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Today in History: April 5 04/05/2019 12:23am • Today is Friday, April 5, the 95th day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On April 5, 1986, two American servicemen and a Turkish woman were killed in the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque, an incident which prompted a U.S. air raid on Libya more than a week later. On this date: I House will sue to block Trump on border wall money 04/04/2019 05:53pm • Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that the House will file a lawsuit challenging President Trump's emergency declaration, which he announced earlier this year so he could get billions in border wall funding. "The president's sham emergency declaration and unlawful transfers of funds have undermi From roads to furloughed feds, Va. makes big changes in veto session 04/03/2019 07:35pm • Virginia will raise truck fees and diesel taxes statewide and add gas taxes along Interstate 81 to pay for major interstate upgrades across the state and to fill a hole in Northern Virginia left by last year's Metro funding deal. The changes include more funding for the Northern Virginia Transpor Big changes for Virginians possible in ‘veto session’ still shadowed by scandal 04/03/2019 04:30am • Virginia lawmakers return to Richmond on Wednesday for a series of key votes on Gov. Ralph Northam’s vetoes and amendments to bills, ranging from road safety and interstate upgrades, to the budget and elections. At the one-day reconvened session, often called a “veto session," the General Ass Lightfoot wins Chicago mayor race; pledges end to corruption 04/03/2019 04:19am • CHICAGO (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot easily won the Chicago mayor's race Tuesday, earning support from every part of the city to defeat a longtime political insider and become the first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation's third-larges Montgomery Co. officer collapses during shoplifting investigation 04/02/2019 04:33pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer is in the hospital Tuesday after collapsing during an incident that involved a foot chase. It happened around 12:30 p.m. at Westfield Wheaton Plaza. Officers were investigating reports of shoplifting and talking to two or three people when one person DC road closures planned for Cherry Blossom Kids Run 04/02/2019 12:48pm • Several roads will be closed Saturday for the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Kids Run in downtown D.C., in addition to parking bans and street closures to accommodate the festivities. The following streets will be under emergency no parking rules from 5:30 a.m. to noon Saturday: Fifth Street N At least 1,000 displaced as Fairfax Co. transformer fire leaves high-rise in the dark 04/02/2019 12:06pm • Residents at a Fairfax County, Virginia, high-rise condominium were displaced Monday night after a transformer fire outside the building caused extensive damage to the building's electrical system. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said there were about 1,000 people in the building when the two-alar Boil water advisory lifted in southern Prince George's Co. 04/02/2019 11:51am • The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Tuesday morning lifted the boil water advisory in southern Prince George's County. And, Indian Head Highway between Fort Washington Road and Old Fort Road in Prince George's County reopened shortly after midnight Tuesday morning. Current tra 3 injured in high-rise fire in Kensington 04/02/2019 10:10am • Residents of the 12-story Waterford Apartments in Kensington, Maryland are getting back into their units Tuesday morning after a fire spread through two ninth floor condominiums and sent three people to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening. One firefighter and two people ins In session’s final days, an Angelos asbestos bill emerges in Md. 04/02/2019 08:47am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The wheels of justice grind slowly, but sometimes legislation in the Maryland General Assembly moves at lightning speed. When the two p Today in History: April 2 04/02/2019 12:34am • Today is Tuesday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2019. There are 273 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II died in his Vatican apartment at age 84. On this date: In 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the States renew push for taxes on sugary drinks 04/01/2019 09:43am • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Nearly three decades after a U.S. state last imposed a special tax on sugary drinks, Connecticut's governor is pushing for one to help close a budget deficit — and bracing for a fight. Taxes on soda and other sugar-loaded drinks have taken effect in recent years in seve DC to distribute 76K anti-overdose drug kits by fall 2019 04/01/2019 05:44am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials of Washington, D.C., say the city plans to distribute 76,000 kits to help counter area opioid overdoses by the end of September. The Washington Post reports the distribution would drastically increase the availability of the anti-overdose drug naloxone, as the city d Today in History: April 1 04/01/2019 12:50am • Today is Monday, April 1, the 91st day of 2019. There are 274 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 1, 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah (nah-sih-REE’-uh), Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was a