- Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s Virginia gubernatorial campaign is purchasing Google ads for news articles and rewriting the headlines. [Post]
- D.C. isn’t budging on the indoor mask mandate despite requests by gyms. [Blade]
- The STAY DC rent relief program will stop taking applications on Oct. 27. [Informer]
- Have you noticed poetry stickers around D.C.? Meet the writer behind them. [The Click]
- D.C.’s first Wegmans is set to open in Tenleytown next summer. [NBC 4]
- The Montgomery County Council will consider a bill establishing a grant program for businesses that subsidize childcare. [WTOP]
- The council is also set to consider a vaccine mandate for government workers today, despite strong pushback from unions. [WJLA]
- The Cocktail Club opens in Hook Hall this week. [WCP]
- United Airlines is in talks with Dulles International Airport to spend billions upgrading a concourse. [Airline Weekly]
- Mostly sunny today with highs in the mid-70s. [CWG]
- ICYMI: D.C. Police fatally shot a man while responding to a domestic violence call on Monday.
- ICYMI: Safety investigators found that issues with Metro’s 7000-series trains could’ve resulted in a “catastrophic incident.”
- This Day in DCist: A man wearing a Pikachu costume tried to hop the White House fence.
Colleen Grablick