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- District residents celebrate Chuck Brown at a Northeast parked named in his honor. [WTOP]
- Trivia at Purple Patch today. [Popville]
- Amtrak names a new CEO. [Post]
- Jefferson Davis Highway could be renamed due to confederacy ties. [CBS]
- Landlord problems lead to shutter of Mount Pleasant pizza spot. [Eater]
- MGM to trim nearly 10 percent of slot machines planned for Maryland casino. [NBC 4]
- Off-duty D.C. firefighter shot while driving with his daughter in Southeast. [NBC 4]
- The FTA says it’s spending $900,000 to hire new Metro inspectors. [CBS]
- Stafford County Police lieutenant gets in formation. [The Grio]
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe restaurants linked to Hepatitis A in Virginia. [Alexandria News]
- Downtown BicycleSpace is robbed. [Popville]
- More on pseudomonas bacteria found at Prince George’s Hospital Center. [Post]
- Metro fashion. [Post]
- Alonzo Smith’s mother continues to seek answers. [Post]
- Legendary black journalist, George Curry, dies at 69. [NPR]
- ICYMI: Shakespeare Theatre Company’s The Tempest returns—and it’s a free-for-all.
- This Day In DCist: Bei Bei is born.
