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Annual toy giveaway in Alexandria adjusts for pandemic 12/20/2020 02:43pm • The pandemic has changed so many annual traditions this year, but it didn’t stop one organization in Alexandria, Virginia, from having its Winter Wonderland event. Gaynelle Diaz, the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority's director of resident and community services, is grateful the or The pandemic has prompted pet adoptions, but also caused some pet owners to struggle 12/20/2020 10:49am • There have been a lot of stories in the last nine months about people adopting pets during the pandemic, but one pet care company wants to remind people of the responsibilities that come with pet ownership. The second annual Better Cities for Pets report from Mars Petcare, the pet care arm of McL Person struck by Metro train at L'Enfant Plaza 12/15/2020 11:30am • A person was struck by a Metro train at L'Enfant Plaza station, leading to delays on the Yellow and Green Lines Tuesday morning. The person was struck by a Yellow Line at the station around 8:45 a.m., Metro spokeswoman Sherri Ly told WTOP. D.C. Fire and EMS said the person was rescued from und Shooting on Metro Red Line train causes service delays 12/15/2020 09:05am • Police are investigating a shooting involving an FBI agent on a Metro train in Maryland that suspended service on Tuesday morning. Shortly before 7 a.m., the Metro Transit Police Department received reports of an FBI agent-involved shooting aboard a Red Line train near Medical Center in Bethesda. Tripped breaker causes 2 Metro trains to stop 12/14/2020 08:39am • Two Metro trains stopped due to a lack of power Sunday night, prompting local officials to escort the passengers off the trains. A breaker tripped, causing the power outage, said Sherri Ly, a spokeswoman for Metro. D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Vito Maggiolo said both trains were evacuated — o Man killed in Prince George's County crash 12/14/2020 08:35am • A man is dead after a car crash Sunday in Prince George's County, Maryland. Police said the crash happened shortly after 9 p.m. at the intersection of Taylor Avenue and Livingston Road in Fort Washington. According to authorities, the driver was traveling northbound on Livingston Road when he Department of Employment Services partners with community organization to help DC area youth 12/13/2020 04:47pm • A new initiative with the Department of Employment Services (DOES) seeks to use music and mental health services to help D.C. youth retain employment. Ronald Moten with Check It Enterprises says their organization is partnering with the Go-Go museum and DOES to put together Moving Mountains and B Ahead of Christmas, DC gets sued by the Catholic Church 12/13/2020 10:24am • The nation's capital is being sued ahead of Christmas by the Archdiocese of Washington over the city's coronavirus restrictions. The lawsuit argues that since Mass resumed in June, people have been able to worship in a safe, responsible way and has led to no known coronavirus outbreaks linked to Silver Spring water main break floods section of East-West Highway 12/12/2020 09:15am • A water main break has flooded a major roadway in Silver Spring, Maryland, causing headaches for drivers on a portion of MD-410/East-West Highway. As of 5:15 a.m., all eastbound lanes of MD-410/East-West Highway at Colesville Road were blocked due to a water main break that has flooded the roadwa DC firefighter faces murder charge in shooting 12/12/2020 08:14am • A D.C. firefighter has been accused of killing a man in Northwest, Washington, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Mohamad Goodwin, 32, was charged with second degree murder on Thursday. D.C. police said he shot Devonte Wilson in the neck while he was in his car on Morton Street n Child killed, 3 other people injured in Fairfax County crash 12/09/2020 11:12am • The scene of the crash on U.S. 1 just south of the Capital Beltway. (Courtesy VDOT) A child was killed and three other people were taken to the hospital after a crash Wednesday morning on U.S. Route 1/Richmond Highway near Huntington Avenue in Virginia's Fairfax County. The crash, which invol Howard Co. apartment fire displaces 5 12/08/2020 08:14am • A fire at an apartment complex in Howard County, Maryland, has left five people in two families, including at least one child, without homes, according to fire officials. The fire began around 3 a.m. Tuesday at the Cedar Place apartment community in the 5400 block of Harpers Farm Road in Columbia Fairfax app developer helps connect hospital patients who share health challenges 12/06/2020 08:49pm • More than 1,500 children will be hospitalized at Children's National Hospital this holiday season, and a local app developer hopes to curb the loneliness patients experience by connecting them with others suffering from similar illnesses. Elizabeth Tikoyan, a Fairfax, Virginia, resident, and foun Fairfax County teacher renovates treehouse for virtual classroom 12/06/2020 11:04am • When sixth-grade Fairfax County, Virginia, teacher Nellie Williams realized virtual learning would continue at the start of the school year, she knew she needed to change her environment. Her two teenage daughters' old treehouse in the backyard of her home looked like it could be the perfect spot. Man dead, 3 firefighters taken to hospital after Laurel house fire 11/30/2020 04:20pm • A house fire Monday morning in Laurel, Maryland, left one man dead and sent three firefighters battling the flames to the hospital, Prince George's County officials said. Officials said they arrived to heavy fire showing from outside a two-story house on Bond Mill Road near Park Hall Drive in Wes