Subject: Afternoon Buzz: ‘Only take Metro if you have no other option’: Commuters brace for impending disruptions
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Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 20:22:20 +0000

Afternoon Buzz from The Washington Post

Scattered storms likely through this evening, and a few could be intense; Two teen beating suspects reportedly watched their victim crawl into traffic. Now they’re charged with...

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‘Only take Metro if you have no other option’: Commuters brace for impending disruptions <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/abandon-hope-all-ye-who-use-metro-with-two-weeks-of-single-tracking-and-shutdowns-agency-urges-riders-to-ditch-the-system/2018/08/07/482a3648-9684-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html?utm_term=.440eb69befcc&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

A partial Blue Line closure and round-the-clock single-tracking on a key stretch of the Orange and Silver lines will have ramifications throughout the system.

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Scattered storms likely through this evening, and a few could be intense <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/scattered-storms-likely-through-this-evening-and-a-few-could-be-intense/2018/08/08/3d373360-b5cb-49df-a1ee-3c91f462e7c2_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Typical storms will produce heavy downpours and lightning, while the most intense could unleash some damaging gusts and hail.

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Two teen beating suspects reportedly watched their victim crawl into traffic. Now they’re charged with murder. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/two-teen-beating-suspects-reportedly-watched-their-victim-crawl-into-traffic-now-theyre-charged-with-murder/2018/08/08/6689b614-9ab6-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html?utm_term=.b9a6af52dacb&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

The younger suspect — a 15-year-old girl — is set to appear in a Maryland courtroom on Wednesday.

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An American Airlines flight found itself literally grounded by 1,400 pounds of what the pilot termed “government documents.”

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The three incidents took place along the U Street corridor, police said.

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