The Washington Monument suffered a few cracks after last August's earthquake, but inspectors have been checking to see if the local landmark may be victim to more serious damage. more ›

As if the rampant sign vandalism wasn't enough, the Associated Press reports that three recent bathroom fires inside bathrooms at the recently renovated Woodrow Wilson High School have caused $150,000 in damages. more ›

Here's some pretty wild footage -- the National Park Service has released three videos recorded inside the tip of the Washington Monument as a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the District on August 23. more ›

After a damaging few days -- including the toppling of a repair crane that damaged buildings yesterday afternoon -- the National Cathedral announced this morning that various September 11 remembrances, including a speech by President Barack Obama, would be moved to the Kennedy Center. more ›

UPDATE: Well, then: officials have updated their original assessment, and now state that the crack at the top of the Washington Monument is actually a little more than four feet long. more ›

Many parents around the D.C. region woke up to some disruptive news this morning -- their kids weren't going to school today. (The kids, of course, are pretty excited about it.) So what exactly happened overnight that made the city change its mind? more ›

It appears that one of the most high-profile casualties from today's earthquake could be the National Cathedral's stone finials. more ›

Mayor Adrian Fenty and friends held a press conference this afternoon to update us on the work that's being done to restore power and clean up from yesterday's massive rain storm. Fenty said that, despite significant damage, there had been no fatalities in the city as a result of the storm. DDOT Director Gabe Klein noted that there had been a total of 303 reports of tree damage, and that 65 intersections in the District were still without functioning traffic signals. City clean up units are waiting on Pepco to deal with downed power lines at as many as 100 sites so that they can proceed with tree removal. more ›

Fallen trees throughout the region caused a good deal of damage to homes and vehicles yesterday, as one of the more powerful thunderstorms in years stomped its way through the District. Tipster Dave sent us the above photograph of a home on the 3500 block of Cumberland Street NW. According to Dave, the residents of the home are apparently on vacation -- two dogs were in the home when the tree fell, but they were okay. (I'd say that the residents picked a good time to go on vacation, but coming back to that? Ugh.) Other readers have sent us images of cars who lost their battle against the flying limbs. So what's your block look like this morning, commentariat? If you snapped an image of some damage caused by a tree or downed power lines on your way to work this morning, drop us a line. more ›

A manhole explosion sent bricks flying near the corner of 9th and L streets NW, causing minor damage to an SUV that was parked next to it. The incident occurred shortly before 1 p.m. No injuries have been reported. more ›

WTOP reports that a number of cherry trees around the Tidal Basin were damaged by heavy snowfall this month.

"A number of branches have been split, and there have been a couple of trees that have had the canopies taken off," National Park Service spokesman Bill Line tells WTOP after he toured the area. more ›

By some miracle, so far no fatalities have been reported in the wake of three tornadoes and other violent storm activity in southeastern Virginia, with the worst of the damage having happened in Suffolk, Va., just under 200 miles from Washington. Dozens of photos of the destruction of homes and businesses are being posted online. The Suffolk News-Harold has a photo gallery up, and photos on Flickr tagged with suffolk offer plenty more. more ›

won't "Keep On Rollin'" into May. more ›