Brett Zongker

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Director Kirk Johnson, left, and Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, unveil the fossilized bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex during a ceremony at the museum in Washington, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The Tyrannosaurus rex is joining the dinosaur fossil collection on the National Mall on Tuesday after a more than 2,000-mile journey from Montana. For the first time since its dinosaur hall opened in 1911, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will have a nearly complete T. rex skeleton. FedEx is delivering the dinosaur bones in a truck carrying 16 carefully packed crates. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

T. rex gets new home in Smithsonian dinosaur hall

Brett Zongker · April 15, 2014 6:21 pm

Pulitzer for NSA coverage echoes tradition in news

Brett Zongker · April 14, 2014 11:58 pm

Energy and Environment

Cherry blossoms reach peak bloom on target in DC

Brett Zongker · April 10, 2014 2:54 pm

American art to flood US billboards this summer

Brett Zongker · April 7, 2014 1:45 pm

New play ‘Camp David’ retraces 1978 peace accord

Brett Zongker · April 4, 2014 7:42 pm

This handout image courtesy of Gehry Partners, LLP, 2013 shows the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington. A federal commission that oversees plans for monuments in the nation's capital voted Thursday to reject the current design, sending the concept back to its architects for revisions. (AP Photo/Gehry Partners, LLP, 2013)

Panel rejects design for Eisenhower Memorial

Brett Zongker · April 3, 2014 10:30 pm

This undated artist rendering provided by the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution shows changes to Milestones of Flight Hall at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. For the first time since its 1976 opening, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum plans to overhaul its central exhibition showing the milestones of flight. The extensive renovation announced Thursday will be carried out over the next two years with portions of the exhibit closing temporarily over time, said Museum Director J.R. "Jack" Dailey. (AP Photo/National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)

Air, space artifacts to get new display in DC

Brett Zongker · April 3, 2014 3:49 pm

FILE - This Oct. 9, 2005 file photo shows U2's Bono, right, and guitarist The Edge, left, posing with photographer Anton Corbijn in New York, under a portrait of the band from the Joshua Tree album cover. The Library of Congress announces the sound recordings it has selected for long-term preservation in the National Recording Registry Wednesday April 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)

U2, Linda Ronstadt among 25 albums to be preserved

Brett Zongker · April 2, 2014 2:09 pm

Hip-hop festival opens with Nas at Kennedy Center

Hip-hop festival opens with Nas at Kennedy Center

Brett Zongker · March 28, 2014 10:47 am

Curators gather famed signatures from US archives

Brett Zongker · March 19, 2014 2:45 pm

Winter’s final encore? More snow for parts of US

Brett Zongker · March 17, 2014 1:40 pm

Festival brings 13 plays including ‘Rupert’ to DC

Brett Zongker · March 13, 2014 8:58 pm