Customers were greeted with an error message that read, “The website undergoing maintenance,” for about three hours.

Service was restored to the Southwest website at around 11:30 a.m.

A spokesman with the airline confirmed that Southwest experienced issues with their booking system.

So sorry for the unexpected website difficulties this morning. We're working on a fix at this time. ^BL

— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir)

Keep checking back to often. We hope to restore full functionality soon! ^SF

— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir)

Our apologies. The issue impacted all carriers who use this provider. (1/2) ^WB

— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir)

Yes, we're working to restore functionality to our website. Thanks for hanging in there. We hope to have it resolved as soon as possible.^LJ

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Prince George’s County police said 26-year-old Shahim Body, of Oxon Hill, was shot in the 5200 block of Leverett Street near Neptune Avenue around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday

Cpl. Lamar Robinson told ��ݮ��ý police do not believe the shooting was a random act.

Police have no suspects or motive in the homicide. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment.

Anyone with information is asked call Prince George’s County police’s homicide unit at 301-772-4925. Anonymous tipsters can call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), text “PGPD plus your message” to CRIMES (274637) or submit a tip online at .

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The boy, described as between 8 and 10 years old, was crossing the street at Belair Drive and Sedgwick Lane when he was struck about 7:50 a.m., police said.

He taken to hospital with minor injuries and is expected to be OK, Bowie Police Chief John Nesky told ��ݮ��ý.

The driver stayed on the scene, police said.

Below is a map of where the boy was struck:

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The fumes reached Dunbar High School, at the corner of 1st and N streets NW, as crews removed several old tanks from the construction site about a block away. Fuel had soaked into the dirt surrounding the tanks and the digging released the fumes as the soil was disturbed, said D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Vito Maggiolo.

One person was taken to the hospital for observation. The school was evacuated as a precaution and students quickly returned inside to resume classes.

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D.C. firefighters were able to help them safely evacuate from the elevator about 11:05 a.m., according to the National Park Service.

The Jefferson Memorial remained open to the public but the elevator was taken out of service so that it could be inspected, the park service said.

The elevator went back into service about 12:30 p.m., said park service spokesman Mike Litterst.

The elevator takes visitors from the ground level inside the memorial – where there is a gift shop, restrooms and an exhibit area – to the chamber and is intended to help mobility-impaired guests avoid the front steps, Litterst said.

The Washington Monument is currently closed for a of its lone elevator and to build a . Elevator outages closed the famous obelisk repeatedly in 2016 forcing the park service to close the structure tot he public indefinitely until a long-term repair plan and funding could be found. The monument is set to reopen in 2019.

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Police found two men suffering from stab wounds near Tipicos Los Amigos restaurant just off Virginia Route 7 in the Sugarland Plaza Shopping Center shortly after 2 a.m., according to Loudoun County Sheriff Office spokesman Kraig Troxell.

Both victims were taken to the hospital with injuries that are not life threatening, he said.

Police believe their attacker fled in a vehicle.

There’s no indication that the stabbing is connected to the restaurant, Troxell said.

Police initially said the men were found outside a diner that is located in the same shopping center.

Anyone with information can call the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 703-777-0475.

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Ryland Kendrick, battalion chief of Fairfax County Fire and Rescue, said the major fire was out Saturday morning, but they are waiting on equipment to extinguish the fire fully.

“We are awaiting arrival of heavy equipment to move the trash around so that we can disperse it and then extinguish it,” Kendrick said in a on Fairfax County Fire and Rescue’s YouTube Channel around 9:30 a.m. Saturday. “Right now, the fire is too deeply seeded to extinguish directly, so we are maintaining control, isolating the environment and, again, awaiting the arrival of heavy equipment from Covanta.”

Three stories of trash caught fire in a building at the Covanta Fairfax Waste to Energy Facility, on Furnace Road in Lorton, a little after 9 p.m. Thursday, officials said.

The fire department said the fire began on the tipping floor of the building, and extended to the holding pit, which was full. It took about 60 firefighters to get the blaze under control, but it’s continuing to smolder, and fire officials said Friday that it would take several days to put out completely.

No injuries have been reported as of Saturday  morning, Kendrick said, and there is no immediate safety hazard around the building or to those working to the firefighters and other workers.

It’s also not a health hazard, the fire department said Friday, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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Just before 9:30 a.m., police responded to reports of a shooting directly outside the senior community in Silver Spring, Maryland.

When officers arrived, they found the woman suffering from gunshot wounds. She was expected to survive her injuries.

She told police her boyfriend was involved in the shooting, said Captain Paul Starks, spokesman for the Montgomery County Police Department.

Police found the young man walking along Bel Pre Road nearby. They also recovered a handgun, Starks said.

The young man was taken into custody but has not been charged and his name was not released.

The investigation is ongoing.

About 8,000 people live at Leisure World, which describes itself as a private community for those 55 and up.

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The odorless gas was detected shortly after 3 a.m. in the common areas of the west wing of the Kris Leigh Assisted Living Center, said Lt. Russell Davies, with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.

Thirteen residents and one employee were moved from the west building to the east building.

The gas was then cut off and no one was injured, Davies said. Officials believe the heating and air system may be the cause of the leak.

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D.C. Fire and EMS said they were called to a home on 20th Street, near and Kearney Street, in Northeast, in response to a report of a man having a heart attack. But when they arrived, they detected carbon monoxide that were “off the charts,” and deduced that that was the real problem, spokesman Doug Buchanan said.

The man, the father in the family, was unconscious when he was taken to the hospital; along the way, he regained consciousness and is expected to be OK. The mother and a teenage daughter also were taken to the hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

Fire officials believe the cause of the carbon monoxide leak was a furnace that had been worked on Wednesday.

There were carbon monoxide detectors in the home, fire officials said, but the batteries weren’t working.

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The crash occurred around 11 a.m. in the 900 block of Owens Road, near Southern Avenue in Southeast D.C., according to Mark Brady, spokesman for the Prince George’s County Fire Department.

The two children who were injured were in the other car involved in the crash and not in the house that was struck, Brady .

The children’s injuries were not life-threatening. Two adults were also evaluated by medics, Brady said.

Authorities say the house that struck by the dump truck suffered significant damage and has been declared uninhabitable. The family of that home has been displaced and the Red Cross called in to help.

Two other homes were also being evaluated by crews but were expected to be reoccupied, Brady tweeted.

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D.C. police said around 9:15 p.m. the officer was walking to his car after securing the Dorothy I. Height/Benning Library when the suspect approached him.

Police say the suspect held up a gun and, “This is a revolution. I want your gun! Get on the ground.”

The officer was forced to the ground.

The officer’s gun and radio were taken. He was not injured.

The investigation is ongoing.

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A motorcyclist crashed in the northbound lane of George Washington Parkway around 9:45 a.m., police said. Pieces of the damaged bike then went into the southbound lane and struck two other vehicles.

The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, and another person was moved to the hospital with minor injuries, police said.

As a result, the George Washington Parkway was  shut down in both directions between Spout Run Parkway and Va. Route 123 for several hours for reconstruction.

ADVISORY: G/W Parkway CLOSED btwn VA-123 and Spout Run Parkway, crash investigation ( likely a few hours.)

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Police say the man was found inside a hotel room at the Budget Inn around 12:30 a.m. Friday. He was suffering from blunt force trauma and taken the hospital, where he died.

Police do not believe the crime was random.

No arrests have been made.

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Crews are on the scene working to quickly resolve the situation.

Dominion says they hope to have everyone restored by noon, if not sooner. The outage, which began around 9 a.m., originally affected about 2,400 customers.

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