • 17 Sep 13

John Kerry has described Israel's security as 'paramount'

Kerry calls for compromise in Mideast talks

Israeli and Palestinian officials have put forward clashing formats for peace talks which are due to resume in Washington for the first time in nearly three years.

News • 29 Jul 13

During his meetings Eamon Gilmore will also discuss the establishment of a visa regime for future legal migration

Gilmore in US for talks on immigration reform

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore is in Washington for a series of meetings with key Republicans and Democrats to push for comprehensive reform of the American immigration system.

News • 11 Jul 13

A number of vehicles plunged into the water, with two people treated for hypothermia

Bridge collapses in US state of Washington

Part of a four-lane bridge over a river in rural Washington state in the United States has collapsed, sending vehicles and drivers tumbling into the water.

News • 24 May 13

A mother and son rest in a Red Cross shelter after power was knocked out to thousands of homes in Maryland

Heatwave and storms take toll across eastern US

A heat wave baking the eastern United States in record temperatures is set to continue after deadly storms killed at least 12 people, downed power lines from Indiana to Maryland and left more than three million people without power.

News • 01 Jul 12

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