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BANGKOK (AP) — Risks to Southeast Asia’s energy supplies are multiplying faster than nations are coming up with solutions to meet rapidly rising demand for electricity, according to an International Energy Agency report released Tuesday. Southeast Asia has a seemingly insatiable appetite for energy, but the region is…
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Police in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City arrested 12 men suspected of operating a citywide ring that stole and resold about 2,700 cats for meat, Vietnamese state media said. Police identified 39-year-old Luu Thanh Binh as the alleged leader of the network. He and 11 others were being investigated for…
Saudi Arabia said three people were injured in the latest attacks on its airports since fighting with Yemen’s Houthi rebels reignited. Meanwhile, Palestinian health officials said an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed one person. Nearly three years after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, conflict in the Middle…
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian prime minister says 2 commercial vessels have been hit by drones in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
PARIS (AP) — Chanel’s artistic director Matthieu Blazy sent the fashion house’s suits stretching towards sportswear and evening dresses drifting through clouds, with Nicole Kidman, Dua Lipa and Pedro Pascal in the audience as he unveiled his spring-summer 2027 collection. The Monday night show underscored that a year…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo. Health Minister Aden Duale said a Kenyan citizen who arrived in the country on Saturday from Congo via Uganda had been isolated and treated at Nairobi Hospital. The patient tested positive for the…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies while receiving treatment in Nairobi.
BERLIN (AP) — German federal prosecutor’s office says a former domestic intelligence chief was arrested on spying allegations.
PARIS (AP) — Protesting pupils blockaded their high schools again Tuesday, a day of planned demonstrations that will test the resilience and energy of a weeks-old nationwide movement demanding more resources for the school system. At the Hélène Boucher lycée, or high school, in Paris’ 20th district, protesters laid…
A majority of surveyed business leaders now believe data centers will have a positive impact on the regional economy in Northern Virginia.
SDEROT, Israel (AP) — One by one, Israelis peered through the tourist-style binoculars at the shattered Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, a distance of several football fields away, where buildings tilted in the rubble like broken teeth. The only noticeable movement was dust kicked up by Israel’s military. The Israelis…
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in physics will be announced Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements…
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday and U.S. futures advanced after shares rose to near a record close on Wall Street. Oil prices steadied as the situation in the Middle East remained uncertain. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.5% to 70,321.83. The benchmark has returned to above the 70,000 mark this week...
MURANG’A, Kenya (AP) — The black-and-white stripes of Brian Gatonye’s prison uniform match the pieces staring back at him from the chessboard at Kenya’s Maranjau Prison. The 27-year-old has served about 18 months of a three-year sentence for assault and is due to be released in November 2027. During a break in the…
Jim Bakker died Monday, his second wife, Lori Bakker, said in a statement. His cause of death was not immediately clear.
SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — It was almost midnight and much of Seville was heading to bed. Yet a crowd had gathered in front of a stage on the bank of the Guadalquivir River, beside the bridge connecting the Spanish city’s center with a neighborhood famous for its flamenco music. The night was heavy with late-summer...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state’s stricter rules for people on Medicaid. No more could able-bodied people lounge around while receiving taxpayer-funded healthcare, she said — they needed to work. But the…
VENICE, Italy (AP) — The opening in U.S. theaters of the “NAZA” documentary, in which Israeli military insiders describe what they say was the reckless killing of civilians in Gaza, is likely to rekindle the searing debate over America’s military support for Israel ahead of congressional elections. Israel’s wartime…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Political advertising warns about Democratic plots to defund the police. Campaign events feature law enforcement unions and tough talk about law and order. Stump speeches boast about record low levels of violent crime. From coast to coast, Republicans are focusing on public disorder, illegal…
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun a three-nation tour of NATO allies with a stop Tuesday in Iceland, where unease persists about the Trump administration’s Arctic intentions even after a deal was reached to ease the president’s designs on neighboring Greenland. Rubio called…
Maryland leaders say changes under the "Big Beautiful Bill" are affecting food assistance recipients and could have a much broader impact on Medicaid coverage in the coming years.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Taiwanese leaders opened an economic and cultural office Monday to aid Taiwanese businesses and citizens in the region, despite pressure from the Chinese government to block it. Taiwanese authorities have said the new Phoenix office — their 14th in the United States — will…
Two years ago, the owner’s daughter, Lydia Tefera, posted a plea on social media for the public to come visit the restaurant that her father opened in 1997.
