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- Just in case you’d stopped thinking about HQ2—Bezos is here with the Amazon board. [Post]
- D.C. is getting a Moxy Hotel on 10 and K NW this October. [Washingtonian]
- A Maryland school system has voted to offer condoms at every high school. [Post]
- Sprouts grocery store is coming to Northern Virginia. [Biz Journal]
- Animals from Virginia are arriving at the D.C. Humane Rescue Alliance because of Florence. [WTOP]
- There’s a coastal flood advisory on the way. [WJLA]
- About 100 homes in D.C. had no water for about 10-12 hours. [WJLA]
- The new Benning Market raised $250,000 via crowdfunding. [Biz Journal]
- Defense attorneys in quadruple killing case say their client’s two brothers were responsible. [Post]
- How to tell which trees are at risk of falling. [WTOP]
- Why the Smithsonian museums are likely safe from the kind of devastating fire that ravaged Brazil’s national museum. [Washingtonian]
- Dionne Reeder wants to step into the space left by S. Kathryn Allen in the D.C. at-large council race . [WCP]
- ICYMI: Here’s one way to protect the National Mall from flooding: an underground cistern.
- ICYMI: A man was arrested for running around the city illegally opening up fire hydrants.
- ICYMI: Mayor Bowser has declared a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Florence.
- This Day In DCist: The city was refusing to clarify its actual admissions policy for its all-boys school.
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