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Liverpool and Arsenal win as Salah and Milner set records on first Saturday in the Premier League 08/17/2024 02:28pm • There were wins for Liverpool and Arsenal and records for the prolific Mohamed Salah and the enduring James Milner on the first Saturday of the Premier League season. Liverpool’s new era under Arne Slot began with a 2-0 victory over promoted Ipswich, with Salah netting the second to take his tally Dozens line up to give up firearms for gift cards in Rockville 08/17/2024 02:18pm • Gift cards for guns? That's how the Rockville Police Department gathered unwanted firearms in their third annual gun buyback event at Red Gate Park in Maryland on Saturday morning. Cars started lining up an hour before the event kicked off. When officers started receiving the guns, no one got out American Lauren Coughlin makes late birdies for 66 to lead Women's Scottish Open 08/17/2024 02:06pm • IRVINE, Scotland (AP) — Lauren Coughlin rolled in a bending, 20-foot putt as part of three birdies on the closing stretch Saturday to cap off a 6-under 66 in the Women's Scottish Open and give her a one-shot lead over Megan Khang at Dundonald Links. Coughlin picked up her first LPGA Tour title thr Hot-hitting Pirates DH Andrew McCutchen placed on 10-day injured list with left knee inflammation 08/17/2024 01:06pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Designated hitter Andrew McCutchen was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday with left knee inflammation. McCutchen was injured Friday night while running the bases in the seventh inning of a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. McCutchen, 37, has Ignoring pressure and having fun, Cuba gets off to a winning start at the Little League World Series 08/17/2024 12:54pm • SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Marloon Herrera was crying. Happy tears. With Cuba trailing in the fifth inning of its Little League World Series opener on Thursday, Marloon lined a two-run double to give his team the lead. When the Czech Republic, representing Europe-Africa, made a pitching change Jailed Chinese activist faces another birthday alone in a cell, his wife says 08/17/2024 10:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ding Jiaxi knew he would spend his 57th birthday alone in a Chinese prison cell, without a phone call from family or a chance to stretch in the sunlight. It was the activist’s fifth year in those conditions. Despite letters assuring his family in the United States that he was h Russian missile sparks blaze in Ukraine as Kyiv's troops push into Russia's Kursk region 08/17/2024 09:41am • Russia kept up its assault on Ukraine Saturday even as Ukrainian forces pushed into Russia’s Kursk border region. A Russian missile sparked a blaze in the city of Sumy that injured two people and also damaged cars and nearby buildings, said Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. It said that the hit Second round of electric buses delayed for Manassas schools; concerns raised about vendor reliability 08/17/2024 08:43am • The second round of electric buses that was set to join Manassas City Public Schools’ fleet is delayed until November, school division officials told the School Board Tuesday. The school system phased in three electric buses in the 2023-24 school year and planned to add three more this year, whic Md. state officials call for enforcement and education to combat roadway deaths 08/17/2024 08:25am • Maryland State Police Lt. David Ryan remembers every family notification he has delivered after a fatal highway accident. “I can recount with photographic precision what the furniture looked like, what was on the walls, what was on the refrigerator, what everybody was wearing and what they said The thank-you's roll in as Cardin attends final MACo as Maryland senator 08/17/2024 08:21am • After decades of public service, pushing for policies he thought would help the state of Maryland and its people along the way, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) led his last Maryland Association of Counties town hall as a congressman Friday. He listened to the concerns of state officials and advocate Chesapeake Bay is 'getting cleaner,' but EPA official says there's still work to do 08/17/2024 04:45am • The clock is ticking on a 2025 deadline for a cleaner Chesapeake Bay, and while some regional spots have not fully met their goals, an EPA official said "overall, things are moving in the right direction." Every two years, the Chesapeake Bay Program — a partnership between Maryland, Virginia, t Nimmo snaps out of slump with 3-run homer and Mets roll past Marlins 7-3 08/17/2024 12:58am • NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo broke out of his slump with a three-run homer and Jeff McNeil launched a two-run shot, powering the New York Mets to a 7-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Friday night. McNeil and Nimmo both went deep in a six-run fourth that included an RBI triple by Francisco Lindor. DeWanna Bonner scores 29, Marina Mabrey adds 17 as Sun rout Wings 109-91 08/17/2024 12:40am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — DeWanna Bonner scored a season-high 29 points, Marina Mabrey added 17 points in her debut for Connecticut and the Sun beat the Dallas Wings 109-91 Friday night in the return to action for both teams after a monthlong break for the Paris Olympics. Alyssa Thomas had 12 point Fever fend off furious Mercury rally in win 08/17/2024 12:27am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark started fast and finished with 29 points and 10 assists while Kelsey Mitchell scored 28 points to help the Indiana Fever fend off a furious second-half rally from the Phoenix Mercury for a critical 98-89 victory on Friday night. In the first game since the Olympic Make eye exams part of the back-to-school checklist. Your kids and their teachers will thank you 08/17/2024 12:11am • When a little boy burst into tears in her third-grade classroom last fall, Audrey Jost pulled him aside while the other kids were at recess. He said he was getting headaches and falling behind the other students, so Jost spoke with his parents about getting his eyes tested. A few days later the boy