President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. The U.S. military has not carried out the death penalty since 1961. The Army secretary will decide a time and place for the execution, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell…
A Montgomery County Council committee advanced a bill targeting street takeovers, where participants can face fines of up to $5,000.
QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Canadian Press projects election victory for a Quebec separatist party that promises another independence referendum.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Nicaraguan exile who was imprisoned and tortured after protesting against the government was deported by the U.S. back to his country, where he was immediately imprisoned once again by authorities, family members and his lawyer confirmed Monday. Upon climbing off the U.S. deportation flight in…
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday criticized election officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County after about 3,000 ballots were mistakenly mailed early to voters. The miscue, blamed on a vendor error, would have no effect on the voters who received the ballots, the county recorder’s office said. Maricopa…
Council members Christina Henderson, Phil Mendelson and Janeese Lewis George are among the five lawmakers who co-introduced the School Health Certificate Modernization Amendment Act of 2026.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and instead tap his super PAC to cover costs going forward. In a post on his social media site, Trump defended the ads, which cost at least $1.5…
CHICAGO (AP) — An American citizen shot by a Customs and Border Protection agent one year ago during a sweeping immigration crackdown in Chicago filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Monday, alleging the agent lied about the shooting and fired into her vehicle from behind. Federal prosecutors initially…
The Prince George’s County Council voted 11-0 authorizing up to $215 million in special obligation bonds to help build the entertainment complex.
The Dumfries Town Council on Sept. 15 considered a rezoning for 17439 and 17471 Old Stage Coach Road and several conditional use permits for a grocer-anchored development.
Some of Tennessee’s top Republicans said Monday they want to explore alternative ways of executing condemned prisoners after the failed execution of Christa Pike, which relied on a large dose of pentobarbital. U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the state’s Republican candidate for governor, said Pike’s unsuccessful execution…
SAO PAULO (AP) — Indigenous and environmental organizations in Brazil expressed concern Monday about the weekend’s election results, warning that far-right gains in Congress could threaten Indigenous peoples who play a key role in protecting the Amazon and other Brazilian ecosystems. Brazil, the world’s fourth-largest…
Some art pieces hang in museums, other works exist on digital playlists — for multimedia artist Robin Bell, D.C. provides an ever-evolving wealth of public canvasses.
Pediatricians are spending more time answering questions and explaining recommendations due to shifting vaccine guidance and declining childhood vaccination rates.
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Kosovo’s capital Monday night after the country’s parliament failed to advance legislation that would weaken the powers of a Hague-based court, weeks after the war crimes convictions of four former rebel leaders sparked weeks of unrest. The demonstration in…
The Coolidge High School community is mourning the loss of a student athlete who was shot and killed in D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood Saturday night.
The 16-mile, 21-stop Purple Line is moving closer to transitioning from a project under construction to a fully operational light rail line in Maryland.
