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- Investigation of suspicious package near White House snarls morning commute. [Post]
- In addition to pot and abortion, Obama backs budget autonomy for D.C. in budget plan. [WAMU]
- The Post’s Petula Dvorak wonders why stories of underprivileged children suffering from neglect and abuse don’t receive the attention they deserve. [Post]
- Who do you contact when a bus shelter’s map is missing? [GGW]
- Engaged couple hit by car while fixing tire on BW Parkway; groom-to-be killed. [AP/WJLA]
- Top appointees in Gray administration got hefty severance packages when Mayor Muriel Bowser took over. [LL]
- White Flint Mall closes its doors. [WBJ]
- After some violent events in recent years, National Zoo ups security measures. [NBC4]
- Rosa Parks archive opening at Library of Congress, sheds new light on her role as a civil rights activist. [NBC4]
- Trial for $100 million lawsuit against D.C. from fatal 2011 police shooting begins. [Post]
- Navy christens site of fatal 2013 shooting as command center. [Washington Times]
- Pics from The Dougout’s three-year anniversary party. [Bandwidth]
- “That dumpster-chic look—so good.” [Washingtonian]
- This Day in DCist: Reports of no heat, water at D.C. General as last year’s homeless crisis swells.