- People waited as long as 90 minutes to talk to Amazon recruiters. Thousands of people showed up. [WBJ, Post]
- The Mystics held off the Aces in “last second thriller” of game one of the WNBA semifinals. [NBC]
- H Street Festival organizer is frustrated that Whole Foods and Starbucks aren’t contributing to the event. [WCP]
- RBG has a new mural in town. [Popville]
- The Pitch Tavern is closing for a second time (and rebranding). [Popville]
- In tribute to Cokie Roberts. [NPR via WAMU]
- A downtown park is getting a giant xylophone. [Curbed]
- You can rent Roald Dahl’s house. [Georgetown Metropolitan]
- D.C. is a bit closer to getting paid for Trump’s inauguration and July 4 extravaganza. [Post]
- These women are banding together to help protect transgender sex workers. [Post]
- Ready for new I-395 tolls? [WTOP]
- Howard’s is planning a major mixed-use project. [UrbanTurf]
- What the new Buzzard Point section of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail will look like. [GGW]
- The opening of new security checkpoints at DCA will be delayed until the end of 2021. [WTOP]
- Maryland has recorded a decline in fatal overdose deaths. [Post]
- Live tweets of the police trying to apprehend a man slowly stealing a dragon pedal boat at National Harbor. [Twitter]
- ICYMI: Should you believe the hype that scooters are good for the environment?
- ICYMI: The D.C. Council is considering cracking down on vaping.
- This Day in DCist: Weird local beer ingredients.
Rachel Sadon