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Mexico soccer federation condemns weekend stabbing 07/04/2023 04:59pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican Soccer Federation issued a statement Tuesday condemning violence among fans, after one Mexico fan stabbed another at a Sunday match. The violence occurred at a stadium in Santa Clara, California, where Mexico’s national team lost 1-0 to Qatar. Video of the attack July Fourth for presidents has been a day for golf, fishing, speeches and one perilous stomachache 07/04/2023 11:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public. They’ve bailed to the beach, the mountains, the golf course, the farm, the ranch. In the middle of the Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt was sailing to Hawaii o NASCAR thinking big after exciting finish to Cup Series’ 1st street race in its 75th season 07/03/2023 08:48pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Moments after NASCAR's daring adventure was over — a soggy day in downtown Chicago rescued by a compelling Cup Series race — they were all thinking big. Shane van Gisbergen pondered a move from Australia's Supercars to a regular NASCAR ride. Justin Marks contemplated the promisi Growing wildfire destroys structures in southwestern Washington near Columbia River Gorge 07/03/2023 08:33pm • UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A weekend wildfire along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington continued growing on Monday to 546 acres (221 hectares), prompting evacuations and burning structures, according to authorities. Skamania County firefighters responded to reports of the wildfire on Sunda Senegalese President Macky Sall says he won't seek a third term in 2024 elections after protests 07/03/2023 05:22pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall declared Monday evening that he will not run for a third term in next year's elections, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that had helped fuel deadly opposition protests last month. Top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko alread Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/03/2023 02:14pm • 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 Elon Musk put new limits on tweets. Users and advertisers might go elsewhere 07/03/2023 12:35pm • TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon. But Twitter owner Elon Musk has put new curfews on his digital town square, the latest drastic change to the social media platform that could further drive away advertisers and undermine its cultural influence as a trendsetter. Keeping up with a sp Baltimore block party shooting victims include more than a dozen minors, police say 07/03/2023 11:25am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunfire erupted at a block party in Baltimore on Sunday — killing two people, wounding 28 and leaving an extensive crime scene that marred the U.S. holiday weekend, police said. Three of the wounded were in critical condition and more than a dozen were under 18. The shooting to Bernhard Langer, at age 65, wins the US Senior Open to break the Champions’ victory record 07/02/2023 07:34pm • STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Bernhard Langer won the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday at SentryWorld to break the PGA Tour Champions’ career victory record. Pushing his record as the oldest winner on the 50-and-over tour to 65 years, 10 months, 5 days, the German star broke a tie with Hale Irwin for the Trump's South Carolina rally attracted a massive crowd in heavily Republican area 07/02/2023 05:02pm • PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump marked a return to the large-scale rallies of his previous presidential campaigns, speaking to a massive crowd gathered in the streets of a small South Carolina city on a blazing summer weekend. “There's nowhere else I'd rather be to kick off th What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions 07/02/2023 12:47pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics also make it an especially dangerous holiday, typically resulting in more than 10,000 trips to the emergency room. Yet fireworks remain at the center of In NASCAR Cup Series drivers praise setting for 1st street race in downtown Chicago 07/02/2023 10:23am • CHICAGO (AP) — Before NASCAR raced in the Los Angeles Coliseum in 2022, Kevin Harvick thought it was going to be a disaster. It didn't take very long for the event to win him over. Heading into the Cup Series' first street race, Harvick is keeping an open mind. “Going through all these new types 65-year-old Bernhard Langer takes a 2-shot lead in the US Senior Open at SentryWorld 07/01/2023 07:17pm • STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Bernhard Langer took a two-stroke lead Saturday in the U.S. Senior Open at difficult SentryWorld in the 65-year-old German star's bid to break the PGA Tour Champions' career victory record. Fan favorites Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly —both from Madison, 100 miles to t 65-year-old Bernhard Langer leads US Senior Open at difficult SentryWorld 06/30/2023 09:59pm • STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Bernhard Langer has been able to avoid most of the trouble at SentryWorld in the U.S. Senior Open. He still was far from unscathed Friday in a 3-under 68 that gave him the second-round lead. “Believe it or not, I had two three-putts and a hit a sand wedge from the midd 'Keep a watchful eye': DC's efforts to keep visitors safe during Fourth of July 06/30/2023 06:14pm • If you're planning to check out D.C.'s variety of Fourth of July festivities, expect to see more police and public safety officials around town. "Mayor Bowser is activating Public Safety Go Teams on July 3 and 4," said Lindsey Appiah, D.C.'s deputy mayor for public safety and justice. Go Teams