- Getting out of town for the weekend? Some advice for beating the traffic. [WTOP]
- A Q&A with the District’s new transportation head. [Post]
- Marijuana possession is now legal in Virginia. Here’s what advocates are pushing for next. [Mercury]
- Lanes along the Outer Loop of the Beltway in Montgomery County are closed after a tanker truck overturned. [NBC4]
- Evaluating D.C.’s budget for homelessness services. [City Paper]
- The case of the Loudoun County teacher who refused to use student preferred pronouns is headed to the Virginia Supreme Court. [WTOP]
- The latest from the Capital Gazette shooter’s trial. [Maryland Matters]
- You can make as much as $561 helping other people get vaccinated in D.C. [City Paper]
- A tennis star from Prince George’s County is a smash hit at Wimbledon. [NBC 4]
- A flash flood watch until tonight, but clearing up this weekend. [CWG]
- ICYMI: New Howard Fine Arts dean Phylicia Rashad tweeted in support of Bill Cosby’s release.
- ICYMI: An audit claims Montgomery County police lack sufficient policy around use-of-force investigations.
- This Day In DCist: Bei Bei’s hammock.
Margaret Barthel