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- Cava is giving all of its employees—1,600 people—paid leave on election day. [Washingtonian]
- Matt Cutts left Google to work for President Obama. When Obama left office, he took up with Trump. [Washingtonian]
- Police are searching for 15-year-old Lamont Fleming, who has been missing now for more than three weeks. [WJLA]
- Jury will decide whether a man gets the death penalty for killing his wife and a police officer. [NBC Washington]
- Why films set in D.C. so rarely film here. [NBC Washington]
- Some ready-to-eat meats have been recalled from Trader Joe’s and Harris Teeter. [WTOP]
- Closing arguments have started in the Mansion Murders trial. [WJLA]
- There were three robberies, and one attempted robbery, around the Capitol and Supreme Court Monday night. [Post]
- An armed robber wore a Friday the 13th mask, but it didn’t help him much—the victim saw his face, anyway. [WJLA]
- A Metrobus garage is in danger of collapsing, so buses have to park in the street. Now Metro is proposing another solution. [WTOP]
- Enter a Halloween costume contest and win some $$$. [WCP]
- A 16-year-old girl was raped near the Twinbrook Metro station in Rockville on Monday night. [Post]
- ICYMI: FOX 5 security shot a man who broke down two doors to the news station’s building.
- ICYMI: Activist is filing an assault claim against Maryland Rep. Andy Harris.
- This Day In DCist: Previous champions revealed the secrets of their victories in the 17th Street High Heel Race (which is now being run by the mayor’s office).
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