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Metro announced late Sunday that the majority of its rail fleet was being removed from service and trains beginning Monday would run only every 30 minutes. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB-led) investigation into last week’s…

D.C. police officers fatally shot a person while responding to a domestic violence call on Monday afternoon, said officials.

D.C. police fatally shot a person Monday afternoon in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast Washington, according to D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III.

The 7000 series Metrorail fleet abruptly pulled from service had at least 31 wheel-based failures over the past four years, the National Transportation Safety Board disclosed Monday morning.

It has long been controversial for officers to shoot at moving vehicles, and banning the practice hasn't always worked.

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Metro says drastically reduced rail service will continue for the rest of the week as the investigation into last week’s Blue Line derailment continues.

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Chairman of D.C. Housing Authority Board of Commissioners bought houses in D.C. and North Carolina with a companion whose contracts he approved

The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday the Blue Line train that derailed in a Metro tunnel in D.C. last week briefly came off the tracks two other times earlier the same day.

The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that wheel assemblies on Metro rail cars like the one at fault in last week’s Blue Line derailment had failed 31 times since 2017 — and that renewed inspections last week…

Steps away from a cot tucked under a tarp, David Graves, 42, smoked a cigarette and prepared to leave a homeless encampment near Union Station late last week. On Friday morning, the National Park Service enclosed the small park with a…

Metro service will be severely reduced Monday and likely for coming days and potentially weeks or months as the Metrorail Safety Commission ordered WMATA to pull the transit agency’s newest trains, the 7000-series.

An NTSB investigation revealed that multiple 7000 series train car axles are out of compliance with manufacturer specifications