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- Plan for a huge parking lot at the National Zoo has been scrapped. [WBJ]
- How much you need to make to afford to rent in D.C. [Washingtonian]
- We’re in for some humidity. [WJLA]
- “Who gets access to data about D.C.’s public schools, and how do they get to use it?” [WCP]
- A harrowing hostage situation ended in a fatality. [Post]
- Meet a local farm in Silver Spring.
- Ike Leggett hasn’t endorsed Ben Jealous. [Post]
- Fentanyl deaths up 42 percent in Maryland. [Post]
- “D.C. has been a Chocolate City since its inception.” [AFRO]
- Six weeks after a murder took place at a Northeast pool, it remains closed. [WJLA]
- Health report saw rising STD numbers. [WJLA]
- A Maryland native will play with Beyonce this weekend. [WUSA9]
- ICYMI: Get a first look at the new Adams Morgan cocktail bar The Green Zone.
- ICYMI: Farmers markets soon won’t be able to accept SNAP benefits.
- This Day In DCist: The Zoo had a new Sumatran tiger cub, and it was outrageously cute.
Rachel Sadon