- Joe Exotic supporters drove through D.C. in a painted tour bus, asking President Trump to pardon the jailed Netflix documentary star. [WTOP]
- A D.C. resident lost his mother to COVID-19, then had her ashes stolen from his apartment building. Now his community is helping him search for her. [Post]
- Wondering when you need to wear a mask? This flow-chart should help. [WCP]
- Communities in Virginia have seen an increase in drug overdoses since the beginning of the pandemic. [WJLA]
- Several swastikas were found painted on sidewalks near a Fairfax shopping center. [WTOP]
- A local friar — and winner of “The Great American Baking Show” — has been baking nonstop for residents in need. [Washingtonian]
- Ahmaud Arbey’s story takes black runners in D.C. back to their own moments of discomfort and danger. [WCP]
- Nearly a year ago, the Nats’ record wasn’t promising of a World Series run. [WTOP]
- Baltimore cancelled all of the city’s major public events through August 31. [NBC 4]
- The owner of a D.C. Asian-American pastry shop is running a one-woman business during a pandemic. [DC Eater]
- The National Park Service’s new safety posters remind you to keep your distance from others (and bears, too). [Washingtonian]
- ICYMI: The National Building Museum permanently laid off two-thirds of its staff members.
- ICYMI: D.C. no longer has the best city park system in the country, according to one prominent conservation nonprofit.
- This Day in DCist: A Georgetown professor confronted white nationalist Richard Spencer at an Alexandria gym.
Colleen Grablick