- You can now see a portrait of famed and beloved Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado at the National Portrait Gallery. [Washingtonian]
- A change in D.C. Medicaid policies is preventing people battling addiction from picking up necessary medicine on time. [WCP]
- A pedestrian has passed away after being struck by a driver in Fairfax County on Friday. [WTOP]
- Where to eat empanadas. [Eater]
- Washington Gas is helping people prepare for the winter. [Washington Informer]
- Councilmember Jack Evans owned stock in a bank at the same time that he pushed legislation that would have benefited that bank. [Post]
- A D.C. church held a service honoring victims of gun violence in the city. [NBC 4]
- Parents in Virginia are rallying against LGBTQ books in the classroom. [Post]
- A star of ‘Real Housewives of the Potomac’ has been arrested for assaulting a co-star on the show. [FOX 5]
- Is Councilmember Anita Bonds confused about what “public” means? [WCP]
- Metro transit police shot and killed a deer that wandered onto the tracks between Fort Totten and Takoma. [Post]
- A uniformed police officer shot two people at a D.C. apartment building. [Post]
- ICYMI: Overheards: “He had a good job but there wasn’t much else there. He was D.C.-hot. Do you know what I mean?”
- ICYMI: The Washington Post’s union published a report showing gender pay disparity at the paper.
- This Day in DCist: The beginnings of the Women’s March on Washington.
Natalie Delgadillo