1. Wide of Statue of Liberty seen from boat, with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) worker in foreground 2. Wide of destroyed dock on Liberty Island with One World Trade Center in background 3. Tilt up on Statue of Liberty 4....

HEADLINE: D.C.''s cherry blossoms to reach peak in a month CAPTION: Those famous pink and white flowers in Washington are expected to bloom on schedule on trees around the nation''s capital as soon as the end of March, the National...

1. Various Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton and President George Bush walk to the speaker's platform 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) President George Bush: "We've got a national asset that in some cases need repairs and now is the time to...

Natural Sound The Christmas season is officially underway in Washington, D-C., with the help of Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore. Mrs. Gore stood atop the 40-foot National Christmas Tree in front of the White House Monday,...

FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus009023 SOUNDBITE: Gail Kaiser, Owner, Las Vegas Boat Harbor "We get calls from all over the world that say 'we can't come to Lake Mead because Lake Mead's a mud hole.' Well that's not...

HEADLINE: Congress considers saving D-Day memorial CAPTION: Virginia's senators are calling for a study to see whether the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, which is nearing financial ruin, could become part of the U.S. Park Service....

Eng/Spanish/Nat They're blooming early... due to warm weather, Washington D-C's famous cherry trees have begun their display ahead of schedule. The blossoms of the Japanese cherry trees ringing the Tidal Basin are about to peak and...

The last remaining Navajo is fighting to save her ancestral homeland in Arizona, US. The National Park Service says that when Stella Peshlakai Smith dies, her family may no longer live on the property where they currently reside. Before...

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Furloughed federal workers joined several local organizations in Staten Island Thursday calling for an end to the partial government shutdown, as the showdown over a border wall dragged into day 20.

Furloughed US federal workers joined several local organizations in Staten Island on Thursday calling for an end to the partial government shutdown, as the showdown over the border wall dragged into its twentieth day.

Furloughed federal workers joined several local organizations in Staten Island Thursday calling for an end to the partial government shutdown, as the showdown over a border wall dragged into day 20.

Washington's cherry blossom season has gone well this year, as warm spring weather has perfectly coincided with the blooming season that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors each spring.

Washington's cherry blossom season has gone well this year, as warm spring weather has perfectly coincided with the blooming season that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors each spring.

Washington's cherry blossom season has gone well this year, as warm spring weather has perfectly coincided with the blooming season that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors each spring.

Trouble is brewing for the piping plover, already one of the Great Lakes region's most endangered species, as water levels surge during a rain-soaked spring that has flooded large areas of the Midwest.

The National Park Service did not say how long officials think the corpse was submerged in the Boulder Beach area before it was found Monday.

After a three-year closure, the Washington Monument is reopening to the public.