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Debate opens new fronts on guns, Biden's age in Democratic race 09/14/2019 06:01am • The latest Democratic debate threw up a rich haul of clashes, incidents, slow burning controversies and policy collisions that will help define the 2020 race in the weeks to come. Often, a debate's impact only becomes clear in subsequent days, when exchanges that did not immediately resonate take After rare polio-like disease strikes, Severna Park family rallies to help their daughter 09/13/2019 02:43pm • It came on suddenly. One Monday in October, Amanda Janeski noticed her 3-year-old twins, Ava and Tristan, seemed to be coming down with colds. But, by Tuesday, the Severna Park, Maryland, mother could see something was seriously wrong. Ava’s legs had collapsed underneath her. Janeski took bo 'Incredibly lucky': No major injuries after small plane crashes into car, lands on US 50 09/12/2019 12:48pm • A small plane that had just taken off from Freeway Airport in Bowie, Maryland, struck a car traveling along U.S. 50 and crash-landed on the highway late Thursday morning. But remarkably, the crash did not lead to any major injuries, authorities said. Two people who were inside the car that wa 'Way too early to shut music down': Leesburg will reconsider its 'restrictive' noise law 09/12/2019 10:39am • The Town of Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia, will reconsider a controversial local noise law that forces bands to stop playing live music in the evening hours. During a meeting Tuesday, the Leesburg Town Council voted to consider amending the ordinance, which prohibits amplified sound after Zimmerman, Strasburg lead Nationals past Twins 6-2 09/12/2019 01:41am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Washington Nationals relied on a couple of old standbys for an important victory toward their postseason push. The Minnesota Twins, thinned out for the moment by a long list of injuries, could use someone healthy players to lean on. Ryan Zimmerman homered and drove in Prince George’s hospital to increase children’s emergency care 09/10/2019 08:15am • Children’s National Health System and Doctors Community Hospital have launched a new program that will increase pediatric emergency care at Doctors’ Lanham hospital. Physicians from Children’s will now provide pediatric care in Doctors’ emergency department daily from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., a End of Metro shutdown is 'sigh of relief' for Alexandria businesses 09/09/2019 09:31am • Metro riders are celebrating the end of the long summertime shutdown of six rail stations Monday, and local businesses are too — offering deals for returning commuters. Business owners in communities around the reopened stations, such as Alexandria, Virginia, are rejoicing now that thousands of Summerlong closure on Metro is finally over 09/09/2019 04:37am • A 100-day-long shutdown on Metrorail south of Reagan National Airport came to an end Monday, as six Virginia stations reopened offering commuters completely rebuilt platforms. Six Blue and Yellow line stations had been closed since late May, with a network of shuttle buses that initially proved a Starving for perfection: Va. woman's struggle with eating disorder highlights problems that often go undiagnosed 09/09/2019 04:12am • This is the first of a three-part series on WTOP.com examining eating disorders, their impact and the road to recovery. Kendall Baker, of Virginia, was in middle school when she started to become obsessed with her weight. The blue-eyed blond, who had been born with an eye disease, was being As Aaron Barrett gets second chance with Nationals, Greg Holland waits 09/09/2019 12:49am • The Washington Nationals have rediscovered fun in the clubhouse this year in a way perhaps not seen since 2012, with home run dancing and baby sharks, and all that. But the feel-good moment of the year so far was undoubtedly pitcher Aaron Barrett’s return to the big leagues, the message delivered Today in History: Sept. 9 09/09/2019 12:00am • Today is Monday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2019. There are 113 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, beginning a siege that ended up claiming 43 lives. On t Dorian topples crane, knocks out power in eastern Canada 09/07/2019 11:06pm • TORONTO (AP) — Dorian arrived on Canada's Atlantic coast Saturday with heavy rain and powerful winds, toppling a construction crane in Halifax and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people a day after the storm wreaked havoc on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Fairfax Co. urban search and rescue team gets to work in Bahamas 09/07/2019 08:00pm • Virginia Task Force One has set up in the Bahamas to help residents of the hurricane-battered islands. (Courtesy Virginia Task Force One) Virginia Task Force One — Fairfax County's Urban Search and Rescue Team — is on the job in the Bahamas, in an area that was battered by Hurricane Dorian. Strong waves, rip currents in Md. as Dorian parallels East Coast 09/07/2019 04:00pm • Well on its way to the Canadian Maritimes as a Category 2 hurricane, Dorian's impacts will continue to be felt in the Maryland and Virginia coastal regions this weekend. While the center of Dorian was moving offshore Cape Cod toward Nova Scotia on Saturday morning, the National Weather Service sa Virginia-based relief group reaches hurricane-wrecked Bahamas 09/07/2019 02:23am • Among those getting an firsthand look at the destruction left by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas are members of the Virginia-based relief organization Project Hope. The nonprofit sends medical teams to respond to major disasters in the U.S. and around the globe. "I've been doing emergency resp