- Arlington public schools have a reputation for excellence. But are they excellent for black kids? [Post]
- On local cartoonist Elizabeth Montague. [WCP]
- Summer really wants to stick around for us this year. Like, really really. [CWG/Post]
- Political analyst and D.C. statehood champion Mark Plotkin died on Sunday at 72. [WTOP]
- How gentrification has led to displacement in Shaw, and for one black family who has been living there for 40 years. [Post]
- The elevator at the newly-opened Washington Monument briefly broke down on Saturday. [NBC Washington]
- What are D.C. statehood advocates planning next? [FOX 5]
- Two teens have been arrested in the death of a man allegedly assaulted at the Frederick Fair. [WTOP]
- It appears someone has stolen items placed at a ghost bike memorial for a teen in Bethesda. [WTOP]
- The defense in this murder trial suggests a 7-year-old girl may have killed her brother, after she accuses her mother’s boyfriend of harming the child. [Post]
- A man was killed in a shooting in Northeast D.C. [FOX 5]
- ICYMI: “Our slogan: every day is Halloween.”
- ICYMI: The issues we’re watching at the D.C. Council.
- This Day in DCist: A list of all the things the Pope allegedly blessed in D.C.
Natalie Delgadillo