KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine has long argued that Russia will only negotiate seriously if the cost of continuing the war becomes too high. For Kyiv, punitive sanctions that impose real economic costs on Moscow are a key part of that strategy. This weeks passage of a long-sought, sweeping package of U.S. sanctions aimed at...

Celebrate the autumnal season, starting this Saturday, with the 46th annual Pumpkin Festival at Butler's Orchard in Germantown, Maryland.

Congress passed legislation that would designate Gen. George C. Marshalls home in Leesburg, Virginia, as an affiliated area under the National Park Service.

CAIRO (AP) It’s been a week since Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels stormed down the Red Sea coast, extending their reach to a key maritime chokepoint and threatening Saudi Arabia’s oil exports. The Houthis’ biggest land grab in years reignited Yemen’s 12-year civil war and pushed up global fuel prices. It also gave Iran another...

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) A man initially accused of being a high-profile al-Qaida figure and who was tortured in CIA custody appeared Thursday at a hearing to review his detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he has been held for 20 years without charges. A U.S. government official said...

The family of a 37-year-old pregnant San Antonio woman who died of preeclampsia is claiming in a new lawsuit that the Texas abortion ban led to her death. The family of Tierra Walker, who died when she was 20 weeks pregnant, is suing Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate hopeful Ken Paxton, Texas Medical Board...

WASHINGTON (AP) Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before major physical changes to building, including demolition.

Maryland health officials are warning that people who visited several locations in Ocean City earlier this month may have been exposed to measles.

Washington, D.C. (September 17, 2026) WTOP News joins Fox 5 DC and NBC4 Washington in partnership with The Washington Sun (formerly NOTUS) to spotlight the outstanding talent in high school athletics across the Washington, D.C., area. “WTOP is excited to partner with The Washington Sun, NBC4 and Fox5 to help amplify the stories of...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A federal immigration officer charged with shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in January and lying about the circumstances to investigators was to appear Thursday before a Minnesota judge after state authorities arrested him ahead of a separate hearing in federal court. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro faces ...

Waterside Drive in Northwest D.C. is closing for rehabilitation work, which could have a significant traffic impact in the nearby neighborhoods for the next two months.

NEW YORK (AP) Marlon James’ The Disappearers, his deeply personal novel about the persecution and perseverance of gay men in Jamaica in the 1980s, is among the nominees on the long lists for the National Book Awards. Other works cited this week by National Book Foundation judges include a story collection by Louise Erdrich,...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Man who sprayed U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar with vinegar in Minneapolis has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.

On a yearslong hunt for thousands of U.S. silver coins squirreled away in Norway, police investigating a money laundering case finally got a lucky break: A tip about a van swerving on a highway outside Oslo last year. When officers pulled the vehicle over for inspection, in Baerum, west of the capital, in April 2025,...

NEW YORK (AP) The ambulance dispatch station where Heydi Fernandez waited for calls as an emergency medical technician didn’t have a private place to pump breast milk when she returned to work three months after giving birth to her son. So she expressed her milk sitting at a dining table when none of her...

From front page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos, chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

NEW YORK (AP) Gustavo Dudamel jumped up and down on FAO Schwarzs giant keyboard during his first trip to New York as a 14-year-old. Hes returned three decades later with far more numerous and somewhat smaller instruments at his disposal as music director of the New York Philharmonic. Its a lot about that bubbling...

Montgomery County police are searching for a 21-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man after a confrontation at a Rockville, Maryland, restaurant.

PHOENIX (AP) Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Arizona who shaped landmark water policies in the U.S. West and guided the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, has died. He was 84. Kyl died Wednesday night from a neurological disorder, said Gordon James, a communications professional who is longtime...

MCLEAN, Va. (AP) Mortgages climb for 4th consecutive week, driving the average long-term US home loan rate to just below 7%.

PHOENIX (AP) Former Republican US Sen. Jon Kyl, known for water policies and guiding confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh, dies at 84.

NEW YORK (AP) In an episode of his new CNN travel series, chef David Chang is cruising down the highway on his way to Las Vegas when he stops at a humble truck stop off Interstate 15. The town is Hesperia, California, and the producers wanted Chang to try an Indian restaurant near a...

TORONTO (AP) Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Martin McDonagh has unveiled a dark comedy of mischievous wit and melancholy soulfulness, and it’s immediately been hailed as one of the best movies of the year. Yes, the British-Irish writer-director of The Banshees of Inisherin, In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has...

Significantly fewer migrants are reaching Europe by sea this year, and yet more are dying as people take increasingly dangerous journeys to reach the continent, the U.N. migration agency warned Thursday. Nearly 60,000 migrants and refugees arrived on European shores in 2026 by Sept. 15, down nearly 40% compared to the same period last year,...