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Today in History: May 27 05/27/2019 12:00am • Today is Monday, May 27, the 147th day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On May 27, 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of some 2,000 lives, three days after the Bismarck sank the HMS Hood with the loss of more than 1,400 lives. Amid ris Vietnam veteran from Montgomery Co. reflects on meaning of Memorial Day 05/26/2019 05:20pm • Memorial Day has a powerful meaning for a combat-wounded Vietnam veteran from Montgomery County, Maryland, who, for decades, has been helping other veterans like him. Wayne Miller joined the Marine Corps in 1968. "I was wounded July 4, 1969, when mortar rounds hit all around me and I lost my l Va. motorcyclist dies after crash near Pentagon 05/25/2019 02:12pm • A Virginia man has died after his motorcycle collided with a van near the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. Arlington County police said Luis Martinez, 54, of Hampton, Virginia, was riding his motorcycle eastbound on Washington Boulevard under I-395 near the Pentagon-South Parking Lot ramp Things to do in DC on Memorial Day weekend 2019 05/25/2019 01:55pm • The D.C. area will host many events and opportunities to honor fallen military members throughout Memorial Day weekend. Here's what you need to know. National Memorial Day Concert It's an American tradition dating back to 1989 that brings in various talent to the stage on the West Lawn o 4-year-old Maryland child dies after being in South Carolina hot car 05/24/2019 06:25pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina coroner's office says a 4-year-old child from Maryland has died after he was found locked in a hot car. News outlets report Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said at a news conference Friday that Zion Akinrefon was pronounced dead Wednesday at a Midlands Great getaway: How's Memorial Day weekend traffic? 05/24/2019 06:00pm • Millions of people are hitting D.C.-area roads for the Memorial Day weekend, as the unofficial start of summer kicks off. And AAA Mid-Atlantic projects about 3 million of those traveling this weekend will do so by car. Although most people who were intending to leave for out-of-state destina Man charged after 1 dead in Fairfax Co. parking lot shooting 05/24/2019 04:20pm • A Manassas, Virginia, man has been charged after an early Friday shooting in Chantilly left another man dead and two others with minor injuries, police said. Steven A. Green, 51, faces multiple charges, including murder and malicious wounding, Fairfax County police said later Friday. He is being Tornado touches down in Howard Co. during DC-area storms 05/23/2019 11:30pm • The National Weather Service confirmed Thursday that a tornado touched down in Howard County, Maryland, at 3:34 p.m. It happened in Columbia, along state Route 32. The EF-1 tornado took the roof off an office building on the 9700 block of Broken Land Parkway. An EF-1 level tornado has a wind spee New Metro funding plan would prohibit money for Chinese rail cars 05/23/2019 05:00pm • Metro, which is about to undergo extensive summer track work, would receive $150 million a year for badly needed capital improvements under legislation outlined Thursday by U.S. senators from Virginia and Maryland. If the transit agency meets certain safety and oversight reforms, the annual figur This could become the most valuable Porsche ever sold 05/23/2019 02:02pm • The Porsche 911's great-grandfather is going up for auction this summer and it could well be the most valuable car ever sold with the Porsche name on it. The Porsche Type 64 looks a little like a child's clay model of a modern Porsche. It was Ferdinand Porsche's early attempt at a sports car Where DC ranks among best biking cities worldwide 05/23/2019 06:12am • It sometimes feels like there’s a constant struggle between D.C.’s bicyclists and drivers, and at times both cyclists and drivers could be better behaved on the roads. But an international study concluded that overall, D.C. is a pretty good place for bicyclists. A study conducted by the Europ 15 best new-car deals for Memorial Day weekend 05/23/2019 05:20am • After years of through-the-roof numbers, new car sales have slowed down of late — and it's putting shoppers in the driver's seat this Memorial Day. U.S. News & World Report has singled out some of the better deals available this holiday weekend, with a list of its 15 best Memorial Day car EXCLUSIVE: Remote-controlled car zips by on I-95 (video) 05/23/2019 04:38am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '9147e966-f9ed-43a6-8dbd-3d1697e3e600' }).render("11961536644d3ad6");}); A driver test drove a car on Interstate Record-breaking DC-area travel numbers expected over Memorial Day holiday 05/22/2019 04:41pm • AAA expects 3.2 million people from D.C., Virginia and Maryland will travel between Thursday and Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. "Of that number, 2.9 million will travel by automobile," said John B. Townsend II, of AAA Mid-Atlantic. Region-wide, those numbers are the highest since AAA beg Root of problem that allowed doors to open on train found, Metro says 05/22/2019 11:59am • Metro said Wednesday it’s figured out what caused a 3000 Series rail car to open its doors as it was moving along the Orange Line earlier this week. The glitch was a faulty electrical component inside the master controller of the train. Metro was able to isolate it and then replicate the proble