Two veteran workers on the Washington area's transit system were crushed by a maintenance truck Tuesday, the latest in a string of fatalities that has made Metro the most deadly for U.S. transit rail workers in the past five years. Eight ...

The general manager of the Washington, D.C., transit agency says he is stepping down. Metro says John Catoe told the agency's board of directors of his decision Thursday. His last day will be April 2. Catoe says his retirement after three years at the ...

Rescue workers searched through a mangled mess after a Washington metro train rammed into another one during rush hour, killing at least nine people and injuring 76, officials and media said Tuesday. Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty described the Monday evening collision as the deadliest in the subway system's 33-year history, as local media reported that nine people were found ...

Rescue workers searched through a mangled mess into the night after a Washington metro train rammed into another one during the evening rush hour, killing at least nine people and injuring 76. Rescuers used powerful blades to cut through the wreckage to find any more people trapped after a train slammed into a stationary one, forcing one subway car on ...