Local Headlines: New I-66 toll lanes begin commuting shift in Northern Virginia

Suspect in indecent exposures on W&OD trail may be linked to 21 cases, police say; Three Reccless Tigers gang members sentenced to life in prison; To clean up the Potomac, engineers are digging a 2-mile tunnel under it; Suspect in 1971 cold-case homicide worked as security guard; Curfews don't work. Midnight Basketball did. ; Video shows alleged killer pushing shopping cart police say held bodies; For a growing family, D.C. couple converts two townhouses into one home; States with the worst brain drain — and more; Red Hot Chili Peppers are forever now ; D.C.-area forecast: A burst of nice weather begins today ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Essential news and more for DMV residents.     (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post) New I-66 toll lanes begin commuting shift in Northern Virginia The western nine of the 22.5 miles of the 66 Express Lanes, stretching from the Beltway to Gainesville, opened Saturday. The remaining 13 miles are expected to open before the end of the year. By Luz Lazo ●  Read more »   Suspect in indecent exposures on W&OD trail may be linked to 21 cases, police say Juan Rodriguez Alfaro, 42, of Herndon, is facing charges in connection with five incidents, as police continue to investigate. By Olivia Diaz ●  Read more »   Three Reccless Tigers gang members sentenced to life in prison The members of the gang that operated in Northern Virginia were sentenced to life in prison for killing a 21-year-old who had testified about the gang's violent methods. By Salvador Rizzo ●  Read more »   To clean up the Potomac, engineers are digging a 2-mile tunnel under it "Hazel," a 380-ton tunnel boring machine, is racing against the clock to address Alexandria's most glaring pollution problem: the millions of gallons of sewage it pumps into the river every year. By Teo Armus ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Suspect in 1971 cold-case homicide worked as security guard Larry David Smith, accused of killing a Maryland sheriff's deputy 51 years ago, was ordered held without bond Monday. By Dan Morse ●  Read more »   Curfews don't work. Midnight Basketball did. Crime rates fell in Prince George's County in the years after the birth of Midnight Basketball, which spread across the nation, in cities with high crime rates and towns with high boredom rates. The league still runs in places all over America, but not in the county of its birth. Perspective ●  By Petula Dvorak ●  Read more »   Video shows alleged killer pushing shopping cart police say held bodies Anthony Robinson is charged in the slayings of two women in Virginia and suspected in others. By Justin Jouvenal ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   For a growing family, D.C. couple converts two townhouses into one home The design challenge was how to combine two side-by-side structures — one that had been renovated some years before and the other that was in bad shape. By Harriet Edleson ●  Read more »   States with the worst brain drain — and more This week's data dive reveals which cities have the most bike commuters and which states suffer the worst brain drain. Read on to learn where the District stands in all of this. Analysis ●  By Andrew Van Dam ●  Read more »   Red Hot Chili Peppers are forever now Somewhere between "Give It Away" and the present day, Red Hot Chili Peppers became the defining act of an era that rejects definition. Perspective ●  By Chris Richards ●  Read more »   D.C.-area forecast: A burst of nice weather begins today Sunshine arrives as humidity exits. By Matt Rogers ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Capital Weather Gang morning forecast for Your daily forecast and important weather updates, every day at the break of dawn. From Capital Weather Gang experts. Sign up »

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