Michael Laris

Washington, D.C.

Transportation Reporter at The Washington Post

Washington Post transportation reporter, easily distracted by good stories and good food

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3 weeks ago | stuff.co.nz | Michael Laris
Their children have a rare condition. They didn’t know its name – until now. - The Boston Globe

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Michael Laris

The adults standing by waited to see what the two would do next. To someone watching from the outside, the interactions of five children in a D.C. park on a warm weekend afternoon would not have seemed extraordinary. But to those children’s parents, every move offered insights - into what they could do now, into what they might be able to do someday. The families recently learned they share a profound connection.
Their children have a rare condition. They didn’t know its name – until now.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Laris

Their children have a rare condition. They didn’t know its name – until now. (washingtonpost.com) Their children have a rare condition. They didn’t know its name – until now. By Michael Laris 2025060110000000 Five-year-old Adeline Strohbeck lugged a box of White Cheddar Cheetos Puffs across the grass and watched as the other children and their parents started to arrive.
They gathered to turn ‘pain into purpose.’ Then gunfire shattered their peace.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Laris |Karina Elwood

They gathered to turn ‘pain into purpose.’ Then gunfire shattered their peace. (washingtonpost.com) They gathered to turn ‘pain into purpose.’ Then gunfire shattered their peace. By Michael Laris; Karina Elwood 2025052510001100 They had gathered in a D.C. museum lobby to hear stories of hope and action. A young aid worker with the Multifaith Alliance, perched beside a vase of white flowers, spoke about efforts to save lives in war-ravaged Gaza.
Safety fears over helicopters at National Airport continue months after crash

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Ian Duncan |Michael Laris

Police, medical and military helicopters have continued to fly in close proximity toReagan National Airport in the three months since an Army Black Hawk and regional jetliner collided and killed 67 people, requiring airline pilots to abort landings and sparking pointed disagreements between agencies responsible for flights.
Helicopters were banned near National Airport. They are disrupting flights anyway.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Ian Duncan |Michael Laris

Helicopters were banned near National Airport. They are disrupting flights anyway. (washingtonpost.com) Helicopters were banned near National Airport. They are disrupting flights anyway.
A landlord builds. A restaurant closes. And D.C.’s tiny Chinatown gets smaller.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Meagan Flynn |Michael Laris

A landlord builds. A restaurant closes. And D.C.’s tiny Chinatown gets smaller. (washingtonpost.com) A landlord builds. A restaurant closes. And D.C.’s tiny Chinatown gets smaller. By Meagan Flynn; Michael Laris 2025050510005500 In a Chinese restaurant where a hand-painted menu is tacked to the wall, Eddie Moy looked around the weathered dining room that would soon be swallowed by something new.
A university confronts the dark history of a stolen heart in a vibrant way

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Laris

More than 50 years after his heart was taken and used in a landmark transplant without his or his family’s permission, Bruce Tucker’s life has been formally honored in a pair of vibrant murals outside a medical school auditorium in Virginia’s capital. In one, two large hands hold up a stylized, detached heart. In the other, a pensive Tucker wears a dark tie.
He drove over Baltimore’s Key Bridge. Moments later, it collapsed.

Mar 24, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Michael Laris

Larry DeSantis needed to get to his second job. That’s what he was thinking as he drove toward Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge a year ago, on March 26, in his gray Toyota pickup.
A helicopter crashed into the Potomac River. He was the sole survivor.

Mar 16, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Michael Laris

When his eyes opened under the surface of the Potomac River, Jonathan Godfrey saw blurry darkness. He fought the intense urge to inhale. He was still strapped in his cockpit seat, now on the bottom of the muddy river. He didn’t know how he got there, only that he had to get himself free. If I don’t get a breath, I’m going to die, he thought.