ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Two former Metro workers pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $400,000 in cash — typically in $500 sacks of coins — from fare card machines and using the money to buy lottery tickets. Horace McDade, 58, ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro’s top 16 executives took home $3.1 million in salaries in 2011. The Washington Post reports that Metro General Manager Richard Sarles’ $350,000 salary is more than that of his counterpart in New York. Meanwhile, Metro is deciding ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro officials have known for six years that some of the agency’s rail cars have brake parts that fail sooner than expected, but the transit agency did not upgrade the equipment because it didn’t have the money. That’s ...

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WASHINGTON — A judge has delayed the start of two trials resulting from the 2009 crash on Metro’s red line. Both wrongful death cases had been scheduled to go to trial in March. Judge Reggie B. Walton on Tuesday delayed ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro has scheduled a series of public hearings to hear from riders about proposed fare increases. The first of the hearings begins Monday evening at Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Services Center at 7 p.m.. They will continue through ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro trains are operating on a Saturday schedule as a result of the Presidents Day holiday. Metro opens at 5 a.m. Monday and closes at midnight, the regular weekday times, but trains will run less frequently. Customers expecting ...

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WASHINGTON — The transit agency responsible for the Washington-area Metro train system has settled seven of nine lawsuits by families of people killed in a 2009 train crash that was the deadliest accident in the network’s history. Metro and three ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — Prince George’s County is launching a task force and hiring a lobbyist to focus efforts on bringing the FBI headquarters to the county. The General Services Administration has been authorized to pursue a private sector lease for ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro’s board has voted to hold required public hearings on a proposed fare increase to address a $116 million budget shortfall. Metro managers have proposed increasing rail and bus peak fares by about 5 percent. Base fares would ...

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Construction is expected to begin at a $150 million Social Security Administration complex after a ceremonial groundbreaking set for Jan. 26 at 10:30 a.m. More than 1,600 federal employees are expected to work at the site, at 6100 Wabash Ave., ...

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