- A celebration of Spears’ freedom from her father’s oversight of her conservatorship is planned for Oct. 23. [Washingtonian]
- A four-fire night for first responders in Montgomery County. [NBC4]
- Two people are dead and one wounded after multiple overnight shootings. [Post]
- High schools in Alexandria and Arlington were locked down yesterday. Here’s what happened. [Post]
- The latest from the criminal investigation into the Washington Football Team head athletic trainer. [NBC4]
- Staff shortages in Virginia nursing homes fall especially hard on Black and low income patients. [Virginia Mercury]
- There’s also a care worker shortage in Maryland. [Maryland Matters]
- Polls are still extremely close in the Virginia gubernatorial race. [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
- Meet the first student to win D.C.’s scholarship vaccine incentive. She wants to become a lawyer. [Post]
- Controversy in D.C.’s growing plant-based food scene. [Washingtonian]
- An unhoused man incarcerated at the Arlington jail died yesterday. [Post]
- Cloudy, with maybe some drizzle this weekend. [CWG]
- ICYMI: The National Zoo has cancelled Boo At The Zoo and ZooLights due to coronavirus concerns.
- ICYMI: Historic River Farm is no longer for sale — and will reopen to the public.
- This Day in DCist: A woman did yoga on the Metro tracks. Yes, you read that right.
Margaret Barthel