• Fire personnel said a woman driving on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway was impaled by a metal stake this morning, but it turns out she wasn’t after all. [WTOP]
• The parents of three fourth grade girls who say a group of boys attacked and sexually assaulted them on a playground want school officials step down because of their response to the incident. [NBC4]
• Patients and workers at a publicly funded mental health care clinic are alleging mistreatment. [WCP]
• Caregivers taking care of elderly parents are inspired to plan more for old age. [Post]
• Three men who were incarcerated in Md. for 36 years were recently exonerated in the slaying of a Baltimore teen. [Fox5]
• A Md. widow is suing state officials after she received the wrong remains for her husband who donated his body to science. [NBC4]
• Immigrant families blend the old and new for a very American Thanksgiving. [Post]
• Italian meets Asian cuisine? You can give it a try next week. [WCP]
• Afterwards, top it off with cannoli at these places around town. [Eater]
• Here are some must-read books about Washington. [Washingtonian]
• La Tasca closed in Chinatown without giving employees a heads up. [WCP]
• A coalition wants to make students’ commute to school safer and more reliable. [GGW]
• “Namewashing” of public transit won’t be easy. [CityLab]
• ICYMI: Former Express distributors are still waiting to receive thousands of crowdfunded dollars that was raised for them after the daily paper shuttered in September.
• ICYMI: What it means to be a man is a question D.C. men-only support groups are reckoning with now.
• This Day in DCist: A Catholic University dean stepped down after tweeting disparaging comments about women who accused now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.

The first bullet point has been updated to reflect that, while fire personnel originally said the Beltway driver was impaled, further assessment showed she was not.