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DC area's code orange air quality forecast leads to call for action 06/27/2019 03:00pm • Code orange air quality is in the forecast Thursday and Friday for the area, which means the air is considered unhealthy for vulnerable groups. A clean air advocate is urging others to do what they can to help make a difference. "We all have to take control of this issue," said David Snyder, chai How Metro track work could impact your weekend, July 4 plans 06/27/2019 03:50am • Single tracking slows the Red Line this weekend, in addition to the ongoing closure of all six Blue and Yellow Line stations south of Reagan National Airport. The Red Line work between Union Station and Rhode Island Avenue means trains are scheduled every 15 minutes from Glenmont through Silver S How to reduce a child’s risk for sexual abuse — and why it’s especially important in summer 06/27/2019 12:55am • When a child heads off to summer camp or to a beach house with friends, it’s common for parents to fret over sunscreen and manners — rarely is sexual abuse top of mind. But it should be, said Michele Booth Cole, executive director of Safe Shores, a D.C.-based organization that works with, and On-demand bus starts in Montgomery Co. and is 1st for DC region 06/26/2019 05:57am • Starting Wednesday morning, residents in Maryland's largest county will have a new, low-cost public transportation option available to them — the D.C. region's first on-demand public transit service. At 10 a.m., the Montgomery County Department of Transportation will launch a pilot program for Where the sidewalk ends: Arlington slow on sidewalk building process 06/25/2019 03:35pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner ARLnow.com and republished with permission. Arlington County, Virginia, has promised to build a sidewalk for every street, but when it comes to some residential neighborhoods, progress is slow. The main way sidewalks are built in residential ar Where DC ranks among best places in the US to visit 06/25/2019 12:05am • We're No. 1! We're No. 1! We're also … No. 8 … Hey, at least we're still in the Top 10. U.S. News & World Report has unveiled its rankings for the best places to visit in 2019 and D.C., as well as other nearby locales, made more than one list. Washington is the No. 1 Best Historica SpaceX's Falcon Heavy will launch Bill Nye's science experiment into orbit 06/24/2019 08:47am • A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful launch vehicle in the world, is standing on a pad in Florida ready to make the "most difficult launch" the rocket company has ever attempted, according to CEO Elon Musk. The launch is scheduled for 11:30 pm ET on Monday night and will mark the third Buttigieg criticized at emotional town hall after shooting 06/24/2019 05:47am • SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. Bu Iranians say their 'bones breaking' under US sanctions 06/24/2019 05:38am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As the U.S. piles sanction after sanction on Iran, it's the average person who feels it the most. From a subway performer's battered leather hat devoid of tips, to a bride-to-be's empty purse, the lack of cash from the economic pressure facing Iran's 80 million people ca DC's airport authority 'puzzled' at latest Silver Line construction delay 06/24/2019 04:10am • The latest delays for Metro's Silver Line construction have baffled the D.C. region's airport authority, which is hopeful that the timeline for the commuter rail line's extension to Dulles International Airport will speed up over the next few months. "We're sort of puzzled why it would take more Car Review: Funky Honda Clarity Plug-in has futuristic looks, space for five 06/24/2019 12:30am • It used to be easy to spot a hybrid on the streets as they looked like nothing else on the road. But for the last couple of years, it's harder to tell a hybrid from a non-hybrid on the street. Honda is one such manufacturer that didn't get the memo on the typical hybrid look for its Clarity Plug-in. Man struck, killed by car on Indian Head Highway in Maryland 06/23/2019 06:32am • A man died Sunday morning after being hit by a car on Indian Head Highway in Prince George's County, Maryland. Officers responded to a report of a crash involving a pedestrian just after midnight on Indian Head Highway, near East Swan Creek Road in Chapel Hill. They discovered a man who had be Scamp the Tramp wins World's Ugliest Dog Contest 06/22/2019 12:51am • Scamp the Tramp will never win a beauty contest. But he's won an ugly one. The bug-eyed, dreadlocked pooch took top honors Friday night at the 31st annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Owner Yvonne Morones of Santa Rosa, California, won an appearance with Scamp on the "Today" show, $1,500 in Tempers flare as Buttigieg returns to South Bend to address community after officer-involved shooting 06/21/2019 11:05pm • Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Friday promised residents of South Bend, Indiana, at a march protesting the recent officer-involved shooting that he's "serious about fixing this." "One thing that I want you to know is that we're serious about fixing this," he told the group gath Sheriff: Suspect threw hard objects at drivers in Charles Co. 06/21/2019 06:16pm • The Charles County Sheriff's Office is looking for information on who may be involved in an incident in which objects, such as bricks, were thrown at vehicles traveling on the St. Charles Parkway in Maryland. It happened Thursday between 5 and 6 a.m. The sheriff's office said that someone threw b