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Josef Newgarden chasing 1st IndyCar win at his hometown race in Nashville 08/05/2023 02:04pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Josef Newgarden can cap a week that started with Tennessee naming a day after him by taking a big step closer to a third IndyCar Series championship. Standing in his way is the Music City Grand Prix on Sunday. This is his home race, which has proven quite a challenge the p South Korea presses on with World Scout Jamboree as heat forces thousands to leave early 08/05/2023 10:20am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is plowing ahead with the World Scout Jamboree, rejecting a call by the world scouting body to cut the event short as a punishing heat wave caused thousands of British scouts to begin leaving the coastal campsite Saturday. American scouts are expected to leave Heat and wildfires put southern Europe's vital tourism earnings at risk 08/05/2023 02:46am • RHODES, Greece (AP) — Tourists at a seaside hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes snatched up pails of pool water and damp towels as flames approached, rushing to help staffers and locals extinguish one of the wildfires threatening Mediterranean locales during recent heat waves. The quick team ef Scouting body asks South Korea to cut World Scout Jamboree short as heat wave prompts exodus 08/05/2023 01:08am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The world scouting body urged South Korea to cut short the World Scout Jamboree as thousands of British scouts began leaving the coastal campsite Saturday because of a punishing heat wave. American scouts were preparing to pull out, too. Hundreds of participants have bee Indiana man formally charged after weekend block party kills 1, wounds 17 08/04/2023 07:36pm • MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A Muncie man was formally charged Friday with two counts of aggravated battery and criminal recklessness in connection with a weekend shooting that left one person dead and 17 others wounded in the central Indiana city. John L. Vance Jr., 36, was also charged in Delaware Circui Olympic gymnastics champion Suni Lee began pointing to 2024 long ago. It could be a difficult road. 08/04/2023 06:06pm • HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — The anxiety hit Sunisa Lee unexpectedly. The 2021 Olympic gymnastics champion was preparing for her return to elite gymnastics at Saturday's U.S. Classic when the fear of having who she is measured against who she was during her somewhat unexpected victory in Tokyo two Mid Atlantic Daybook 08/04/2023 04:30pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Friday, Aug. 04. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 an Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/04/2023 03:23pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Poor water quality sets back test of Paris' preparations for Olympic swimming in the Seine 08/04/2023 01:52pm • PARIS (AP) — Heavy rains have set back plans to test Paris’ readiness for swimmers to race in the River Seine at next year’s Summer Olympics, but Games organizers say the waterway will be better prepared in 2024. The Open Water Swimming World Cup event was postponed for at least 24 hours becau Mid Atlantic Daybook 08/03/2023 04:31pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Thursday, Aug. 03. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 Two years after Tokyo, Simone Biles is coming back from 'the twisties.' Not every gymnast does 08/03/2023 02:22pm • For years in gymnastics, the phrase “the twisties” was usually uttered in hushed tones, as if saying the slang term for an athlete's sudden loss of air awareness during a routine would only deepen the problem. “It’s almost like a mythical kind of thing,” longtime Oklahoma men's gymnastics Republicans don't dare criticize Trump over Jan. 6. Their silence fuels his bid for the White House 08/03/2023 07:17am • WASHINGTON (AP) — When Senate Leader Mitch McConnell rose to announce his vote to acquit Donald Trump of impeachment charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the Republican assured the public the former president would have his day in court. “He didn’t get away with anything yet — Should Trump go to jail? The 2024 election could become a referendum on that question 08/02/2023 06:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 election will determine whether Donald Trump returns to the White House. It could also decide if he’ll face time behind bars. For Trump, who's now facing his third criminal indictment — this time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and block the transfer of p Mid Atlantic Daybook 08/02/2023 04:01pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Wednesday, Aug. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 GW Parkway reopens, cleanup nearly complete following Saturday’s storm 08/02/2023 12:30pm • Listen live to WTOP for the latest on storm damage and outages. The D.C. region continues to recover after Saturday's severe storm ripped through the area with major roads reopening Wednesday and power restored after widespread outages. Here's what you need to know. Traffic Impact: The Georg