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Things to do in the DC area: A Bayard Rustin graphic novel exhibit, Punk Fest ��� and more! 08/08/2024 10:05am • There���s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of��Things to do in the D.C. area. The Africa World Art Gallery in Washington is hosting an exhibition Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 9 - Aug. 15 08/08/2024 10:00am • Aug. 13 1919 ��� Upset scores a win against Man o��� War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red���s only loss in 21 starts. 1933 ��� Gene Sarazen wins the PGA Championship by defeating Willie Goggin 5 and 4 in the final round. 1935 ��� The first roller derby begins in Chic The leader of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement reflects on a year since the Lahaina fire 08/08/2024 09:07am • KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) ��� On a Monday morning in July, 11 months after the devastating Lahaina fires, the Kako���o Maui Resource Center was still busy. Sunlight poured through big windows. A young man with a white flower tucked behind his ear sat behind a desk near the door, smiling as he greeted vis Those Samsung smartphones given to Olympic athletes? They may violate sanctions on North Korea 08/08/2024 08:22am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� South Korean officials on Thursday said providing Samsung smartphones to North Korean athletes at the Paris Olympics would violate U.N. Security Council sanctions against the country over its nuclear and missile program. The South Korean technology giant is a major Olympi Russia's war threatens Ukraine's Olympic future, not just the present. A young gymnast offers hope 08/08/2024 07:32am • CHORNOMORSK, Ukraine (AP) ��� When Oleksandra Paskal first took to the mat as a 4-year-old, her rhythmic gymnastics coach saw nothing but potential in a sport where the Olympics is the ultimate goal. Then a Russian missile crushed her summer house in the southern Odesa region, burying her beneath th Majority of US adults say democracy is on the ballot but they differ on the threat: AP-NORC poll 08/08/2024 07:17am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Roughly 3 in 4 American adults believe the upcoming presidential election is vital to the future of U.S. democracy, although which candidate they think poses the greater threat depends on their political leanings, according to a poll. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Ce Russian prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for US-Russian woman in treason trial 08/08/2024 07:01am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russian prosecutors on Thursday asked for a 15-year sentence in the treason trial of a Russian-American woman, who has pleaded guilty, Russian news agencies reported. Ksenia Khavana, whom Russian authorities identify by her maiden name of Karelina, was arrested in Yekaterinburg in Fe Casting aside concerns about the Seine, Sharon van Rouwendaal wins more Olympic gold in open water 08/08/2024 06:38am • PARIS (AP) ��� As Sharon van Rouwendaal approached the finish of an Olympic open water race like no other, she was hardly concerned about the safety of swimming in the Seine River. Heck, she'd already taken a few gulps of water ��� the same water that drew so much scrutiny at the Paris Games. ���I w US distance runner in Paris with family in heart after leaving Eritrea as a teen for new life 08/08/2024 05:59am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� Weini Kelati brought one picture to the United States with her. It's a photo taken when the long-distance runner was just a child ��� the only snapshot she had of her family together. Her dad, who served in the military, died soon after the photo. Her mom and two brother Ex-Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled after his 2017 illegal independence ballot, returns to Spain 08/08/2024 03:03am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Ex-Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled after his 2017 illegal independence ballot, returns to Spain. Three people arrested in rural Nevada over altercation that Black man says involved a racial slur 08/08/2024 02:04am • RENO, Nevada (AP) ��� Three people were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a verbal altercation last week in Virginia City, Nevada, during which a Black man said a racial slur was directed at him by a man who also said ���they have a hanging tree��� for people like him. The incident Australia and New Zealand are locked in a battle of tongue in cheek after M��ori words are removed 08/08/2024 01:36am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� The removal of basic M��ori phrases meaning ���hello��� and ���New Zealand��� from a M��ori lunar new year invitation to an Australian official was not a snub of the Indigenous language by New Zealand���s government, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Wednesday, s Skubal works 7 strong innings, Meadows makes homer-saving catch as the Tigers beat Mariners 6-2 08/08/2024 01:19am • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Tarik Skubal allowed two runs over seven innings, Parker Meadows made a homer-saving catch in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Wednesday night. ���It was a huge play, a game-changer,��� Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said. ���When the ball is hi The Walz record: Abortion rights, free lunches for schoolkids, and disputes over a riot response 08/08/2024 12:06am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Gov. Tim Walz and his fellow Democrats have enacted big changes in the two years that they've had full control of the Minnesota Legislature, from expansions of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights to tax credits and other initiatives aimed at making life easier for families. His record h How horses at the Spirit Horse Ranch help Maui wildfire survivors process their grief 08/08/2024 12:05am • KANAIO, Hawaii (AP) ��� Fear. Anxiety. Anger. Depression. Overwhelmed. Janice Dapitan began her second counseling session by writing those words on a whiteboard, reflecting what she felt in that moment. The day fire destroyed her hometown of Lahaina ��� and the struggles that have followed for nearl