Photo by Julian Ortiz.
- Eleanor Holmes Norton is pushing Congress to raise minimum wage. [WAMU]
- Ellsworth J. Davis, the Washington Post’s first black photographer, has died. R.I.P., Ellsworth. [Washington Post]
- The Washington football team won their second preseason game! But not without some key injuries. [NBC4]
- More dolphins mysteriously dying off the Virginia coast. [AP]
- In its second year, the Trillectro music festival is starting to come into its own. [Arts Desk]
- Police are investigating a suspicious package near the White House. [WJLA]
- Not a suspicious package: The Obamas’ new puppy, Sunny! [DCist]
- D.C. fire chief may be facing assault charges after snatching a firefighter’s cell phone away from him. [Washingtonian]
- This Day in DCist: A Smithsonian security guard shot and killed himself inside the Hirshhorn Museum.
