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- This Maryland family spent $700,000 in experimental medical treatments for their sick daughter, and it seemed like they were working–until they weren’t. [Post]
- The Howard football team is keeping its hopes up. [WCP]
- The National Portrait Gallery’s rapid response team jumps into action when a famous person dies. [Washingtonian]
- Peacock Cafe owners are opening up a new restaurant in Dupont Circle. [Eater]
- Purple Line Construction is getting in the way. [Post]
- A community floods Stanton Road near Wellington to remember an 18-year-old who was shot over the weekend. [WTOP]
- Looks like Paul Manafort will be pleading guilty in federal court on Friday. [FOX 5]
- Florence is making it even harder to be a waterman on the Cheapeake. [WTOP]
- A six-month-old D.C. girl had died from burn injuries, police are investigating it as a homicide. [FOX 5]
- On D.C.-born WWE wrestler, Velveteen Dream. [WCP]
- ICYMI: Why don’t the fountains at Malcolm X Park ever work?
- ICYMI: What to eat at new fast food restaurant Leon.
- ICYMI: Should Metro be charging more during big events?
- This Day In DCist:Giant Panda Mei Xiang was tricking us all, once again.
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