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Kirby Road in McLean reopens 5 months after washout 12/12/2019 10:36am • Kirby Road in Fairfax County was rebuilt after flooding. (Courtesy VDOT) Kirby Road in McLean, Virginia, which was partially washed away in July after heavy flooding, reopened Sunday night after $2.1 million in emergency repairs. Martins Construction Corp. rebuilt hundreds of feet of the road 'Holiday heart syndrome': What is it and how to avoid it 12/12/2019 08:04am • 'Tis the season of holiday parties, powered by fatty, salty hors d'oeuvres with plenty of booze to wash them down. The combination can create what doctors call "holiday heart syndrome." It's a term coined in 1978 to describe the sudden increase of patients in emergency rooms during the holidays c Column: Jets will test Ravens' Super Bowl prowess 12/12/2019 12:08am • When the Baltimore Ravens host the New York Jets Thursday night, you’ll undoubtedly have heard ad nauseum how fun it is to watch Lamar Jackson throw and juke people out of their shoes, and how the Ravens, winners of an NFL-best nine straight games, are a runaway train destined to pull into Miami f Better signs and faster towing among I-95 fixes, with long-term construction plans on hold 12/11/2019 02:00pm • FILE — Painful delays for northbound I-95 and I-395 with closure of I-395 HOV Lanes due to high water in April 2018. (WTOP/Dave Dildine, File photo) More tow trucks and better signage are among short-term fixes recommended to address Interstate 95 traffic jams as Virginia works through potenti New Zealand has ordered more than 1,290 square feet of skin for volcano victims 12/11/2019 05:24am • New Zealand has ordered 1,292 square feet of skin to treat patients injured in Monday's volcanic eruption on White Island, authorities said Wednesday. A total of 47 people were on White Island, off the coast of North Island, when the eruption occurred. Six have been confirmed dead, while 25 peopl Fairfax Co. detectives search for clues in 30-year-old disappearance of girl 12/11/2019 04:30am • 5-year-old Melissa Brannen disappeared from a holiday party in 1989. Police are still trying to find out what happened to her. (Courtesy Fairfax County Police Department) In 1989, a 5-year-old girl went missing while at a holiday party with her mother. A man was convicted and sentenced in her ab US Catholic priests beset by overwork, isolation, scandals 12/09/2019 10:43am • CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — More than a century ago, waves of Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Poland and Quebec settled in Chicopee and other western Massachusetts mill towns, helping build churches, rectories and schools to accommodate their faith. Today, the priests leading those churches are under AP Interview: Warren says voters are ready for female ticket 12/08/2019 09:06pm • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Elizabeth Warren said Sunday she believes Americans are ready for a presidential ticket with two women at the top, rejecting concerns from some Democrats that a woman can't beat President Donald Trump. "Sure, why not?" the Democratic presidential candidate told The Assoc Transformer struck by box truck catches fire, leaks mineral oil near Fairfax Co. creek 12/08/2019 02:33pm • A damaged transformer leaks oil into a storm drain in Alexandria, Virginia. (Courtesy Dominion Energy) A Dominion Energy official says cleanup of a mineral oil spill near a Fairfax County, Virginia, creek has been completed on Saturday. Power crews and fire officials have been scrambling to p The woman at the center of the Epstein scandal hasn't been seen in months 12/08/2019 12:01am • Prince Andrew has sparked an unprecedented crisis in Britain's royal family since his disastrous TV interview about his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. This week the focus has turned to the British socialite and ex-girlfriend of Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is facing new a The actress behind 'Peloton wife' has finally spoken 12/07/2019 06:30pm • "Peloton wife" has a name and it's not the one shouted out by the spin instructor on her little stationary bike TV. Monica Ruiz is the actress behind the infamous Peloton holiday commercial, and she has finally emerged to let us know what she thinks about her explosive f Wireless service now available for entire Green Line 12/07/2019 01:37pm • Metro announced Friday that full cell service is now available through four major wireless carriers on the entirety of the Green Line. With the completion of coverage on the Green Line, there are now three lines that are fully covered — the other two being the Blue and Orange Lines. Metro sa Pete Buttigieg has his inevitable turn in the 2020 race spotlight as questions rise 12/07/2019 01:38am • For a time, Pete Buttigieg was on a glide path as he ascended in the Democratic race for president, emerging unscathed from the fall debates and raking in donations as he built a juggernaut in early states. But this week, the 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, mayor took h Montgomery Co. schools will train students to stop blood loss in crisis 12/06/2019 06:13pm • It will come as no surprise that school districts nationwide are changing protocols to protect students against mass shootings. Now, schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, are taking it a step further, preparing their staff and some students to "Stop the Bleed." Through a grant from the Depar Orchard Beach mother, grandmother arrested for deadly infant opioid overdose 12/06/2019 02:40am • A mother and grandmother were arrested Thursday morning by Anne Arundel County police for their complicity in the deadly opioid overdose of an infant. Laurie Ann Taylor, 43, and Alexus Lorraine Taylor, 17, both of Orchard Beach, Maryland, have been charged with first-degree child abuse resulting