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Frightened Metro Riders on Derailed Train Called Family ‘in Case Something Horrible' Happened
Metro passengers who were stuck on a derailed train in a dark tunnel on the Blue Line Tuesday evening called and texted their family and friends out of fear that something worse might happen, one rider told News4. “The first 30 to 45 minutes were the most frightening, with no communication to the conductor after the communications went down,” the…
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Metro Suspends Some Service After Blue Line Train Derails
Metro suspended Blue Line service between Pentagon and Foggy Bottom stations Wednesday a day after a train partially derailed, forcing 200 people to evacuate through a dark tunnel. Orange and Silver line trains were also single-tracking between Clarendon and Foggy Bottom early Wednesday because of a track problem at Rosslyn. It’s unclear if that problem is related to the derailment….
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Nellie's Hires Activist to Help With Diversity Training; Protests Continue
The owner of a D.C. bar issued a public apology to a woman who was dragged down stairs by a bouncer more than a month ago, but protests continued outside the bar Friday night.
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$20K Reward Offered in Northern Virginia Woman's Disappearance
There is now a $20,000 reward for information in the disappearance of a 72-year-old woman from Lorton, Virginia.
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‘I Want This to Stop': Mother Mourns 16-Year-Old Shot and Killed in NW DC
The mother of a 16-year-old boy shot to death in Northwest D.C. Friday is pleading for the gun violence to stop.
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Man Shot by Officer in SW DC Apartment Dies: Police
A man shot by police after allegedly pointing a gun at a woman and an officer in a Southwest D.C. apartment has died, police say.
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Girls, 13 and 15, Charged With Murder After Armed Carjacking Near Nationals Park
A man was killed Tuesday after two teens allegedly attempted to steal his car and then crashed in Southeast D.C., law enforcement sources confirm.
