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Damar Hamlin makes an early impact in returning to field in Bills' preseason game against Colts 08/12/2023 06:52pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Whatever jitters Bills safety Damar Hamlin might have been feeling went away midway through the first quarter on Saturday, when he first heard the play call: Blitz. Four snaps into his first game in a competitive setting since a near-death experience on Jan, 2, Hamlin bro Russian Orthodox priests face persecution from state and church for supporting peace in Ukraine 08/12/2023 02:26am • ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle in the other, the Rev. Ioann Koval led one of his first services in Turkey after Russian Orthodox Church leadership decided to defrock him following his prayer for peace in Ukraine. Last Sep What's next in conference realignment as Pac-4 search for solutions and conferences weight options? 08/11/2023 07:18pm • The Pac-4 schools are in limbo. The Mountain West is open for additions. The American Athletic Conference is interested in growing and on-guard for being poached. The Atlantic Coast Conference can't reach a consensus on expansion, and the Big Ten seems to be done adding West Coast schools — but w The origins of special counsels, their powers and what to expect in the Hunter Biden probe 08/11/2023 03:36pm • The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's probe of Hunter Biden is bringing renewed attention on the role such prosecutors have played in modern American history. On Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who has been Chiefs say new Commanders coordinator Eric Bieniemy's intense style will pay off eventually 08/11/2023 01:58pm • ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs have heard about some of the concerns coming out of the Washington Commanders camp about the intensity of their new offensive coordinator, Eric Bieniemy. Chiefs players who spent the past five years playing for Bienie Remco Evenepoel gives Belgium its first men's trial world champion in cycling 08/11/2023 12:58pm • Remco Evenepoel kept looking down at the computer on his bike and seeing that he was putting out quite a bit more power than the Belgian team had planned for him during the men's time trial at the cycling world championships. At some point Friday, Evenepoel realized that winning the gold medal was a Russia is back on the lunar path. A rocket blasts off on its first moon mission in nearly 50 years 08/11/2023 10:36am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft. The launch from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport in the Far East of the Luna-25 craft to the m Makkabi Berlin, founded by Holocaust survivors, to be 1st Jewish team in German Cup 08/11/2023 05:09am • BERLIN (AP) — Makkabi Berlin’s first game ever ended in a 15-1 loss in the city’s humblest soccer league. The result of that 1971 match was secondary, though, as merely playing was an achievement for the team founded by Holocaust survivors. “We wanted to show that we’re still here — that Weekend track repairs to impact service on four Metro lines 08/11/2023 04:45am • Listen to WTOP on the 8s for the latest on traffic and Metro delays. If you take the Orange, Blue, Silver or Red lines, prepare for disruptions over the weekend as Metro slows service due to track work repairs. Every 24 minutes trains will be single tracking between the Eastern Market and Stad Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80 08/10/2023 12:08pm • Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek” mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock, died Wednesday at 80. Robertson died surrounded by family in Los Angeles “after a long illness Today in Sports - Week Ahead, August 11 - August 17 08/10/2023 10:00am • Aug. 15 1948 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title over Betty Hicks. 1950 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Freddie Beshore in the 14th round to retain his world heavyweight title. 1965 — Dave Marr edges Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper to take the PGA Championship. 1966 � Putin profits off US and European reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 08/10/2023 09:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed revenue as it wages war on Ukraine. The sales, which are legal and unsanctioned, have raised alarms from no Maryland Gov. Moore, Lt. Miller pitch Commanders — and their fans — at training camp 08/10/2023 05:46am • Gov. Wes Moore (D) and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller (D) pose Wednesday with the Hogfarmers, fans of the Washington Commanders football team. (Josh Kurtz/Maryland Matters) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free Stock market today: Asian shares mostly slip as markets brace for US inflation report 08/10/2023 03:38am • TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks mostly fell Thursday after shares declined on Wall Street and investors braced for a highly anticipated report on U.S. inflation. The U.S. government later in the day will give the latest monthly update on inflation the nation's consumers are experiencing, and economi A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground 08/10/2023 01:30am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the mandatory headscarf. The effort comes ahead of the first anniversary of nationwide protests