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Beth Haim, established on Curacao in the 1650s and thought to be one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the Western Hemisphere, is a landmark in danger. Steady erosion that is considered unstoppable is leaving headstones pockmarked and inscriptions faded. (Associated Press)

Curacao’s Jewish history dying with 1600s cemetery

By Karen Attiah - Associated Press

An escalator in the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station was shut down Tuesday morning after part of the metal sheathing along the side tore away, injuring five people. “There’s always something broken,” commuter Tiffany Curry of Anacostia said. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

Five injured by broken Metro escalator

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times