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Maryland lawmakers open limited window for public testimony on redistricting 07/31/2026 06:11pm • Marylanders looking to testify during next week’s special session on congressional redistricting will have their chance Monday afternoon, but speakers will be limited and sign-up must be done in advance. Those are among the rules released Wednesday by legislative leaders ahead of the Aug. 3 Justice Department moves to dismiss criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool 07/31/2026 06:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department moves to dismiss criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool. Orioles' Mountcastle strains oblique; Bautista faces live hitters 07/31/2026 05:51pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle has suffered a torn oblique during his recovery from an earlier left foot fracture and might not return this season, team president Mike Elias said on Friday. Meanwhile, closer Félix Bautista is nearing a return this season, Eli Cubs place RHP Gavin Hollowell on IL, closer Daniel Palencia nears return and Justin Steele throws 07/31/2026 05:47pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs placed reliever Gavin Hollowell on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation before their 2-0 loss to the New York Yankees on Friday and recalled left-hander Antoine Kelly from Triple-A Iowa. Manager Craig Counsell said injured closer Daniel Palencia Pressure rises on Infantino and FIFA's World Cup investor plan as adviser resigns and Asia opposes 07/31/2026 05:45pm • GENEVA (AP) — Pressure on FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity grew Friday as his senior adviser who sat on a White House panel resigned and Asia's soccer body joined Europe and North America in opposing it. An expanding crisis for socce Over 100 women's college basketball players team up in unionization effort 07/31/2026 05:45pm • More than 100 women's college basketball players have teamed up to form a union for college athletes as part of their growing push to collectively bargain with their schools, an organizing group announced Friday. The United College Athletes Association said as part of the push, members of the Ore Will Warren dominant, Amed Rosario and Spencer Jones go deep as Yankees top Cubs 2-0 07/31/2026 05:35pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Will Warren pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Amed Rosario and rookie Spencer Jones each homered and the New York Yankees edged the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Friday. The Yankees rebounded from a pair of consecutive extra-inning losses against the White Sox on Chicago's South Zelenskyy asks Trump to help him get Elon Musk's OK to use Starlink to help with strikes on Russia 07/31/2026 05:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pitched President Donald Trump and other American officials on helping Ukraine win permission from tech titan Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia. The push for expanded use of Sta Giants running back Cam Skattebo is ready to play football and take a break from backflips 07/31/2026 05:32pm • WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Cam Skattebo is all systems go at practice. His signature celebration is on hiatus. Skattebo declared himself nearly fully healthy at New York Giants training camp, nine months removed from his gruesome right ankle and leg injury. But after getting into some hot Mike McDaniel’s new Chargers role comes with a familiar sideline staple: the sweatshirt 07/31/2026 05:31pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Mike McDaniel has a new title on a new team. He's still wearing a sweatshirt at practice. The offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers was on the field Friday under sunny skies in 80-degree temperatures with 66% humidity. Nothing like summer in Miami, but still Trump administration pushes tougher English rules for Mexican train crews crossing into the US 07/31/2026 05:29pm • The Trump administration wants to make sure that the Mexican train crews who haul freight over the border can understand key safety safety information in English and that the common practice of using foreign crews to cross into America doesn't threaten U.S. jobs. Two major rail unions praised the p The Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program. Here's how it could affect costs 07/31/2026 05:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face steeper monthly costs in 2027, after the Trump administration concludes a temporary subsidy program that has helped offset premiums for the past two years. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services th 3 held at gunpoint in Northwest DC in attempted robbery, police look for suspect 07/31/2026 05:23pm • D.C. police are looking for the person in this image in connection with an attempted armed robbery in Shaw Skate Park. (Courtesy D.C. police) Three men were held at gunpoint during an attempted robbery Wednesday at a skate park in Northwest D.C. and police are looking for the suspect. Just af Turkish man arrested in UK on US charges accusing him of aiding Hamas 07/31/2026 05:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A Turkish man was arrested Friday in the United Kingdom on charges alleging he conspired to funnel money and supplies to Hamas through his senior role in what prosecutors say was a sham global humanitarian organization. Mohammad Yousef Hasna, 45, of Istanbul, was ordered held pendi US stocks rise to finish a wild July as Amazon soars, Apple sinks and inflation worries worsen 07/31/2026 05:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Friday to finish a wild July for Wall Street as Amazon leaped, Apple sank and rising oil prices worsened worries about inflation staying high. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% after veering between gains and losses through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average a