Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Setting Times stories to music: From the Kinks to Sugarhill Gang

2013-05-10 16:34:00

Would you do a double-take if I said that that words were a recurring theme in this week’s Great Reads? Yes, beautiful language is a mainstay in these stories, but this week, two standouts focused on words. Exhibit A: The words “Los Feliz....

Smashed U.S. cars get second chance in Afghanistan

2013-05-06 05:00:00

HERAT, Afghanistan — They sit in the sun harboring their lost histories, their forgotten dreams, their traces of funerals, graduations and stolen kisses. On dusty windshields, insurance stickers from Travelers and State Farm bear witness to wrecks...

Los Angeles' major public spaces remain broken works in progress

2013-03-02 08:00:00

Los Angeles, more than most cities, has defined itself by continual bursts of expansion and an unflagging optimism about its place in the world. But as the city has grown to a population nearing 4 million, we've neglected some major holes in the civic...

Free-speech advocates worldwide protest Russian punk band's sentence

2012-08-17 09:23:52

Landmark Theaters to screen 'Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview' film

2011-11-05 16:36:11

Stephen Colbert allowed to form Super-PAC

2011-06-30 16:36:10

Illinois Senate debate Mark Kirk vs Alexi Giannoulias

2010-10-20 04:34:56

Jon Stewart rally attendance about 215,000; breaks 19-year-old Metro ridership record

2010-11-01 16:34:40

Fur-free, fabulous and fuming: White House objects to PETA's image of Michelle Obama in new anti-fur ad

2010-01-05 16:33:54

A rainy National Book Festival whets readers' appetites

2009-09-28 00:00:00

Despite a midday deluge, book lovers turned out in record numbers for the ninth annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. The gray morning couldn't dissuade 130,000 people from attending readings and signings on the National Mall...

Wildlife group targets Discovery with anti-Sarah Palin ad campaign

2010-04-15 16:35:09

L.A. County sheriff's plan to send deputies to inauguration is questioned

2008-12-10 00:00:00

The request was straightforward, even flattering. Send a few hundred Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies across the country next month to assist Washington, D.C., police at the presidential inauguration. It's the price tag of $1.6 million -- with as...

A young boy exits the Metro station at Foggy Bottom after the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, DC.

2013-01-21 00:00:00

Students from Florida A&M University sing the National Anthem while riding the Metro early Monday morning, in Washington, D.C., as they head to the ceremonial inauguration of President Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol.

2013-01-20 00:00:00

Explore a variety of specialty foods in neighborhoods ranging from Dupont Circle to Little Ethiopia with DC Metro Food Tours. (dcmetrofoodtours.com))

2012-03-17 00:00:00