- It wasn’t the Mystics’ night, leaving it to game five to decide the WNBA championships. [Deadspin]
- Ankle monitors can call monitor, call, and record parolees without consent. [WCP]
- Takoma Park is looking to revise its tree rules a bit. [Washingtonian]
- Another internet brand is opening up a brick-and-mortar shop in D.C.: Margaux. [Washingtonian]
- A non-profit invited Vienna residents to “take a seat” on painted benches. Someone took it very literally. [WTOP]
- Opinion: “dire state” of the D.C. Archives needs to be fixed. [Post]
- More dorm issues at Howard. [WJLA]
- Charlottesville is still trying to get rid of Confederate statues. [AP via NBC]
- An egg-themed restaurant is coming to a former Mike Isabella space in Ballston. [WBJ]
- The most expensive homes sold in the region this year. [WBJ]
- Airbnb nightmare. [NBC4]
- On why Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie flipped on the sports betting contract. [District Dig]
- There have already been 11 cases of the flu reported in Maryland. [WTOP]
- While most east coast growing is done indoors, there’s an outdoor marijuana farm in Maryland. [Post]
- Fairfax parents sue school district over seclusion and restraint practices. [Post]
- A student at one D.C. elementary school was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. [Post]
- There’s an “emergency special meeting” in Shaw to discuss recent shootings. [Popville]
- ICYMI: The Nats aren’t playing at home, but you can still watch the game at Nats Park tonight.
- ICYMI: It looks like an Amazon store is coming to 14th Street.
- This Day in DCist: How restaurants prepare for political protests.
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