- The Third Street Tunnel is still closed after that water leak earlier this week. [Post]
- High heat and bad air today. Sensitive groups should stay inside. [NBC 4]
- At least four of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s aides have COVID-19. [Maryland Matters]
- 6,000 Afghan refugees have now arrived in Virginia, with more on the way. [NBC 4]
- An 8-year-old was shot and killed in Landover, Md. last night. [WTOP]
- A longtime Walt Whitman High School teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a student. [Post]
- The shiny, technological future of The Washington Post, with new editor Sally Buzbee at the top of the masthead. [Washingtonian]
- Brooke Pinto vs. loud, dirty college students. [WCP]
- The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s $1.4 billion in revenue is setting records this year. [Patch]
- Rappahannock County schools have gone back to virtual learning this week, after many COVID-19 cases surfaced just two weeks into the school year. [Inside NoVA]
- Inside D.C.’s entrepreneurial pitch contest for returning citizens. [Post]
- ICYMI: With an Instagram account, KillMoeNews is becoming the go-to source for D.C.’s deadliest news.
- ICYMI: D.C. lawmakers are calling for a full vaccine mandate for government workers and educators.
- This Day in DCist: Two D.C. pageant queens in their sixties.
Margaret Barthel