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- Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Cathy Lanier rail against gun violence at impromptu press conference. [City Desk]
- Three men arrested in connection to fatal Fourth of July shooting. [Post]
- Girls Rock! isn’t just teaching music to young girls, it’s teaching female empowerment. [Washingtonian]
- Bowser takes on affordable housing with a “strike force.” [WAMU]
- Man killed in Park View shooting last night. [Borderstan]
- How Twitter actually solved a Metro customer service problem. [Post]
- Oh, rats. [City Desk]
- Plans for new walking and biking paths from L’Enfant Plaza to the waterfront. [GGW]
- A history of August in D.C. [Washingtonian]
- And the band played on. [Post]
- Former deputy mayor for planning and economic development under Fenty, Neil Alber, to head Downtown D.C. BID. [WBJ]
- The New Yorker on the death of Charnice Milton. [New Yorker]
- U.Md. professor says the science behind The X-Files checks out, because she’s their science advisor. [WTOP]
- What to do during this weekend’s In It Together Fest. [Arts Desk]
- This Day in DCist: Student test scores show small improvements, but a persistent achievement gap in D.C. schools.