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A man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after he fell onto the tracks at the Virginia Square Metro station on Friday and was struck by a train. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said the man was trespassing, and had stumbled and fallen “unintentionally.” He was hit by a train approaching the station at around 11:45 a.m.

This 70-foot homemade pirate ship is the newest Halloween display created by Chris Clark and his family in Broomall, Pennsylvania.

St. Petersburg has filed an injunction against Thach Tire & Rim, a used tire shop at 1445 16th St. N. The city alleges the business is a public health hazard as dengue fever spreads across the Tampa Bay region. Residents have raised concerns about a mosquito breeding site. The legal...

The contents of the former Shoppers grocery store on Mateny Road in Germantown are headed to auction, nearly a year after the longtime supermarket closed its doors. According to the auction listing, essentially the entire store is being offered for sale, including refrigerated and frozen food cases, walk-in coolers and freezers, meat and deli equipment, bakery ovens, checkout lanes, self-checkout machines, shelving and other equipment used throughout the supermarket.

A plane banner flying around Doak S. Campbell Stadium Saturday called for the firing of Mike Norvell and FSU board of trustees chair Peter Collins, albeit with a typo.

Comcast plans to lay off 634 employees at its Philadelphia corporate campus, with the first cuts taking effect Dec. 31, PhillyVoice reported. The company also intends to add roughly 500 new positions at the same site. Affected workers are getting two months' notice. In select cases, employees in eliminated roles...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A Philadelphia woman was arrested after allegedly blocking the path of a delivery robot. Police said witnesses called to report a disturbance earlier this month between Carolyn Marvin and an Uber delivery robot in Philadelphia. “I have been protesting them whenever I saw them by standing...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – A Moneta man was arrested after allegedly shooting at law enforcement while barricading himself inside a home on Saturday, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. At 5:10 a.m. on Oct. 31, deputies said they received a call reporting an unknown situation at a house on Oldfield Road in Moneta. […]

BOONES MILL, Va. (WDBJ) - Main Street in Boones Mill turned into a graveyard on Saturday as Franklin County’s held its first-ever “Coffin Race.”. 15 teams of five put together their own homemade caskets and competed to see who had the fastest run down Main Street. Simon Leray,...

Virginia has lost another longtime neighborhood institution, joining other beloved restaurants that recently closed across the state. Burger in the Square in Roanoke County served its final customers on October…