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Caleb Williams returns to take a second shot at national title contention with No. 6 USC 08/17/2023 12:41pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caleb Williams' first season at Southern California was a massive individual success, as evidenced by his Heisman Trophy and his status as the consensus top prospect in the next NFL draft. But Williams has some decidedly unhappy memories of last season, simply because the Trojan John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival joins WTOP ahead of Wolf Trap 08/17/2023 12:36pm • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” He wrote and sang dozens of iconic classic-rock hits with his band Creedence Clearwater Revival. This weekend, the legendary singer-songwriter John Fogerty rocks Wolf Trap on Saturday, Aug. 19. The show marks his In Abu Dhabi, the footprint and popularity of basketball continues to grow 08/17/2023 11:03am • ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — There is no real history of world-class, elite basketball success in the United Arab Emirates. The nation has never qualified for the Basketball World Cup, never reached the courts at the Olympics, never sent a player to the NBA. Doesn’t matter. The game is A nation of new Matildas fans salutes Australia's run to the Women's World Cup semifinals 08/17/2023 02:11am • SYDNEY (AP) — Sam Kerr looked up at the Stadium Australia crowd for the last time at this Women's World Cup, and it just compounded the gnawing disappointment that she and her Matildas had fallen one game before the final. In what has been an immense shift in the Australian public’s sporting con Suspect in Maryland trampoline park shooting killed ex-wife's boyfriend, police say 08/16/2023 05:26am • BALTIMORE (AP) — The suspect in a deadly weekend shooting at an indoor trampoline park in Maryland was visiting his daughter there when he shot his ex-wife’s boyfriend and fled, according to court documents. Quinton Walker, 30, turned himself in to authorities less than two hours after the sh Kenya's crisis is unique and driven by poverty, track and field's anti-doping head tells the AP 08/16/2023 04:42am • In all likelihood, Kenya will haul in another good chunk of medals in distance races at this month's track and field world championships, each one of them throwing more suspicion on a country with a reputational crisis because of doping. Kenya has achieved unparalleled success in modern distance run Howard U. ramps up security after random mob attack on students 08/16/2023 12:07am • Security is being ratcheted up on the D.C. campus of Howard University, after several students were randomly and viciously attacked this weekend by a group of teenagers, known to police for their troublemaking. Videos posted on social media this weekend showed the melee, in which Howard students Will Donald Trump show up at next week's presidential debate? GOP rivals are preparing for it 08/15/2023 10:20am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — He says he won't sign the pledge required to participate, but former President Donald Trump's Republican rivals are actively preparing as if he will be onstage for the GOP's first 2024 presidential debate next week. Former Vice President Mike Pence is hosting mock debate se Boomers move game as co-host Australia reaches fever pitch for Matildas at the Women's World Cup 08/14/2023 04:15am • SYDNEY (AP) — Patty Mills and his Boomers teammates knew who deserved prime time billing, so they rescheduled their game and will keep watching Australia’s historic run at the Women’s World Cup. It’s fair to say Matildas fervor has reached fever-pitch across Australia, which is co-hosting th A central Kansas police force sparked a firestorm by raiding a newspaper and the publisher's home 08/13/2023 10:01pm • MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism for raiding a local newspaper’s office and the home of its owner and publisher, seizing computers and cellphones, and, in the publisher’s view, stressing his 98-year-old mother enough to cause her wee Ben Shelton opens with victory in Western & Southern Open 08/13/2023 09:51pm • MASON, Ohio (AP) — Ben Shelton beat Wimbledon quarterfinalist Christopher Eubanks 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday in the first of the Western & Southern Open, with the tournament's future in Cincinnati in doubt. Also in the first round, Adrian Mannarino eliminated fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4, Summit in Southeast DC calls on young people to help remedy juvenile crime 08/13/2023 09:10pm • As juvenile crime in the District continues to rise, the Ward 8 community in Southeast held a summit to engage young people in finding solutions on Sunday afternoon. Held at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC) on Mississippi Avenue, community leaders at the event spoke directl Winless Cup drivers place premium on Brickyard 200 for late playoff push 08/12/2023 03:33pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chase Briscoe grew up dreaming of driving into victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He needs it now. With three races left in NASCAR's regular season, Briscoe finds himself among a large group of drivers in must-win situations at Sunday's Brickyard 200 to make NASCAR's Van Gisbergen hoping to build on momentum from Chicago win in 2nd NASCAR start 08/12/2023 02:42pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Shane van Gisbergen has spent six weeks getting acclimated to his new celebrity racing status. He has been revising his schedule, changing travel plans, linking up with new and old acquaintances and, yes, still clarifying the pronunciation of his last name. These are busy days NASCAR bans William Byron from Brickyard qualifying after failing pre-race inspection 3 times 08/11/2023 06:06pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four-time race winner William Byron will be forced to start from the back of the field in Sunday’s Brickyard 200 after failing pre-race inspection three times on Friday. NASCAR officials barred the No. 24 Chevrolet from Saturday’s qualifying session. Byron’s car chief als