The defense rested Friday in Ward 8 D.C. Council member Trayon Whites federal bribery trial, and prosecutors appeared to largely wrap up their case, though the government could call an additional witness before closing arguments next week.

ROME (AP) Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year. More than 650 infections have been reported in Italy so far this year, accounting for roughly half of all cases recorded in Europe,...

Saudi Arabia warned of a hostile aerial threat and issued a string of emergency alerts across the kingdom, including in its capital, late Friday and early Saturday. Also Saturday, Irans state TV reported that a man was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israels intelligence agency Mossad. Here is the latest news...

Russias parliamentary election for the first time includes residents of regions that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago, part of Kremlin efforts to cement its gains. Officials in Kyiv vigorously denounced the action as illegal, and a human rights activist described residents there...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Even in the age of algorithms, short attention spans and TikTok teases, Warren Buffett continued to profit with his patient bargain-hunting approach while offering folksy advice on investing and life. As chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett became famous for his unwavering and methodical investing style: Buy good businesses ...

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NEW YORK (AP) Wall Street will get a key update this week on the U.S. housing market, along with a regular weekly unemployment update. On Thursday, the U.S. will release its August report for sales of newly-built homes. It details the sale of brand-new homes and sales contracts for homes that are under construction....

Today is Saturday, Sept. 19, the 262nd day of 2026. There are 103 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 19, 2022, Great Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers and crowds who...

JOHANNEBURG (AP) Clutching an aerial hoop on a Johannesburg circus stage, a young performer pauses for a split second before launching into the air and gliding, drawing cheers from the crowd below. For 29-year-old Brian Ngobese, who grew up in South Africas impoverished Alexandra township, moments like this mean more than applause. The circus...

NEW YORK (AP) The longtime chief executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America announced Friday that he is stepping down, days after he was filmed physically restraining two protesters during an altercation at a New York runway show. I am enormously proud of what we have built together and believe this is...

Organizers said the goal is to create another major gathering for the LGBTQ+ community outside of the traditional Pride season. It's also a fundraiser for nonprofits serving the community.

A Gaithersburg man was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of another man at a Rockville sports bar earlier this week.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) Bolivian lawmakers approved a $1.9 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund on Friday, delivering the conservative government a key victory in its efforts to ease the country’s deep economic crisis as unions threatened renewed protests. The Senate ratified the IMF agreement a day after the lower house approved...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Three generations of a Navajo family were heading home from picking up supplies for an 8th birthday party when their truck got stuck in mud as storms with heavy rain rolled through the area. Kalisi Begay opted to walk home while her mother and 7-year-old daughter stayed behind. The water rose...

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger unveiled a Data Center Accountability Framework, which she described as having the highest standards in America.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) The stabbing of a truck driver at a remote Wyoming rest stop had U.S. Sikhs on edge Friday amid rising anti-immigrant vitriol against the community and its truck drivers in particular. The Sikh victim was attacked from behind early Sunday while in a restroom at the Bitter Creek rest stop...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) The United Nations announced the appointment Friday of U.S. agriculture official Luke Lindberg to head the World Food Program, the U.N. food agency that calls itself the worlds frontline responder to hunger in conflicts, crises and emergencies around the world. Lindberg, the son-in-law of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, is now...

The parents of a 23-year-old woman who was fatally struck after her Uber driver pulled over along a southern California highway were awarded $40 million after an arbitrator found both Uber and the driver liable for her death. Carol Normandin and Ken Parker said Friday that they hope the amount will put a spotlight on...

LOME, Togo (AP) West African laboratory scientists called on governments Friday to strengthen capacity to detect disease outbreaks to avoid another major outbreak, saying health systems across the region are becoming weaker. The scientists issued their warning in Togo’s capital, Lome, where they have gathered this week to discuss the region’s level of ...

Demetrius Beatty, 40, was charged nearly a month after 2-month-old Khamyah Honesty's death was ruled a homicide.

The Jehovahs Witnesses have partly eased their longstanding prohibition on the medical use of donated blood, allowing members to receive products derived from blood but maintaining a ban on transfusions of whole blood. The policy, announced Friday, is the second revision this year in what has long been one of the most controversial and distinctive...

WASHINGTON (AP) Denmark PM says deal with US on Greenland will be signed by three governments next week during UN General Assembly.

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) Denny Glover was hoping for a big catch when he went fishing with buddies on the Sacramento River, but he wasn’t expecting a fully grown humpback whale. Glover saw the whale surfacing on Wednesday while he was fishing for salmon and striped bass from a 21-foot (6.4-meter) boat, less than half...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Seventy-five absentee in-person ballots cast by voters in rural western Alaska communities arrived too late to be counted in last month’s primary election, officials said. The Alaska Division of Elections blamed a mail delivery delay that affected voters in seven communities, with Kotzebue, Igiugig and Naknek combining for 62 of the...

NEW YORK (AP) Florida is experiencing one of its worst surges of dengue fever in decades, and the toll now includes a death. The Florida Department of Health confirmed the death Friday, though it didn’t provide further details. It’s one of more than 130 locally acquired dengue cases reported so far this year in...