Washington DC

A fire official says a man has been flown to the hospital after setting himself on fire on the National Mall.

The mother of a Connecticut woman who was shot to death by police after trying to breach a barrier at the White House said her daughter was suffering from post-partum depression.

A chaotic car chase that began when a woman tried to ram a security barrier near the White House ended with shots being fired near the U.S. Capitol, putting the Hill temporarily on lockdown and causing what one witness described as "mass panic."

The United States Capital Building is on lockdown after reports of shots being fired near the Chamber.

The FBI has released chilling footage of gunman Aaron Alexis during the Washington Navy Yard as they updated their investigation into the incident.

President Barack Obama is calling on Americans to raise their voices against the gun violence that has rattled the nation several times during his time in office, saying it "falls upon us to make it different."

President Barack Obama will remember the victims of the Washington Navy Yard shooting during a memorial service in their honor.

The Washington Navy Yard is reopening to workers three days after it a mass shooting in which a gunman killed 12 people.

The White House says President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service on Sunday for the victims of the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.

The mother of the man who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard says she is "so, so very sorry that this has happened."