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WASHINGTON - Workers have started building scaffolding around the 555-foot-tall Washington Monument to make repairs to stonework damaged in a 2011 earthquake.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Five small airports in Oregon are on the Federal Aviation Administration list for potential control tower closings under the automatic budget cuts that took effect March 1.

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Homeland Security must release two safety reports it conducted in the 2000s evaluating the radiation safety of body-scanning machines. The chief judge of the U.S.

WASHINGTON - A nearly 2,600-year-old clay cylinder described as the world's first human rights declaration is being shown for the first time in the United States.

WASHINGTON - Workers have started building scaffolding around the 555-foot-tall (170 metre) Washington Monument to make repairs to stonework damaged in a 2011 earthquake.

WASHINGTON - There are probably more free things to do in the U.S. capital than nearly any other major city in the world. The most popular museums and the zoo are free, thanks to government funding, as well as the picturesque memorials and monuments.

HONOLULU, Hawaii - The Hawaii Tourism Authority is working to have Japan Airlines fly 10 flights from Tokyo's Narita airport to Kailua-Kona this summer in hopes strong ticket sales will lead the carrier to restore regularly scheduled service to the B

DUBLIN - Flights at Dublin Airport were temporarily suspended Thursday when a BinAir cargo plane's nose wheel collapsed after touching down, the second such landing-gear failure to beset the small German charter airline.

BANGKOK - Musicians, take note: Next time you travel abroad, you might need a passport — for your instrument. Delegates attending a global biodiversity conference in Bangkok this week are debating a U.S.

WASHINGTON - If your public tour of the White House has now been cancelled, House Speaker John Boehner says come visit the Capitol instead. Boehner says tours of that building will continue, despite mandatory spending cuts that led the U.S.