- Federal climate scientists announced that Earth had its hottest June on record last month. [USA Today]
- D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s cousin is listed as the head of a company that would receive $3 million under a new sports gambling contract. [Post]
- Dio Wine Bar is adding fancy bar snacks from Odd Provisions to its menu after bringing “all natural” wines to H Street. [Eater]
- An 11-year-old boy was shot and killed while sitting in a car in Southeast D.C. on Thursday evening. [WTOP]
- Regional authorities are predicting “Code Orange” levels of air pollution for the next two days due to the massive heat wave hitting the D.C. area. [Curbed]
- AOC told more than 700 fired-up activists that “we will not go back” at a Democratic rally in Silver Spring. [Post]
- There’s a new pop-up bar dedicated to the District’s “burgeoning gaming community” in Shaw. [PoPville]
- The woman who got fired for flipping off the presidential motorcade is now running for office in Loudoun County. [Post]
- A glitch in the Uber app was charging District riders nearly 100 times the amount they were supposed to pay. [Fox5]
- President Trump said he disagreed with the “send her back” chants that spread throughout his rally in North Carolina. [Hill]
- A judge asked the ACLU to reconsider its lawsuit against Prince George’s County’s school board over student fees for required summer school. [WAMU]
- Four firefighters were injured while responding to a large fire at a Northwest D.C. home on Thursday night. [WTOP]
- Virginia is moving ahead with the expansion of the Broad Run Station on the Virginia Railway Express. [WTOP]
- ICYMI: You’ll find your fix of CBD cocktails and retro vibes at Mr. Braxton, Park View’s newest hangout on Georgia Avenue.
- ICYMI: Prince George’s County police arrested a man in the murder of Zoe Spears, the transgender woman who was killed last month on Eastern Avenue.
- This day in DCist: Starbucks opened its first U.S. location designed for the deaf and hard of hearing on H Street.
