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'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 DC promises a 'very, very robust' police presence to maintain public safety over July 4 holiday 06/30/2023 05:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With a flood of visitors and tourists expected, officials in the nation's capital are mobilizing additional police officers and dozens of teams of civilian peacekeepers in an attempt to keep rising violent crime rates from marring the holiday weekend. “The safety of our reside Bills safety Damar Hamlin's vision for his Chasing M's Foundation coming to fruition in Pittsburgh 06/30/2023 05:07pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Damar Hamlin never doubted the Chasing M's Foundation could do big things. He just didn't exactly anticipate being able to do so many of them so quickly. Not that the 25-year-old Buffalo Bills safety is complaining. If anything, it's the opposite. Actually, it's exactly the oppos Formula One leader Verstappen frustrated despite pole position for Austrian GP 06/30/2023 03:17pm • Reigning Formula One champion Max Verstappen lashed out at the race stewards for being too strict during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday, despite the Dutch driver clinching his fourth straight pole position. Verstappen and other drivers were annoyed at having lap times deleted for f Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/30/2023 01:23pm • 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 Heat waves like the one that's killed 14 in the southern US are becoming more frequent and enduring 06/30/2023 12:25pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Heat waves like the one that engulfed parts of parts of the South and Midwest and killed more than a dozen people are becoming more common, and experts say the extreme weather events, which claim more lives than hurricanes and tornadoes, will likely increase in the future. A heat do A week after an armed rebellion rattled Russia, key details about it are still shrouded in mystery 06/30/2023 11:20am • Did mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin have inside help from the military and political elite in his armed rebellion that rattled Russia? A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising are still unkno Fourth of July 2023: What's open and what's closed in the DC area 06/30/2023 06:10am • There's no better way to "party in the USA" than to celebrate Independence Day in the nation's capital. Here's a look at what's open and what's closed across the D.C. area Tuesday, in observance of the Fourth of July. Public transit Both Metrorail and Metrobus will operate on a Sunday holiday s Move over 'Hamilton,' it's time for a fresh take on '1776' at DC's Kennedy Center 06/30/2023 04:12am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZctUXQKhSRM Are you hoping to make this a four-day weekend to celebrate the Fourth of July? Check out the musical revival of "1776" at the Kennedy Center now through July 16. "Getting to perform '1776,' a musical about the writing of the Declaration of In Gatherings combining Pride and Juneteenth give Black LGBTQ+ people a refuge where they can celebrate 06/29/2023 03:28pm • DALLAS (AP) — From speaking at a health equity forum to striking a pose to the beats of a DJ set at a party on a pedestrian bridge, Naomi Green spent one weekend this month jumping from one event in Dallas to another that celebrated Juneteenth and Pride together. “Sometimes I think the Black com Verstappen can surpass Senna with a 42nd F1 win at the Austrian Grand Prix 06/29/2023 02:32pm • Max Verstappen can accelerate further into Formula One history with a victory at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. Victory on his Red Bull team's home track in Spielberg would take Verstappen to 42 wins, one more than the late Ayrton Senna and alone in fifth place all-time for most GP wins. Dominan Inter Miami still targeting July 21 for Messi debut, waiting on paperwork 06/29/2023 01:56pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami is still targeting a July 21 debut match for Lionel Messi, though stopped short Thursday of saying that date was guaranteed. Sporting Director Chris Henderson said that the paperwork for Messi and new coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino is still being processe Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/29/2023 01:08pm • 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 Russian general is believed to be detained in aftermath of Wagner mutiny, AP sources say 06/29/2023 12:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of the Russian group of forces fighting in Ukraine, is believed to have been detained days after mercenaries staged a revolt inside Russia, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday, citing U.S. and Ukrai Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord 06/29/2023 12:09am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Civil war. An evil that must be stopped. Fratricide. A bug about to be squashed. The dramatic weekend rebellion by a mercenary warlord in Russia that challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin was punctuated by dramatic language from the key protagonists — and some long si