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Today in Sports - Week Ahead, July 21 - 27 07/20/2023 10:00am • July 25 1902 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the eighth round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1941 — Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox wins his 300th and last game, beating the Cleveland Indians 10-6. 1956 — Swaps sets an American record in a 1 5/8-mile race at Hollywood Pa 'Be in the present moment': Accessible yoga classes in DC focus on overall health 07/20/2023 06:45am • Underneath a canopy of leaves, accompanied by a chorus of insects, Beth Kaplan's gentle voice casts a spell over Twin Oak Meadow, as she teaches an outdoor yoga class one Sunday morning in Tregaron Conservancy in Northwest D.C. "You can bend your knees, it might feel better on the lower back … Broadway star Laura Osnes performs live at Maryland Hall 07/20/2023 06:01am • Hear our full chat on my podcast "Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley." A two-time Tony nominee is packing her Broadway bags next week and sailing straight into Annapolis, Maryland. Laura Osnes will be performing a special cabaret concert called "A Little Bit of Broadway and All That Jazz" a Declan Rice comes in as 2nd-half sub in Arsenal's 5-0 victory over the MLS All-Stars 07/20/2023 01:53am • WASHINGTON (AP) — If this was the reception for Declan Rice in the U.S. capital, imagine this season in London. Arsenal's new midfield star came on as a second-half substitute and helped finish off a 5-0 victory over the MLS All-Stars on Wednesday night. Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard, Jorginho, Wrexham opens US tour with 5-0 loss to Chelsea before 50,596 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina 07/19/2023 11:07pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Sue Martin had the summer mapped out for her family from St. Augustine, Florida. Then along came word that Chelsea and Wrexham would play a preseason friendly on U.S. soil. “We had a whole vacation planned and they dropped this game,” Martin said before . “We needed Low-key Kiwis: New Zealand slow to embrace Women’s World Cup 07/19/2023 03:03am • AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — International visitors are greeted at the arrivals hall in Auckland’s airport by a display promoting the Women’s World Cup with such detail it includes carpeting resembling a soccer pitch. After that, though, the hype trails off. There are banners downtown and an Phoenix scorches at 110 for 19th straight day, breaking big US city records in global heat wave 07/19/2023 01:22am • PHOENIX (AP) — A dangerous 19th straight day of scorching heat in Phoenix set a record for U.S. cities Tuesday, confined many residents to air-conditioned safety and turned the usually vibrant metropolis into a ghost town. The city's record streak of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) or more s How to Get Cheap Sports Tickets and Concert Tickets 07/18/2023 08:00pm • Inflation is increasing the price of just about everything these days, and event tickets are no exception. Especially when it comes to secondary-market tickets, which many consumers purchase. Resale concert tickets now cost an average of $242 each, almost double what they cost before the pandemic, a Officials worry about confusion with Alaska's tsunami-warning alert system 07/18/2023 04:29pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Confusion around an emergency alert received by Alaska residents in areas not at risk of a potential tsunami after a major weekend earthquake could shake public confidence in the warning system, local officials said. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake about 70 miles (111 kilometer Amateur soccer player found dead in Argentina after attack on referee goes viral 07/18/2023 02:44pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A player from an amateur soccer league in Buenos Aires was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head shortly after being charged with attempted homicide for a violent assault against a referee during a match last weekend. Buenos Aires police said Tuesday that the b Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/18/2023 01:17pm • 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 Kids take over DC’s Franklin Park for three-day event 07/18/2023 09:26am • The DowntownDC Business Improvement District is ready to show off the recently renovated Franklin Park for kids later this month. The first ever Kids World event is taking over the park: it's scheduled for July 28 through July 30. The free events, open to all, will have a variety of activities Children lost in flooding as US endures extreme weather, from smoke up north to heat in the West 07/17/2023 09:23pm • WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania authorities drew on 100 people, drones and cadaver dogs Monday in their search for two missing children whose family's car was swept away in flash flooding that ravaged the East Coast over the weekend. Other parts of the country endured threateningly hi Turning Point Action's student activists were torn between Trump and DeSantis last year. Not anymore 07/17/2023 04:32pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action’s annual summit, many were torn, wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the Republican Party’s best hope for 2024. One year later, there is Deadly flooding hit several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common 07/17/2023 04:19pm • Extreme rainfall accompanied by deadly flooding hit the United States and several other countries over the weekend and last week. There were several dozen fatalities in central and southern regions of South Korea, including the Chongju region where an underpass flooded and drowned motorists who bec