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First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, but President Biden's results negative so far 09/04/2023 09:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Monday but is experiencing only mild symptoms, her spokeswoman said. President Joe Biden was tested for the virus following his wife's positive test, but his results were negative. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierr Column: Alex Palou dominantes IndyCar amid lawsuits and scrutiny of his career decisions 09/04/2023 07:19pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alex Palou wore a McLaren papaya-colored shirt at the Miami Grand Prix in May and a $1 million Richard Mille custom watch adorned his wrist. Given only to McLaren’s F1 drivers, the timepieces are a talking point among the collecting crowd. Simon Pagenaud, himself a Mille am Montgomery Co. high school principals condemn 'dangerous, illegal' brawl after football game 09/04/2023 07:24am • The principals of rival high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, are once again sending a unified message to students after fights broke out following a football game. Multiple incidents took place "throughout the central business distract" after Walter Johnson High School defeated Bethesda-C Special events in the DC area for Labor Day Weekend 09/04/2023 06:50am • Looking for things to do for the long Labor Day weekend in the D.C. area? Here are some ideas for special events going on in the area. Maryland Sunday afternoon, officials in Gaithersburg canceled the city's Labor Day Parade ahead of potential record-breaking heat across the region. "Our sta Larson claims NASCAR's opening playoff race and gets 1st career win at Darlington 09/04/2023 12:32am • DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Kyle Larson had led plenty of laps around Darlington through the years, just not the last one. He finally accomplished that Sunday with victory at the Southern 500. Larson, the 2021 Cup Series champion, came into this event having been in front for 715 career laps at the t In the pivotal South Carolina primary, Republican candidates search for a path against Donald Trump 09/04/2023 12:06am • ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A microphone in hand, Sen. Tim Scott left the podium at a recent barbecue event in South Carolina and made his way through tables draped in red, white and blue as attendees finished plates of pulled pork and baked beans. As he talked about his campaign, Scott passed Casey Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death 09/03/2023 11:20pm • BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. (AP) — An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a sloppy mess with tens of thousands of partygoers stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert. But some Burning Man revelers said Sunday that their spirits DC man stuck at Burning Man festival speaks on dire desert straits and double rainbows 09/03/2023 09:20pm • A D.C. man is one of tens of thousands of people stranded at and around the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert on Sunday after severe storms swept through the area. The counterculture gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno typically attracts nearl Biden and Trump are keeping relatively light campaign schedules as their rivals rack up the stops 09/03/2023 05:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Their rivals are busy answering voters' questions at town halls across South Carolina, glad-handing with business owners in New Hampshire and grinding to hit every one of Iowa's 99 counties. But the front-runners for their party's nomination, former President Donald Trump and Pre Aberg wins European Masters and stakes Ryder Cup claim. Fitzpatrick and MacIntyre qualify for Europe 09/03/2023 12:34pm • CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg surged to a two-shot win at the European Masters on Sunday and right into the Ryder Cup picture for Europe when the six captain’s picks are announced Monday. Aberg stunned long-time leader Matt Fitzpatrick by reeling off four straight Hogan says he has 'not closed the door' to running for president 09/03/2023 09:33am • Republican Larry Hogan, the former Maryland governor, told "Face the Nation" this weekend that he has "not closed the door" to seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 2024 on a No Labels ticket. "If I believe that we can actually win the race, we might have to try to pull off something that' German Chancellor Olaf Scholz falls while jogging and bruises his face 09/02/2023 04:47pm • BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fell while jogging and sustained bruises to his face, prompting him to cancel some appointments this weekend, the government said Saturday. In an emailed response to a query about the incident, the government said that the 65-year-old German leader had � Shooting at Louisiana high school football game kills student and wounds a woman, police say 09/02/2023 04:40pm • PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — Gunfire broke out during a high school football game on a warm late-summer evening in Louisiana, killing a 16-year old student and wounding a woman in the arm, authorities said Saturday. Police have made no arrests and investigators still don't know why the violence erupted DeSantis won't meet with Biden during president's trip to survey Idalia damage 09/01/2023 09:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' office said Friday that he has “no plans” to meet with President Joe Biden when the Democrat flies to Florida this weekend to survey damage from Hurricane Idalia, suggesting that doing so could hinder disaster response. “In these rura Officials can't interfere with local Tennessee Pride festival under anti-drag law, judge rules 09/01/2023 06:32pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that law enforcement officials can't use a Tennessee law that strictly limits drag shows to interfere with a local Pride festival this weekend, favoring event organizers who sued after a district attorney warned he intends to enforce the new sta