Photo by Jim Havard.
- Metro had an intense meeting yesterday. Amid major changes—they’ll hire a specialist to address management concerns and workplace culture. [Post]
- And speaking of Metro, its Chief Safety Officer has resigned. [WAMU]
- This summer has seen a spike in synthetic drug overdoses, but it’s been used for years. Why is the District just now cracking down? [WCP]
- Child dies in Southeast D.C. after fire engine has to transport him to a nearby hospital because the nearest ambulance was seven miles away. [Post]
- Horrible: D.C. man pleads guilty to sexually abusing, transmitting STD to pre-teen relative. [WJLA]
- How former At-Large candidate Eugene Puryear has reinvented himself as Muriel Bowser’s biggest critic. [LL]
- Shaw, Woodland Terrace residents weigh in on recent gun violence. [WAMU]
- Today in Metro delays: Blue, Orange, and Silver lines. [Post]
- After a half-century, the Buzzard Point Marina is closing. [WBJ]
- Bowser kicks off another “Alleypalooza” campaign. [NBC4]
- A man in Maryland has been arrested for tweeting “kill all white people.” [Post]
- A truly shitty story. [WJLA]
- How Babe City Records is shaping D.C.’s indie rock scene. [Bandwidth]
- This Day in DCist: The official D.C. Olympic bid hand sign.
