/tags/washington-dc Washington DC en-US Copyright Mon, 13 May 2024 13:38:26 GMT /news/2024-05-13/billy-graham-statue-us-capitol-unveiled-north-carolina The North Carolina General Assembly approved legislation in 2015 asking a congressional committee to eventually approve a likeness of Graham for display. Graham died in 2018 at age 99. Each state gets two statues. Mon, 13 May 2024 13:38:26 GMT /news/2024-05-13/billy-graham-statue-us-capitol-unveiled-north-carolina Associated Press /news/2024-04-24/north-carolina-man-sentenced-prison-january-6-sanford-police-capitol David Joseph Gietzen struck a police officer with a pole during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. He was arrested at his mother's home last December. Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:00:19 GMT /news/2024-04-24/north-carolina-man-sentenced-prison-january-6-sanford-police-capitol Associated Press /news/2021-10-22/incoming-nc-house-member-says-he-was-at-january-capitol-riot The soon-to-be successor to a North Carolina House member who died this month said on Friday he was outside the U.S. Capitol in January when the insurrection there occurred. Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:28:30 GMT /news/2021-10-22/incoming-nc-house-member-says-he-was-at-january-capitol-riot Associated Press /news/2021-09-22/nc-man-who-claimed-to-have-bomb-at-capitol-deemed-competent-for-trial The man who claimed he had a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol last month, prompting evacuations and an hourslong standoff with police, is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Wed, 22 Sep 2021 21:28:46 GMT /news/2021-09-22/nc-man-who-claimed-to-have-bomb-at-capitol-deemed-competent-for-trial Associated Press /news/2021-08-20/man-who-claimed-to-have-bomb-near-us-capitol-held-in-jail A man who claimed he had a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol, prompting evacuations and an hourslong standoff with police, told a federal judge Friday he has not taken his “mind medication” and was ordered to undergo a mental competency hearing. Fri, 20 Aug 2021 21:34:01 GMT /news/2021-08-20/man-who-claimed-to-have-bomb-near-us-capitol-held-in-jail Associated Press /science-technology/2017-04-21/north-carolina-scientists-to-raise-their-voices-at-march-for-science Tens of thousands of scientists are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., this Saturday for the March for Science. Partner marches are set up in more… Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:47:25 GMT /science-technology/2017-04-21/north-carolina-scientists-to-raise-their-voices-at-march-for-science Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-04-21/north-carolina-scientists-to-raise-their-voices-at-march-for-science Tens of thousands of scientists are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., this Saturday for the March for Science. Partner marches are set up in more… Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:47:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-04-21/north-carolina-scientists-to-raise-their-voices-at-march-for-science Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /environment/2017-03-22/flint-water-crisis-whistleblower-continues-fight-for-water-rights Marc Edwards has been named among the most influential people in the world by Time, Fortune, Politico, and Foreign Policy Magazine. Edwards is a professor… Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:22:07 GMT /environment/2017-03-22/flint-water-crisis-whistleblower-continues-fight-for-water-rights Laura Pellicer, Phoebe Judge /show/the-state-of-things/2017-03-22/flint-water-crisis-whistleblower-continues-fight-for-water-rights Marc Edwards has been named among the most influential people in the world by Time, Fortune, Politico, and Foreign Policy Magazine. Edwards is a professor… Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:22:07 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-03-22/flint-water-crisis-whistleblower-continues-fight-for-water-rights Laura Pellicer, Phoebe Judge /politics/2016-09-15/national-political-roundup Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill last week for a short session before the November election. Their priorities include passing a spending bill to avert… Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:23:28 GMT /politics/2016-09-15/national-political-roundup Anita Rao, Frank Stasio