Luke Lukert

2 weeks ago | wtop.com | Luke Lukert

Wednesday marks 50 years since North Vietnamese troops took the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, effectively ending the Vietnam War. For decades, a congressionally-created project through the Library of Congress has chronicled the stories of individual service members during their time at war. “Seven guys materialize with AK-47s and pith helmets.

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Luke Lukert

Share Pope Francis was laid to rest over the weekend in Rome, after a funeral mass in Vatican City. As millions watched the proceedings on television, a Winchester, Virginia, priest was in the city to witness the historic event. “Probably the time in my life when I felt the most Catholic,” said Rev. Stephen Vaccaro with Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Winchester, about the funeral mass. “Catholic, the word means ‘universal’.

2 weeks ago | wtop.com | Luke Lukert

Pope Francis was laid to rest over the weekend in Rome, after a funeral mass in Vatican City. As millions watched the proceedings on television, a Winchester, Virginia, priest was in the city to witness the historic event. “Probably the time in my life when I felt the most Catholic,” said Rev. Stephen Vaccaro with Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Winchester, about the funeral mass. “Catholic, the word means ‘universal’.

3 weeks ago | wtop.com | Luke Lukert

Metro’s Red Line has been running automated train service for the last several months, and now the transit agency is planning to double down on automation in the coming years. In a presentation to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board titled “World Class Transit,” Metro suggests increasing the automation of trains to the point where operators would be taken out of the control cabin and instead turned into train attendants.

3 weeks ago | wtop.com | Luke Lukert

While the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride and the Battle of Lexington and Concord are being remembered this month as the start of the American Revolution, at nearly the same time, Virginia was also seeing unrest and the beginnings of rebellion at its colonial capital. “It’s interesting to think about these things happening at the same time period,” said Kate Egner, senior manager of digital content with the American Battlefield Trust.