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Work begins to fix Union Station Metro's broken chiller system 07/13/2019 12:12am • Sweaty riders on the Union Station Metro platform in D.C. should have some relief soon, now that work is beginning to repair the stop's broken chiller system. "We needed a permit from Amtrak. We recently got that, so we're getting on top of that right now," Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld sa Today in History: July 13 07/13/2019 12:00am • Today is Saturday, July 13, the 194th day of 2019. There are 171 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 13, 1985, “Live Aid,” an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa’s starving people. On th Metro didn’t have the right bolt to hold rail cars together 07/12/2019 03:45pm • A Metro train pulled apart on the tracks last year because the agency was using the wrong parts, installing parts that were used incorrectly, and not checking to ensure things were done right, according to a just-completed investigation. The 51-page report approved Thursday by the Washington Metr Va. police ID woman killed in Fairfax Co. crash 07/12/2019 11:19am • The Virginia State Police on Friday identified the woman who was killed Wednesday morning when her car crashed into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County. The police said in a statement that Krista Kelley, 24, of Henrico, Virginia, was driving south near Lorton Road when her Coroll 'One of a kind': Hyattsville native killed in Baltimore shooting remembered by teammates, teachers 07/12/2019 09:08am • Former classmates and teachers of Manuel Luis, 19, gathered Thursday night at Parkdale High School, in Prince George’s County, to remember the student and teammate who was shot to death early Thursday in what the Baltimore police are calling a botched robbery outside his student apartment at Morga Park service seeks input to make portion of GW Parkway safer 07/12/2019 01:44am • The National Park Service wants to know how to improve the George Washington Parkway in Virginia, and it's asking for input from those who use it. The park service maintains the 25-mile long George Washington Parkway, and during an information meeting on Thursday, residents received more insight Movie Review: 'Stuber' hits buddy comedy gas, script hits skids 07/12/2019 01:41am • In 1976, Martin Scorsese turned a vigilante taxi driver into a crime masterpiece. But what if you turned that concept into a comedy, replacing the cab with an Uber? That's the premise of Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista's new buddy-comedy action flick, which combines the name of its main To curb gang violence, Fairfax Co. police want parents to monitor kids' social media 07/12/2019 12:58am • After three gang-related shootings over three days in Fairfax County, Virginia, last week, the police chief said parents can help with their investigations by monitoring their children's texting and social media accounts. "We are in great need of tips from our community about these events because Metro looks to reduce fare jumpers but new gates raise accessibility concerns 07/11/2019 09:23pm • Metro's new fare gates set to start rolling out next year include changes the agency hopes will help address a key priority: cutting down on people skipping out on paying fares. Under a contract awarded last month, pilot testing of the new gates is due to start in November 2020, with rollout acro My Take: Stop driving with things on top of your cars 07/11/2019 09:11pm • Reminder, putting things on top of your car is not smart. Louisiana braces for slow-moving possible weekend hurricane 07/11/2019 09:59am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mandatory evacuations were ordered southeast of New Orleans on Thursday as the city and a surrounding stretch of the Gulf Coast braced for a possible hurricane over the weekend that could unload heavy rain and send water spilling over levees. All eyes were on a weather d A man got drunk and impaled his car on a giant saguaro cactus 07/11/2019 09:14am • A driver suffered minor injuries after driving through the median and hitting a saguaro, which punctured the car's windshield. Here's a question: When you get drunk and impale your car on a giant saguaro cactus, are you unlucky because your car (and pride) get annihilated and you are arrested fo 2 dead after car crashes through NW DC park 07/11/2019 08:28am • Two men who were in James Monroe Park late Wednesday night died after an SUV plowed through the park in downtown D.C. and hit the victims. According to U.S. Park police, the driver was going west on Pennsylvania Avenue NW and crashed into the park near the intersection of Pennsylvania and 21st St Police search for witnesses after man found shot, burned in Capitol Heights 07/11/2019 04:00am • Two months after a gruesome discovery in Prince George's County in Maryland, police are again asking for the public's help to crack open a homicide case. A car was found burning back on May 14 on Akin Avenue in Capitol Heights, Maryland. Devonte Dixon, 26, of Northeast D.C., was discovered once t Ahead of I-395 tolling start, Virginia looks at more bus service 07/11/2019 12:21am • When tolls begin this fall on Interstate 395 in Virginia, a sliver of the money will help pay for alternatives for commuters trying to avoid the HOV or toll rules. New rankings suggest exactly which projects will be funded. The initial scores suggest the up-to-$22 million in funding should largel