Caught smoking a joint? No worries. The Simple Possession of Small Quantities of Marijuana Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2013 reduces marijuana possession penalties from a criminal misdemeanor to a non-arrestable civil infraction.

At their peak, a passing flock could darken the sky for hours. The downbeat of their wings would cause a chilling draft.

Jack Vogtle sits in a metal chair in front of the Davenport Coffee Lounge at American University.

Dr. Katie DeCicco-Skinner does groundbreaking cancer research at American University in addition to being a professor, a parent and an avid outdoor adventurer.

In June of 2010, President Obama was attending Easter service at Allen Chapel in Southeast DC after a violent shooting in the neighborhood.

Visions of Dubai include enormous malls, vending machines that dispense gold and a police force that drives around in Lamborghinis.

“Are you going to shave?”

“Yeah, probably. Are you?” 

“Eh, that’s a lot of work.

"And it dawned on me that what I had lost is gone.  I'll never be 21, 22, up to 29 years old...You know they took this from me and I'm never going to get it back." —Alan Gell

Alan Gell spent six years on death row.

Some freshmen begin their time at American University without having sipped a drop of alcohol or smoked a puff of weed.