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Authorities identified the driver Sunday as a Delaware man who was known to law enforcement, but the motive of the crash is still unclear. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A man has died after driving his car into a barricade outside of the U.S. Capitol, catching on fire and then fatally shooting himself, the U.S. Capitol Police said. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A man is dead after driving his car into a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol Sunday and then shooting himself, according to the U.S. Capitol Police.

After years of effort, a statue of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart now stands in the U.S. Capitol.

Federal prosecutors have declined to bring charges against nine people associated with CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” who were arrested in a U.S. Capitol complex building last month. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office says a conviction wasn’t probable given that those arrested had been invited and that their escorts had never asked them to leave. The nine...

A statue of civil rights icon Mary McLeod Bethune now stands in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall, marking the first time a Black American represents a state in the hall. Granddaughter Dr. Evelyn Bethune speaks with News4’s Shawn Yancy about the honor.

Lawmakers unveiled a new statue Wednesday of civil rights icon, educator and women’s rights activist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune at the U.S. Capitol.

Lawmakers unveiled the new statue of civil rights icon, educator and women’s rights activist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. News4’s Derrick Ward reports on her legacy.

A man faces charges after police say he parked outside the U.S. Capitol with “a fake badge, a BB gun, body armor, high capacity magazines and other ammunition.”

A Capitol Police officer was suspended Tuesday after his weapon was discharged in a breakroom in a House office building, officials told NBC News.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday apologized for its failure to notify Capitol Police about a parachute stunt at Nationals Park that led to an urgent evacuation of the U.S. Capitol. “The FAA’s initial review of the circumstances surrounding Wednesday night’s parachute demonstration by the U.S. Army Golden Knights at Nationals Park showed that we did not provide advance notification of this...

Federal officials are looking into what went wrong after a parachute show at Nationals Park led to the evacuation of the U.S. Capitol. News4’s Megan McGrath has new details and reactions.

The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing a communications breakdown that led police to think an aircraft carrying military parachutists for a baseball stadium stunt was “a probable threat.”

Police identified an aircraft that they said posed a probable threat, but the plane was really part of a pre-game show at Nats Park. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

U.S. Capitol Police ordered an evacuation Wednesday evening due to an aircraft that “posed a probable threat.”

The incident suggested a stunning communications failure between the military, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Capitol Police.

Fox kits found near the U.S. Capitol were euthanized after the mother fox bit at least nine people — including a member of Congress — and tested positive for rabies, authorities said Thursday.  Three fox kits that were found in a den were euthanized, DC Health said in a statement.  “Since the mother tested positive for the rabies virus...

A mother fox that bit at least nine people near the U.S. Capitol was euthanized and authorities have found and captured her kits, officials told NBC News.

Animal control officers captured a fox near the U.S. Capitol after at least two people reported they were bitten. News’s Pat Collins reports.

Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) described the moment the fox “nipped” his leg on Monday to NBC News.