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ARLnow Daily Debrief for May 8, 2025

By ARLnow.com

Good Thursday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — May 8, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Friday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

⛈️ Friday’s forecast

Expect showers, possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, followed by a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. The day will be mostly cloudy with a high near 64, accompanied by a northwest wind at 6-10 mph. Precipitation is 70% likely, with rainfall amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch and higher amounts in thunderstorms. Friday night brings a chance of showers up until 8pm, then mostly clear skies with a low around 50, and northwest wind around 9 mph. There is a 30% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.”
– Muhammad Ali

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.

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  • Launched in January 2010, ARLnow.com is the place for the latest news, views and things to do around Arlington, Virginia. The ARLnow staff byline is used for the Morning Notes and reporting done by an editor or other member of our full-time staff.