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Senators grill FAA chief on missed warning signs before deadly crash wapo.st/425rs4x
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Black Hawk crew might not have heard tower instructions, NTSB says wapo.st/42VSeyo

Black Hawk crew might not have heard crucial tower instruction, NTSB says

The National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder didn’t capture key directions from air-traffic control and is investigating whether the crew might have seen a...

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Trump expected to order a crackdown on D.C. crime, homeless encampments wapo.st/42Rv5Ns

Trump expected to order a crackdown on D.C. crime, homeless encampments

President Trump has called D.C. a ‘nightmare of murder and crime.’ He is considering an order to crack down on violent and petty crime and clear homeless encampments.

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D.C. airport disaster jars choreography of military, civilian aircraft wapo.st/4hFCqnz

D.C. airport disaster jars choreography of military, civilian aircraft

The catastrophe immediately raised questions about the close proximity in which helicopters and jetliners soar over the busy skies of the nation’s capital.

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Extra TSA checks surprise fliers before Carter funeral, Trump inauguration wapo.st/405Lnzb
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What a second Trump presidency would mean for getting around D.C. wapo.st/3YF4ctG

What Trump could do to Metro if he wins a second term

While in office, Trump repeatedly tried to slash infrastructure budgets and pull back funding for public transit. Many projects in the region could be at risk.

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70% of bus riders in D.C. area don’t pay. Here’s what Metro is doing about it. wapo.st/4gTHMvP

70% of D.C.-area bus riders don’t pay. Here’s what Metro is doing about it.

The transit agency is proposing a new funding model where jurisdictions will get more money for cracking down on fare evasion.

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Driver who hit 12-year-old girl in D.C. charged with reckless driving wapo.st/3XQrr3t

Driver who hit 12-year-old girl in D.C. charged with reckless driving

Earl Darryl Curtis, whose car has more than $20,000 in unpaid D.C. tickets, was initially given a citation for colliding with a pedestrian on Capitol Hill.

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D.C. council confirms DDOT director who killed Connecticut Avenue bike lanes wapo.st/3XJLssu

D.C. council confirms DDOT director who killed Connecticut Avenue bike lanes

Sharon Kershbaum previously was deputy director and has held several city roles, including in human services and contracting and procurement.

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Metro will close key downtown stations for track work around Christmas wapo.st/4dbEYXG

Metro will close key downtown stations for track work around Christmas

The shut downs will impact mostly riders on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines. Trains will be replaced with shuttle buses.

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Watchdog: Too many Metro trains are run by exhausted (or drunk) drivers wapo.st/4cipErO

Watchdog: Too many D.C. Metro trains are run by exhausted (or drunk) drivers

The report from the Metro safety watchdog highlights the issue of exhausted and drunk drivers on Metro trains and urges rule changes.

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Metro workers nearly killed doing repair work, audit says wapo.st/3A9dYui

Metro workers nearly killed doing repair work, audit says

A safety audit revealed that Metro workers have had near misses with trains due to poor oversight and training.

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Biden seeks $3.1 billion to rebuild Baltimore bridge, other highways wapo.st/3RRDl9R

Biden seeks $3.1 billion to rebuild Baltimore bridge, other highways

The White House also asked Congress for emergency funding to deal with wildfires and prepare for hurricanes.

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With an eye on speed, Maryland seeks private team to rebuild Key Bridge wapo.st/45cN0xm

With an eye on speed, Maryland seeks private team to rebuild Key Bridge

Maryland officials have asked private industry Friday to help design and build a replacement for the fallen Key Bridge and open it no later than October 15, 2028.

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House committee investigating Metro over treatment of inspectors general wapo.st/3V4Q7CH

House committee investigating Metro over treatment of inspectors general

The House Oversight Committee is investigating whether leaders of Washington’s Metro system have interfered with the work of former inspectors general.

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Long before Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore mariners warned of ‘ship strikes’ wapo.st/44YbA4L

Long before Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore mariners warned of ‘ship strikes’

Over the past two decades, a Baltimore harbor safety committee repeatedly discussed the risks that ever-larger cargo ships posed to local bridges, according to previously unreported records obtained...

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What happens to the Dali now that it’s back at port in Baltimore? wapo.st/3V69oot

What happens to the Dali now that it’s back at port in Baltimore?

Nearly two months after knocking down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the container ship Dali has been “refloated” and is back in Baltimore.

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The Dali ship crew is still on board after hitting the Baltimore bridge wapo.st/3IYPdSF

The Dali ship crew is still on board after hitting the Baltimore bridge

What to know about the crew still on board the ship that struck the Baltimore bridge.

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Maryland could get federal relief funds for Key Bridge in a matter of days wapo.st/49dUJLR

Maryland receives $60 million in initial Key Bridge federal relief funds

Maryland will have federal money in a matter of days to pay for the Key Bridge recovery and rebuilding mission, but longer-term funding could take months.

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The history of Key Bridge, Baltimore’s engineering marvel of the 1970s wapo.st/3IV5DLG
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