- Large chunks of the National Mall used to be a parking lot in the 1970s. [GGW]
- District students made steady progress on the English portion of a standardized test, but an achievement gap remains. [Post]
- Fairfax County schools will allow parents to track their kids on their way home from school using an app called “Here Comes the Bus.” [WTOP]
- New data reveals the top eight destinations for Bird dockless scooter riders in the District. [Curbed]
- A man was charged with rape and attempted murder after he allegedly assaulted a woman at an apartment building in Silver Spring. [WJLA]
- A woman set a new Maryland record by reeling in a 74.5 pound mahi-mahi at the Poor Girls Open Fishing tournament in Ocean City. [Post]
- There’s Octopie on the menu at a new pizzeria that opens this September in Cleveland Park. [Eater]
- Norfolk officials filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to remove a Confederate monument from its downtown area. [Post]
- Ivy City is apparently getting ready for Halloween (very) early this year. [Popville]
- Here’s the long lost history of the District’s first golf course for African Americans. [Washingtonian]
- Police say a man died of blunt-force injuries after he was assaulted in Adams Morgan earlier this month. [Post]
- What to look out for when the 138th Maryland State Fair opens this Thursday. [WTOP]
- More than 1,000 trees will be pruned and around 70 will be removed on the National Mall. [WTOP]
- U.S. airlines are expecting a record 17.5 million travelers over the week-long Labor Day period this year. [WJLA]
- ICYMI: An ex-diplomat was sentenced to five years in prison for sending hundreds of threatening emails to employees of the Arab American Institute.
- ICYMI: A “burgeoning” population of bunnies sent the Tenleytown listserv way down the rabbit hole.
- This day in DCist: Ben’s Chili Bowl was gearing up for its 60th anniversary celebration on U Street.
