- Where to eat a chocolate chip cookie. [Eater]
- A Park Police cruiser crashed into a van on Saturday, injuring two adults (including the officer driving the cruiser) and a child. [NBC Washington]
- D.C.’s kids are coping with the deaths of three young people under the age of 17 since the start of the academic year. [Post]
- There’s a planned protest at Immanuel Christian School in Virginia as administrators prepare to decide on disciplinary action for a group of white boys who allegedly held down their black classmate and cut her dreadlocks. [FOX 5]
- Organizers say between 1,500 and 3,000 people turned out for Saturday’s National Transgender Visibility March on Washington. [Washington Blade]
- Hundreds of people in Capitol Hill are dealing with power outages. [WTOP]
- The start of October is not going to feel like the start of October. [CWG]
- An interfaith vigil in Chevy Chase on Sunday remembered victims of gun violence. [NBC Washington]
- A trash truck fire is slowing the way to the airport this morning. [WTOP]
- The Mystics don’t need last year’s brutal loss against Seattle to inspire them anymore. [WCP]
- Some extremely haunted places to visit to get you in the Halloween spirit. [Curbed]
- A 12-year-old girl was shot in the foot on Friday night near her home, police said. [Post]
- An organization called “Streetbeefs” in Harrisburg, Va. lets men solve grudges with one another by fighting in a grassy lot. They say it’s a way to reduce gun violence. [Post]
- ICYMI: There was almost a Disney theme park in Virginia.
- ICYMI: Overheards: “Ugh, she’s such a b*tch. I love her, she’s just like me.”
- This Day in DCist: The Supreme Court took on a case that was predicted to possibly help the Washington football team get its trademark back from the federal government.
Marine Corps Silent Drill team, going back to barracks after performing at the Barracks Row Fall Festival
Natalie Delgadillo