A machine readable passport (MRP) is one where the data on the identity page is encoded in optical character recognition format. This machine readable zone (MRZ) is located at the bottom of the identity page below the picture. On most passports it spans 2 lines of 44 characters each and …
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will conduct the third of 15 “Safety Surges” to address necessary maintenance work on Metro rail lines from July 5-11. The line segment between Braddock Road and Reagan National Airport will be closed. Supplemental shuttle bus service will be provided.
Super Typhoon Nepartak is expected to make landfall in eastern Taiwan late July 7, then track northward for a second landfall south of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, the evening of July 8. Flights at airports in the region have been cancelled.