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Adam Scott builds a 3-shot lead in hopes of getting to FedEx Cup finale 08/23/2024 07:19pm • CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Adam Scott kept making birdies and changing his outlook on the season until he finished with his lowest score of the year, a 9-under 63 on Friday in the BMW Championship that gave him a three-shot lead going into the weekend. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley did his best Wow Indonesia! Festival to celebrate 75 years of U.S.-Indonesia relations 08/23/2024 11:30am • Decades of U.S.-Indonesia relations will be celebrated in D.C. this weekend during the first ever Wow! Indonesia Festival. Hosted by The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, the event will feature Indonesian music, cuisine, performances and a parade. Embassy Charges d'Affaires Sade Bimantara He’s famous for his barbecue, and now he’s looking for the next World Food Champion 08/23/2024 04:00am • The D.C. area has stepped up its barbecue game in recent years, but is any local pitmaster worthy of being named a World Food Champion? Some of the best pitmasters in the region will make a run at the title this weekend. The second annual All Star BBQ Championship is coming to Columbia, Maryland, Wyndham Clark gets a Colorado homecoming at the BMW Championship 08/21/2024 06:35pm • CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Wyndham Clark is feeling more pressure than usual at the BMW Championship. Hometown events are not all that unusual on the PGA Tour — Max Homa and Collin Morikawa in Los Angeles, Xander Schauffele in San Diego — but they are rare in Clark's hometown of Denver. “I g Nelly Korda looks to rediscover unbeatable form in Women's British Open at the home of golf 08/21/2024 10:31am • ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Nelly Korda was playing such good golf in the first half of 2024 that her rivals were starting to hope she wouldn’t turn up for tournaments. “I played in LA a couple weeks ago and she pulled out,” No. 40 Georgia Hall said of the world’s top-ranked player. "I te Western Alaska Yup'ik village floods as river rises from a series of storms 08/20/2024 07:46pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days after a minister had to use a front loader to free people from flooded homes. Napakiak, a Yup’ik village of about 350 residents in the Yukon-Kus Editorial Roundup: United States 08/20/2024 06:13pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 18 The Washington Post says the new FAFSA is still a problem It’s a depressingly familiar Washington story: A well-meaning update of a single Education Department college form turned into a massive policy blunder, harming th James Patterson, Tamron Hall, Max Greenfield headline Library of Congress' National Book Festival 08/20/2024 04:07pm • Are you looking for a family-friendly activity in D.C. this weekend that's equally educational and enjoyable? The Library of Congress presents the 24th annual National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. "We're excited to be back at t NASCAR close to regular-season finish with playoffs on the line, F1 back in action after a month off 08/20/2024 02:59pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Coke Zero Sugar 400 Site: Daytona Beach, Florida. Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (NBC). Track: Daytona International Speedway. Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Chris Buescher continued his hot run, winning for a th 50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance 08/19/2024 06:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In the 1970s, Harlem’s deserted streets and tumbledown tenements told the story of a neighborhood left behind. Disinvestment had taken its toll. Violence, crime and poor living conditions had become the norm and nearly 50,000 residents — a third of the area's population — lef Shooting near a Boston festival over the weekend leaves 5 injured 08/19/2024 10:24am • BOSTON (AP) — A shooting near a Boston festival left five people injured and police on Monday were searching for those responsible. The shooting happened Sunday night in Franklin Park as a Dominican festival was ending. Police say three men and two women suffered injuries that were not life-threat The 20 Best College Town Hotels 08/18/2024 08:00pm • Universities and the towns that surround them are full of energy and vibrancy. From classic must-visit eateries to stadiums that fill with fans, you'll have plenty to look forward to when planning a prospective student visit, a parents weekend trip, a homecoming gathering or a trip back for a big ga ‘Alien: Romulus’ bites off $41.5 million to top box office charts 08/18/2024 02:11pm • “ Alien: Romulus,” the latest installment in the 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.5 million in its first weekend, where it was playing in 3,885 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Including $66. Beltré honored by Rangers for his Hall of Fame induction that he's still trying to soak in 08/17/2024 07:05pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adrián Beltré still hasn’t had an opportunity to just stop and really let it soak in that he is enshrined in baseball's Hall of Fame. “I understand, and I know what that weekend was,” Beltré said. “But I’d be lying to you if I said that I have ... It just hasn� As political convention comes to Chicago, residents, leaders and activists vie for the spotlight 08/17/2024 12:10am • CHICAGO (AP) — As the American city that has hosted more political conventions than any other, Chicago has pretty much seen it all. Presidential candidates have been made official in Chicago more than two dozen times since Abraham Lincoln in 1860, including the infamous 1968 convention, where poli