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>> A civil rights group called the Partnership for Civil Justice filed a federal lawsuit today to halt the D.C. police department’s new checkpoint program. [WaPo]

>> D.C. fire investigators arrested a 14-year-old boy today and charged him with arson in a fire that damaged four residences in Northeast Washington this week. [WaPo]

>> Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells is hosting his 2nd annual Ward 6 Family Day on Saturday at the Rosedale Recreation Center, 1700 Gales Street NE.

>> A law proposing an exemption for churches from the DC Historic Preservation Act has been resurrected by Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry. [Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space]

>> Plenty of people are enjoying the steps outside the Reynolds Center. [Penn Quarter Living]

>> The Fenty administration has released its school reuse plans for seven of the D.C. public schools that will be closed this summer. [D.C. Wire]