If you have to be out and about today, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE wear a mask! It’s best to stay put indoors. Today’s AQI made it all the way to 314 around 10 this morning and now it’s coming back down into the 200s. In case you missed it, several non-essential District services are canceled today. Click here for a full list.
Hell’s Kitchen alum Rock Harper bought H Street bar Hill Prince and he announced it via Facebook.
On Sunday, many people around the area heard a loud sonic boom. It turned out to be fighter jets out of Andrews AFB, in pursuit of a Cessna plane that wandered into restricted airspace. The plane later crashed in the Shenandoahs, killing all occupants. EFE
Raw Story chronicled the unfolding of the story across the region and online.
Kendrid Khalil Hamlin pled guilty for assaulting Rep. Angie Craig. The story mentions that the attack seems to have been motivated by mental health issues rather than political issues and that Hamlin needs proper mental and addiction care rather than jail time. KGET
Pride weekend is this weekend and it looks like Metro may have record-breaking ridership. Will the air quality affect this? We shall see. WUSA-9
After the latest shooting on H Street, inside Tony’s Place (not Tony’s Breakfast), the community is on pins and needles about the violence. WJLA-7
Doesn’t help that there was a shooting outside the Chick-Fil-A on Monday evening. PoPVille