January 13, 1982: an Air Florida Boeing 737-222 hits a bridge over the Potomac before crashing into the river just after takeoff during a snowstorm. The crash kills 78 people including four ...

This $615 million project is key to cleaning up the Potomac River. When heavy rain strikes ... Some of them date back to the Civil War. Pushed to clean them up, communities have been building ...

Divers facing cold water, strong currents in Potomac River Large amounts of debris will make recovery operation more difficult More than 40 bodies have been recovered from the river Divers facing ...

A Los Angeles-Class nuclear attack submarine from 1983–2015, which conducted operations in the Atlantic during both the Cold War and ... future USS Potomac (SSN 814) honors the river that ...

Rescue boats and air crews rushed to the Potomac River late Wednesday after a passenger jet carrying 60 passengers collided midair with a military helicopter during the plane’s approach to ...