The National Park Service is backing away from a plan to add small stone labels to the major memorials on the National Mall after a federal arts panel rejected the idea. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts voted down the measure, saying iconic monuments simply don’t need labels. Park service research has shown many out-of-town visitors don’t know what they’re looking at when they see some of the monuments.

WASHINGTON Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor,“ featuring the largest number of terra cotta figures ever to travel to the United States for a single exhibition, is at the National Geographic Museum through March 31. The museum is the final venue of the exhibition’s four-city U.S. tour. The exhibition includes 15 terra cotta figures from the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, who ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C.

WASHINGTON (AP)—Investigators are looking more closely at a stretch of track near the site of a deadly commuter train crash after finding abnormalities Wednesday in equipment that senses trains and transmits speed commands.

WASHINGTON Early one cold November morning, actress Annie Wersching leads Kiefer Sutherland to an armored SUV with dark windows parked outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. After director Brad Turner yells “cut,“ onlookers snap photos of the star. Sutherland spots a participant in a charity run for Lupus on the Washington Mall and comments, “Why is that guy wearing shorts? It’s cold.“