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Make sure you cover every inch of your home and never let a dirty spot go missed again from these tricky places you're probably forgetting to clean.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has removed huge boulders from Ellicott City’s waterways to prevent future flooding.

Go beyond spiral-bound notebooks and glue sticks this year with back-to-school tools that help the whole family get into the swing of the academic year.

In Manbij, Syria, U.S. military personnel observed hundreds of vehicles containing ISIL fighters leaving and they let them go.

Virginia may not turn out to to be the battleground contest many thought it would be. Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in the commonwealth by anywhere from 8 percent to 13 percent in recent polls. Still, experts say you can’t write off Virginia or any of the other battleground states just yet.

The minor displeasure that comes with a colonoscopy pales in comparison to finding and potentially preventing a major cancer that will claim an estimated 50,000 Americans this year alone.

Sales activity at the very high end of Washington’s housing market slowed in July, but 11.17 percent of all listings on the market last month were million dollar-plus listings.

A federal judge in Texas has blocked the Obama administration’s order that requires public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.

One of NASA’s main networks is in such bad shape, the agency’s chief information officer let the cybersecurity authorization expire.