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- The District issued 86,000 street sweeping tickets last year, but it isn’t a money-making scheme. [WAMU]
- The Wizards (and G-Wiz!) start their season against the Heat tonight, plus the five best- and worst-case scenarios for them this year. [Bullets Forever / Post]
- Call Your Mother was totally slammed its first weekend, and now it’s making some changes. [Eater]
- Man fatally shot in Northeast D.C. [Post]
- A look at the Smithsonian’s repatriation offices, which are reuniting indigenous communities with human remains. [WCP]
- What power means to Naomi Wadler, the local sixth grader who staged her first walkout at 10 years old. [The Cut]
- Brookland house fire injures a resident, three firefighters. [NBC Washington]
- The final column of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and a look at his life in the D.C. region. [Post / The Atlantic]
- D.C.’s most $$$$$$$$$ Halloween costume parties. [WCP]
- Brother of Mansion Murders suspect takes the stand. [FOX 5]
- The city partners with Bard College to offer associates degrees to high schoolers from poor neighborhoods. [Post]
- D.C.’s got some of the country’s hottest chefs. [People]
- Georgetown was almost a lakeside property. [Georgetown Met]
- Residents of Arthur Capper Senior Apartments wonder what comes after the fire. [WTOP]
- Folks near Purple Line construction are having a tough time getting good sleep. [Post]
- Here are the top places Uber and Lyft drivers are taking people locally. [WBJ]
- A writer’s first tango with cryotherapy. [Washingtonian]
- ICYMI: The D.C. Attorney General announced a series of lawsuits targeting landlords he calls neglectful in wards 7 and 8.
- ICYMI: There are no 5Ks in service. This is really good news. Be happy.”
- This Day In DCist: Tom Sietema’s review puts the “No” and “Boo” in Nobu.
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