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Calls to Alexandria’s nonemergency numbers working again

All phone service to nonemergency numbers in the City of Alexandria has been been restored, according to the Virginia city’s website.

The restoration came Tuesday night, after the city reported the problem earlier in the day.

The city said inbound calls to its nonemergency numbers were not working because of a problem with Verizon’s network and that Verizon was working to fix the issue.

 

Teen girl dies after being pulled from water near Francis Scott Key Bridge

A teenage girl is dead after being removed late Saturday from the Potomac River near the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Northwest D.C., police said. D.C. police said the department's Harbor Unit responded to a report of a person in the water at about 7:45 p.m. Officers found the girl unconscious and not breathing near the 3300 block of Water Street NW. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead despite lifesaving efforts.
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