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- “Mother Nature is pulling out all the stops, giving us several sweet days with bright, comfortable conditions.” [CWG]
- Around the country, cyclist fatalities are up 12 percent and total traffic deaths are up 7 percent. [WJLA]
- Local airports are seeing an impact from Harvey. [WJLA]
- The life and death of the poke trend. [Washingtonian]
- Arena Stage is selling off costumes. [WAMU]
- D.C. is still fighting with Maryland and Virginia about how to fix Metro. [Post]
- Mapping the city’s church conversion projects. [Curbed]
- On D.C.’s Mexican food scene. [WCP]
- “They’re all expressing the same concern: Our rat problem is worse than ever.” [TNR]
- A rent bait and switch tactic is challenged in court. [WCP]
- D.C. police are good at finding illegal guns, but not the traffickers bringing them here. [WCP]
- ICYMI: A tense street harassment speakout gets to the heart of the issue.
- ICYMI: Criterion Collection comes to Prince George’s County library.
- ICYMI: Chef Kwame Onwuachi is back in the restaurant game.
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Rachel Sadon