In the coming weeks, the Navy plans to reopen a well closed since an estimated 20,000 gallons of jet fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility spilled, seeped into the aquifer and contaminated drinking water for thousands of homes. Following a March report by the Environmental Protection Agency that declared…
Starbucks is facing a consumer lawsuit over claims that the protein drinks labeled “sugar-free” on its cafe menus may actually contain more sugar than a Reese’s peanut butter cup. The federal lawsuit filed late Friday in Seattle alleges that eight protein beverages Starbucks sells in the U.S. contain varying amounts…
NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Monday Fri Mon Foods Broilers – National comp wtd. avg. 1.1645 1.1754 Cheddar cheese, blocks, Chicago lb. 130.25 131.50 Coffee, Brazilian, Comp. 2.8964 2.8680 Coffee, Colombian, NY lb. 3.5489 3.5188 Eggs, large white, Chicago dozen 0.6450 0.6450 Flour, hard winter Kansas City cwt…
CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Dec. corn was unchanged at $4.97 a bushel. Dec. wheat gained 8.5 cents at $6.92 a bushel. Dec. oats was up 7.5 cents at $4.16 a bushel. Nov. soybeans was up 3 cents at $12.81 a bushel. Beef was lower...
A mechanical issue caused a tractor-trailer to spill fuel across the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway, triggering a few multivehicle crashes and leading to major delays during the Monday afternoon commute, according to a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. The fuel spill and subsequent collisions…
Doctors and health insurers filed a lawsuit Friday alleging Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature violated the law when they approved a healthcare tax that could substantially increase insurance premiums for Californians. The lawsuit claims the recently passed tax on health plans, known as the managed care…
A U.S. envoy met over the weekend with Sudan’s top general as the Trump administration pushes for diplomatic efforts to end a war that has created what many describe as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, met Saturday with…
U.S. stocks rose near their records after a couple buyout announcements helped lift the market. The S&P 500 added 0.7% Monday and pulled within 0.3% of its all-time high, which was set during the summer. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.1% to set a record of its own....
STANFORD, California (AP) — Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning early Monday that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics. But it wasn’t long before the California scientist asked for a break from all the…
CHICAGO (AP) — A woman has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing to death a 7-year-old girl who was walking along a sidewalk in a Chicago neighborhood, police said. Shavon Gayden, 48, was charged with one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the death, Chicago police said in a statement…
VIENNA, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in rural southern Georgia were still searching Monday for suspects in weekend shootings that killed two people and left nearly three dozen others injured when gunfire erupted during a sprawling block party to celebrate a homecoming football victory. No arrests have been announced in…
Two Berkeley housing projects that used a powerful state program to exempt themselves from local labor mandates have inspired a new law barring future developments from following their playbook. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a bill from state Sen. Jesse Arreguín requiring that large developments comply with…
Michigan slipped once again this year in college readiness, as measured by how well high school students perform on the SAT. According to the latest results, only a fourth of 11th graders in Michigan are college ready, a slight dip from 26.6% last year. A decade ago, it was 35%. “It’s true that SAT scores...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the CDC. The nation has seen eight…
The Virginia State Corporation Commission will allow documents detailing an internal investigation into NextEra Energy’s failed attempt to acquire Jacksonville, Florida’s public utility to be included in deliberations of the company’s proposed merger with Dominion Energy.
Haul out your telescope and binoculars early Tuesday morning to observe the three-day-old waning crescent moon occult — block our view — of Jupiter during daylight hours.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary in the early days of…
“He has to go and live on the edge,” explains Lina Móey about her husband, the Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri Sigurjonsson, in “The Last First: Winter K2.” And she means it literally: He has to go live on the edge of a mountain. In this case, it’s the most forbidding mountain on the planet: K2,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Julia Demaree Nikhinson has been a staff photographer at The Associated Press for 2 1/2 years and is based in Washington. She was previously based in New York City, where she also interned in 2022. Why I shot this photo I took this photo on the last day of Chinese President Xi...
BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court heard opposing arguments Monday over whether a judge had the authority to restore billions of dollars in funding that the Trump administration cut from Harvard University. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled last year that the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court grappled Monday with whether local governments can sue oil and gas companies to help cover costs associated with climate change, an issue with potentially billions of dollars at stake. Key justices appeared wary about the potential sweep of litigation, but torn over the complex…
The two people aboard an air ambulance that crashed in the waters off Massachusetts over the weekend while flying from Bermuda to Boston were identified Monday as a mother from Bermuda and her son. Bermuda police said Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, both Bermudian nationals, were aboard a…
Drivers in Montgomery County could hit some additional traffic over the next nine months as crews construct a bicycle and pedestrian route along MD-390.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AP) — An election in Bosnia on Sunday saw nationalist parties gain strength and the elevation of a separatist, pro-Russia leader in the Balkan country where ethnic tensions have led to political deadlock and stalled progress in moving closer to the European Union. Bosnian Serb…
ITHACA, New York (AP) — Cornell’s main administration building was splashed with graffiti and a glass door was broken overnight as student groups planned a protest Monday over the university’s handling of the alleged 2024 fraternity-house gang rape that has ignited a firestorm of anger on campus and beyond. Holes were…
DETROIT (AP) — Former President Barack Obama will campaign alongside Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit later this month, lending his support to the progressive nominee after a bruising Democratic primary exposed divisions within the party. Obama will appear with El-Sayed at an Oct. 24 rally that will…
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, an ally of President Donald Trump, has pulled off a surprisingly strong showing in Brazil’s first round of presidential elections, giving him momentum in the weeks before an Oct. 25 runoff against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro, the 45-year-old…
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Hollywood, Ending (signed ed.)” by John Green (Dutton) 2. “Sometimes I Scare Myself” by Jeneva Rose (Blackstone) 3. “Hollow Bones” by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine) 4. “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) 5. “Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel” by Lucy Foley (Morrow) 6. “Vince Flynn…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 11-17: Oct. 11: Country singer Gene Watson is 83. Singer Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates is 80. Actor Catlin Adams (“The Jerk,” “The Jazz Singer”) is 76. Country singer Paulette Carlson (Highway 101) is 75. MTV VJ Mark Goodman is 74. Actor David Morse (“St. Elsewhere”) is...
VIENNA (AP) — Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made headlines recently by confirming the United States has deployed weapons in space. He did not, however, detail what the weapons were, how they work or if they were targeting other objects in space. It’s not just U.S. efforts regarding space weapons that remain shrouded…
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice with the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office, seeking to protect herself against AI-generated deepfakes. The application filed with the EU agency includes a four-second audio recording of Meloni repeating the phrase, in Italian…
Four candidates are on Maryland’s ballot for governor, but only two will take to the debate stage Tuesday night: Gov. Wes Moore and Republican Dan Cox.
One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash on the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, Maryland, Monday morning.
A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was set to be sentenced Monday after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife while he was having an affair. Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, staged a home invasion in February after shooting his wife, Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and…
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning, killing two people — including a 10th grade girl — and injuring several others, authorities said. Nearly 40 people were on the school bus that was headed to Winter Haven High School...
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has found her next chapter: She is heading to Fox News. Leavitt will serve as an on-air contributor beginning Nov. 1, the network said Monday. “Karoline’s firsthand experience in the White House and on the presidential campaign trail gives her a distinct…
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — 1 student killed after Florida school bus carrying dozens of people rolls over in early morning crash, sheriff says.
U.S. soldiers wounded in the Iran war’s deadliest strike yet on American troops are raising concerns publicly, many for the first time, about whether commanders underestimated the threat. Some of those wounded also said the military medical system failed them. The Pentagon has so far released few details about the…
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC. Justices declined to hear Moore’s appeal of a lower court decision that vacated the large verdict. The outcome keeps…
ONDO, Nigeria (AP) — Military aircraft with 32 on board crashes in southern Nigeria, and a rescue operation is under way, officials say.
CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Dec. corn was off 0.25 cent at $4.97 a bushel. Dec. wheat was unchanged at $6.83 a bushel. Dec. oats gained 0.25 cent at $4.08 a bushel. Nov. soybeans was off 0.25 cent at $12.78 a bushel....
