City of Fairfax Council Member Steven Stombres will serve as the city’s interim mayor following a vote Tuesday and the resignation of former Mayor Richard “Scott” Silverthorne. A special mayoral election will be held Feb. 7.
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The Metro announced new SafeTrack repairs Tuesday, including rescheduling single tracking the Blue line between Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street stations from Aug. 27-Sept. 11 and track work on the Orange line between Vienna and West Falls Church stations from Sept. 15-Oct. 26. There will also be shutdowns on the Blue and Orange lines in Virginia between August and October.
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United States gymnast Simone Biles won her fourth Olympic gold medal for the floor exercise on Tuesday.
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The death count in the Silver Spring apartment explosion last week has risen to seven.
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A transformer fire underground D.C.’s L Street left 12,000 people without power and air conditioning and caused a service outage among some Sprint customers who temporarily couldn’t call 911.
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The death of a 58-year-old man and 2-year-old child after a Fairfax County house fire in July has been ruled a murder-suicide.
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