Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia

A Maryland priest has agreed to become the standby guardian for 31 children whose immigrant parents fear arrest and deportation.

A Fairfax City police vehicle with lights on turning off Pickett Road (staff photo by Angela Woolsey) A teenager was killed this afternoon (Wednesday) after being struck by a truck outside a shopping center in Fairfax City. Fairfax City police officers and a medic with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to 3985 Pickett Road at 2:32 p.m. for the crash, according to scanner traffic. “Preliminarily information is the large truck was observed to be leaving the shopping center when it struck the juvenile riding on a bicycle,” the City of Fairfax Police Department said in a news release. “A vehicle of interest, and driver, were located nearby.” The 13-year-old bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which appears to have occurred around the drive aisle between Fair City Mall and Turnpike Shopping Center near the Main Street intersection. The crash remains under investigation by Fairfax City police, which is receiving assistance from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit. “This remains an active investigation and additional information will be released as appropriate,” Fairfax City police said, adding that anyone with information about the crash can contact the detective on the case at 703-385-7924.

The Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced that, for the first time in four decades, VIA Rail passenger cars will be built in Canada. The federal government is investing more than $4.7 billion for VIA Rail to acquire and maintain 313 new passenger rail cars from Alstom Canada.

Many in the queer community have been rallying for the reopening of the shuttered bar Leon’s, fearful of losing a living link to Baltimore’s LGBTQ+ history. Dozens of queer-centered bars and nightclubs have closed in the city in recent decades, part of a national trend fueled in part by greater acceptance of LGBTQ+ people and the rise of dating apps.

Louisiana National Guard troops that patrolled the city's tourist-heavy areas for eight months assisted in less than one arrest per day.

Suspect, 19, who is not enrolled at the university arrested in connection with shooting of five people, authorities say

Since April, staff at the century-old St. Paul’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church has used a couple dozen bunk beds to shelter people who have nowhere else to go.

Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict both a storm’s track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data. Researchers don't yet fully understand how it does this.

A boy was killed in a crash in the 3000 block of Madden Court in the Herndon area (via Google Maps) A child has died following a vehicle crash in Herndon’s Highland Mews neighborhood just east of Dulles International Airport. Units with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to the 3000 block of Madden Court near Food Lion at around 5:30 p.m. for the crash, according to scanner traffic. “Preliminarily, a 9-year-old boy was riding an electric scooter when he was struck by a vehicle,” the Fairfax County Police Department said on social media just before 7 p.m. “He was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased.” The driver remained at the scene of the crash, police said. Madden Court was temporarily closed to traffic at Highland Mews, as Crash Reconstruction Unit detectives arrived to investigate. The FCPD is advising drivers to “use an alternate route.” > The driver remained on scene. Madden Ct. at Highland Mews is closed in both directions. Please use an alternate route. Crash Reconstruction Unit detectives are investigating. (2/2) > > — Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) July 23, 2026

Investigators arrest 31-year-old man identified as Charles Medina in connection with death of Rapp who was 26