Sherri Ly

“Everybody is affected by climate change, and so this is something that we have put a focus on,” said Sherri Ly, WMATA spokesperson.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., sided with transportation officials Tuesday in a dispute about Metro’s decision to reject an ad from the Roman Catholic Church.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a motion in federal court arguing Metro violated the Archdiocese of Washington’s religious freedom when the transit agency refused to sell the organization space for Christmas fundraising ads.

The Archdiocese of Washington has filed an appeal after a federal court denied its request to put Christmas ads on Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority buses.

A federal court has denied a request by the Archdiocese of Washington to allow it to put Christmas ads on Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority buses.

The Archdiocese of Washington has filed a federal lawsuit against Metro after the transit agency refused to sell space on buses for Christmas fundraising ads, citing its ban on “issue-oriented advertising.”

Records show a man charged with trying to rape a woman last month on a Metro train outside the nation’s capital had been identified as a suspect in an indecent-exposure incident that occurred earlier in April.

A spring in the coupler that holds trains together wasn’t as strong as it should have been when a Green Line train’s cars detached earlier this month, Metro said.

Metro apologized to riders after two Metro train cars detached from each other during rush hour Wednesday morning, stranding passengers for at least half an hour.