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- Howard student fatally shot, another assaulted on Georgia Avenue NW late Thursday. [Post]
- Seven-year-old dies after falling from vehicle at start of Annapolis parade. [NBC4]
- Slew of new public safety laws are now on the books in Virginia. [WAMU]
- Fireworks industry now seeing year-round demand. [Times]
- Speaking of fireworks, WETA aired D.C. Fireworks Extravaganza again; it was racist again. [Arts Desk]
- D.C. as small-town Americana: Palisades Parade ends with ribbon cutting on new playground. [WTOP]
- Wilson Ramos belts go-ahead home run in Nationals’ 8-5 win over Milwaukee. [Post]
- Turns out you can bring out a large crowd with fireworks, Barry Manilow, John Williams, and Neil Diamond. [Times]
- Head of D.C.’s Libertarian Party on DCist: “The local hipster website.” [Insomniac Libertarian]
- This Day in DCist: Last year, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival paid tribute to Chuck Brown, and a group of D.C. residents asked Pepco just “how hard can it be to clear a fucking tree.”