Dennis Hastert, the nation’s longest-serving Republican House speaker, whose own political legacy was forever fouled by allegations that he molested high school athletes when he was a wrestling coach, died over the weekend. He was 84.
CHICAGO (AP) — Coroner says Dennis Hastert, the ex-House speaker sentenced to prison in a hush-money case, has died of natural causes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top cryptocurrency campaign organization is unveiling a bipartisan list of House members that it will support in the November midterms, as one of the biggest-spending interest groups looks to flex its muscles after a mixed legislative year in Congress. The list, provided first to The Associated…
JERUSALEM (AP) — The investigation into the thwarted FlyDubai cockpit attack last week has turned into a wide security and intelligence probe spanning from the Middle East to New Zealand as authorities try to figure out how the suspect, previously flagged for extremist views in Oman, was cleared to fly an Israel-bound…
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Douglas, the award-winning actor and producer, recently turned 82. He is a cancer survivor, a recovered addict, a married man, the father and son of actors. He is also an author, who begins his memoir with a message of thanks to his family — past and present and future —...
This light and spicy broth is so wholesome and warming. It’s my go-to dish on chilly winter days to stave off cold symptoms … and it works every time! If you’re happy to go low and slow while cooking, this dish from my cookbook, “Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen,” is perfect for cheaper cuts of chicken such...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two boats collided over the weekend on the Congo River, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens missing, local authorities in Congo said Monday. The motorized wooden boats crashed into one another on Sunday evening near the Ngombe-Lukolela area in the province of Equateur, according to the…
TOKYO (AP) — The arrest of a U.S. Marine on suspicion of robbing and killing a local woman on Okinawa has drawn condemnation from Japan’s leaders and renewed protests against the heavy American military presence on the southern island. The alleged killing could complicate Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to…
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 12,000 bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America, the highest total since the free expression organization began tracking removals five years ago. For the second straight year, Stephen King was the author most likely to have his work…
Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and are monitoring contacts of an employee at a plague research institute in Siberia who contracted pneumonia of an “unknown” cause. Local state TV said the woman died last week.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday hosted a round of consultations on Afghanistan that included a delegation of the country’s ruling Taliban government, along with representatives of China, India, Iran, Pakistan and other nations. Welcoming the Taliban’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Moscow, Russian Foreign…
Australian authorities launched a probe into an Omani FlyDubai co-pilot’s time in Australia after he was detained over an alleged attempt to seize an Israel-bound aircraft and crash it. Meanwhile, Israel bars the U.K. Green Party’s leader from entering the country, and ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey…
NEW YORK (AP) — Journal entries kept by Pope Francis before and during his papacy will be published this fall for the first time. Image, an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group, announced Monday that “The Private Diary of Pope Francis” will be released in English and four other languages on Nov…
MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) — Speaking to a small gathering of supporters as the Ohio River flowed behind her, Dr. Amy Acton announced she was backing a three-year moratorium on permitting new injection wells for fracking in rural Washington County. It’s an issue that is top of mind for voters worried that their groundwater…
WTOP morning anchors John Aaron and Kristin Diaz and take you through the latest local news from the D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia region.
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — It’s a Monday night, and Troy Jackson has drawn about 250 people into a converted church to hear him talk about healthcare and labor in Maine. The event is notably different from the rallies held earlier this year by Graham Platner, Jackson’s predecessor as Maine’s Democratic nominee for U.S…
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat collision on the Congo River has killed at least 30 people and dozens are missing, Congolese officials say.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the war with Iran enters its eighth month, U.S. soldiers wounded in its deadliest strike yet on American troops are raising concerns publicly, many for the first time, about whether commanders underestimated the threat. Some of those wounded also said the military medical system failed them. The…
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Forces of Yemen’s internationally recognized government began a major offensive Monday against the Iranian-backed Houthis rebels on the country’s Red Sea coast, under an intensified air campaign by the Saudi-led coalition. The offensive came just after the rebels said they had captured more…