- Commuters on Metro’s Red Line had their worst morning rush in a year and half. [Washingtonian]
- D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is still trying to get rid of a century-old statue of a Confederate general near Judiciary Square. [Curbed]
- Police say a man was charged with voyeurism for filming a minor who was using the bathroom at Nationals Park. [WTOP]
- There’s a huge mixed-use development with a nine-screen movie theater coming to D.C.’s Edgewood neighborhood in Northeast. [Curbed]
- HUD Secretary Ben Carson defended President Trump’s attacks on the city of Baltimore. [Post]
- President Trump plans to appoint Sean Spicer, his former press secretary, to a new role at the U.S. Naval Academy. [WJLA]
- Here’s why the National Cathedral decided to publish a statement condemning President Trump’s Twitter tirade against Baltimore. [Washingtonian]
- A retired lawyer helped two 7-Eleven employees hold down a shoplifter in Georgetown until police arrived. [Post]
- A teenager was taken to the hospital in critical condition on Wednesday after being struck by a car in Bethesda. [WTOP]
- A work stoppage of bus drivers for Northern Virginia’s OmniRide service will likely affect thousands of commuters. [Post]
- Capital Crab & Seafood is revealing its much-anticipated full summer menu today in Chevy Chase. [Eater]
- M Street Yoga says it will close its doors in Southwest after five years of teaching. [Popville]
- A Maryland man who stole $1.5 million worth of wine was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. [WTOP]
- ICYMI: Turns out Woodstock 50 won’t be happening at Merriweather Post Pavilion after all because the festival is canceled.
- ICYMI: D.C.’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against a home contractor for a “pattern of illegal behavior.”
- This day in DCist: The Kadampa Meditation Center opened a new temple with an 8-foot Buddha statue in Southwest D.C..
