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Texas has 2 big events in the neighborhood, LIV goes to Washington 05/23/2023 11:33am • PGA TOUR CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE Site: Fort Worth, Texas. Course: Colonial CC. Yardage: 7,209. Par: 70. Prize money: $8.7 million. Winner's share: $1,566,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Sam Burn Staffing up for summer: Search for lifeguards continues in Montgomery Co. 05/22/2023 10:40pm • Summer’s just around the corner, and there are still plenty of openings for lifeguards at D.C.-area universities, recreational departments and neighborhood pools. Robin Riley, director for Montgomery County’s Department of Recreation, said the Maryland county’s 11 pools — seven outdoor fa Terry McDermott, Olympic speedskating gold medalist in 1964, dies at 82 05/22/2023 06:26pm • Terry McDermott, who won the only gold medal for the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics and then appeared with the Beatles during their American television debut, has died. He was 82. U.S. Speedskating said in a statement posted on social media Monday that McDermott died early Saturday surrou Police: Connecticut man arrested for leading 'street takeovers' including racing and blocking roads 05/22/2023 06:25pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man was charged Monday with rioting and other crimes after police said he led a series of “street takeovers” across the state over the weekend involving illegal racing and mobs of people blocking roads. State police said they arrested Jefferson Duron, 20, o District Heights church offers community a chance to 'Walk In My Shoes' 05/22/2023 09:25am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. The old saying, "Don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes," will soon come to light in one Prince George's County, Ma India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed 05/22/2023 08:02am • LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Swathes of India from the northwest to the southeast braced for more scorching heat Monday, with New Delhi under a severe weather alert, as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country. The Indian Meteorological Department issued a heat wave alert for seven southern and c Brooks Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA 05/21/2023 10:57pm • PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Confidence was never an issue for Brooks Koepka until the injuries piled up, the doubts crept in and he began to wonder if he still belonged among golf's elite. Koepka answered every question at the PGA Championship with a performance that ranks among his best. His fifth maj 15 Top Pride Parades and Celebrations in the U.S. 05/21/2023 08:00pm • On June 28, 1969, in the New York City neighborhood of Greenwich Village, police raided a popular gay bar: the Stonewall Inn. Fed up with the frequent raids and harassment from law enforcement, both patrons and local residents began to fight back, leading to six days of protests and clashes between Celebration at California dance ballroom a sign of healing following Lunar New Year shooting 05/21/2023 06:42pm • ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — A weekend celebration at a Southern California dance ballroom was hailed by organizers as the latest sign of healing within the Asian American community following the Lunar New Year shooting that killed 11 people at a nearby dance studio. One of the hosts of Saturday's eve What should I do on the death anniversary? More are asking as US mass killings rise 05/21/2023 03:05pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — On a September day that he knew would be hard, 51-year-old Damone Presley marked the occasion with barbecue and balloons. He was commemorating the one-year anniversary of the day in 2021 that his daughter and her three friends were fatally shot in Minnesota by a man who left NASCAR drivers facing unfamiliar venue with All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway 05/20/2023 05:08pm • NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — William Byron has driven past North Wilkesboro Speedway on his way to the Blue Ridge Mountains. So has Brad Keselowski and many other North Carolina-based NASCAR drivers. Like most, they'd never been inside the track before this week. And none of the drivers on the NA Debt limit talks start, stop as Republicans, White House face 'serious differences' 05/20/2023 01:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans stopped, started and stopped again Friday at the U.S. Capitol, a dizzying series of events in high-stakes negotiations to avoid a potentially catastrophic federal default. President Joe Biden’s administration is rea Mickelson relieved to make PGA Championship cut after 2nd-round struggles 05/19/2023 09:15pm • PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — After plunking a tee shot in the water, and missing 10 fairways and six greens in regulation, Phil Mickelson closed a haphazard second round at the PGA Championship on Friday clinging to the one positive he could find. Poorly as Lefty played in carding a 2-over 72 that put h PGA Live Updates | Scheffler, Conners, Hovland tied for lead after 2 rounds 05/19/2023 08:15pm • PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland are heading into the weekend tied for the lead at the PGA Championship. All three players are at 5-under 135 through two rounds at rainy Oak Hill. Hovland is on a hot streak at the major championships. He's been among the Mississippi attorneys argue in lawsuit over trans student's graduation attire 05/19/2023 07:50pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opposing attorneys clashed Friday over whether a Mississippi school district can require a transgender girl to abide by a boys' dress code as she and her classmates graduate from high school this weekend. The 17-year-old girl, listed in court papers by her initials L.B., had