Photo by Lorie Shaull.
- No study to explore creation of a city-owned power company as an alternative to Pepco-Exelon merger. [LL]
- Last night’s storm wreaked havoc on some roads in the D.C. area. They remain closed. [Post]
- Virginia now has two new state songs. [WAMU]
- New study highlights ways Metropolitan Branch Trail can improve. [GGW]
- Shark Week is here! Here’s the history of how the long-running program came together. [Washingtonian]
- Six transgender rights protestors arrested after shutting down intersection at 16th and K Street NW. [Borderstan]
- Holiday weekend forecast: more storms ugh. [Post]
- D.C Council approved a series of agreements to advance United stadium deal. [WBJ]
- QUIZ: Are they defending the Washington football team name or the Confederate flag? [Post]
- Virginia law enforcement agencies cleared to use drones (but don’t expect to see them in the skies quite yet). [Washington Times]
- Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor delayed because of weather damage. [NBC4]
- Dogs rescued from Chinese meat farm find a home in D.C. [Post]
- Takoma Park live-in nanny arrested on sexual abuse charges. [WJLA]
- Hogan “feeling great” after chemo treatments. [Post]
- More in “people are awful:” a North Bethesda man accused of using a “spy toy” to peep on his female neighbor. [WJLA]
- This Day in DCist:D.C. is so patriotic.
