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How a service dog in training is supporting Leesburg police 10/23/2023 05:53pm • The Leesburg Police Department in Virginia had long toyed with the idea of a wellness program involving a dog for officers, so when Officer Kristine Rzewnicki came across the nonprofit Thin Line Service Dogs over the summer, she was sold. Rzewnicki filled out an application to become a volunteer Column: F1 bosses say Andretti snub isn't personal even though it feels like and looks like a grudge 10/23/2023 04:00pm • Andretti Global is so committed to joining Formula One that it spent millions of dollars building a car to test this week at a wind tunnel in Germany. Waste of money? “We had to roll the dice," shrugged Michael Andretti, who shared photographs with The Associated Press of the F1 test car built t Diana Nyad marks anniversary of epic Cuba-Florida swim, freeing rehabilitated sea turtle in the Keys 10/23/2023 11:56am • KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A decade after swimming the treacherous passage from Cuba to Key West, Diana Nyad returned Sunday to the beach where she completed her epic feat, joining in the release of a sea turtle rehabilitated at the Florida Keys’ Turtle Hospital. Nyad and her Cuba swim expedition lea France completes withdrawal of troops from northern base in Niger as part of planned departure 10/23/2023 08:16am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — France has completed the withdrawal of troops from a northern base in Niger as part of a planned departure from the West African country in the wake of July's military coup. Nearly 200 troops, 28 trucks and two dozen armored vehicles left the Ouallam military base, which has New option set for top high school girls basketball players next summer after AAU season ends 10/23/2023 08:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — Top high school girls basketball players will have a new option to play in next summer after the AAU season is over as Overtime is starting a league for them — Overtime Select. The company, which began as a digital media group but has expanded, has been running a boys' basketball Hamilton disqualified from 2nd place at U.S. Grand Prix after post-race inspection of car 10/22/2023 10:59pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from the Formula One United States Grand Prix hours after his second place finish to Max Verstappen when race officials found a technical rules violation with the skid block under his car. The decision wiped out Hamilton's best finish in months Verstappen earns hard-fought 50th career F1 victory at the US Grand Prix; Hamilton DQ from 2nd 10/22/2023 09:40pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In a season of easy victories, career win No. 50 finally made Max Verstappen sweat. Even if it was just a little bit. Verstappen had to work through the field after starting sixth instead of from pole position, then held off the charging Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton over t Swift bests Scorsese at box office, but 'Killers of the Flower Moon' opens strongly 10/22/2023 09:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In a movie match-up almost as unlikely as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” Martin Scorsese took on Taylor Swift in cinemas over the weekend. And while the box office belonged for a second time to “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” go Biden walks a tightrope with his support for Israel as his party's left urges restraint 10/22/2023 05:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told a crowd of Democratic donors over the weekend about a decades-old photo he took with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an aside that seemed intended to illustrate his long support of Israel and track record of speaking bluntly with the conservative Israe Things to do in the DC area: Halloween, fall festivals, pumpkin patches … and more! 10/22/2023 07:21am • This weekend and beyond, the calendar is chock-full of spooky fun, including fall festivals, haunted trails, corn mazes, pumpkin picking and other spooktacular things to do. Every Thursday WTOP brings you a roundup of Things to do in the DC area. This week, we focus on some of the uncanny events Virginia Daybook 10/21/2023 04:32pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Saturday, Oct. 21. 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. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other St Judge temporarily blocks Tennessee city from enforcing ban on drag performances on public property 10/21/2023 12:53pm • MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked city officials in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from enforcing an ordinance designed to ban drag performances from taking place on public property. An order issued Friday by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. bars the Will Jordan the latest in the line of prolific All Blacks wingers 10/21/2023 09:35am • PARIS (AP) — Will Jordan would be content not scoring a try in the Rugby World Cup final as long as New Zealand wins it. Jordan's hat trick in the 44-6 semifinal win against Argentina on Friday gave him a tournament-leading eight tries, and put him in the company of greatness. Nobody has scored mo Gale-force winds and floods strike northern Europe. At least 3 people killed in the UK 10/20/2023 05:48pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Gale-force winds and floods struck several countries in northern Europe as the region endured more heavy rain on Friday that forecasters say will continue into the weekend. Three deaths in the U.K. were blamed on the bad weather. The winds are expected to hit hardest in Virginia Daybook 10/20/2023 04:32pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Friday, Oct. 20. 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. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other Stat