ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) At least 48 dead in Nigeria’s Ondo state after consuming drink suspected to contain methanol, police official says.

WTOP is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. All this month, discover stories from the diverse Latino communities in the D.C. region, here at WTOP.com and on air at 103.5 FM. Hispanic Heritage Month in Fairfax County kicked off this week with a proclamation from the Board of Supervisors dedicated to a resident...

For Francis Gary Powers Jr., the quest to find out the truth about his dad, and the secrets kept by the American government, fundamentally changed his life.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) South African police said Thursday a ninth womans body has been discovered in an area east of Johannesburg, and said it could be linked to a series of killings they are investigating. All nine bodies were found in the Ekurhuleni municipality over the last two months, raising concerns that they were carried...

LONDON (AP) King Charles III is meeting Thursday with senior leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Nvidia to discuss artificial intelligence and make a plea to ensure the technology remains in the service of people and the planet. The gathering in Scotland, which includes Britain’s AI Minister Kanishka Narayan, was convened to discuss...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korea plans to approve abortion pills for the first time to promote womens rights to health and safety, deepening debates over abortions in the Asian country. In a landmark ruling in 2019, South Koreas Constitutional Court ordered the easing of the decades-old ban on most abortions, one of the...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) South African police say the body of a ninth woman has been found in a series of killings that could be linked.

GENEVA (AP) Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.s top human rights body say they have found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings center on a...

GENEVA (AP) UN-backed human rights experts find reasonable grounds to believe US committed war crimes in 2 deadly strikes on Iran.

When Holly Dowling became principal at Baileys Upper Elementary in Falls Church two years ago, she spent part of her summer asking students what she could do to make the school better. Many of the students expressed interest in improving recess. It was a significant request, though, because the campus right off Leesburg Pike in...

BEIJING (AP) Chinese technology giant Huawei launched new chip technologies in a challenge to global leaders such as Nvidia that highlights the narrowing gap between China and the U.S. in artificial intelligence. Huawei’s announcement Thursday at its annual key conference in Shanghai came just days before an expected meeting between U.S. President Donald ...

Today is Thursday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2026. There are 105 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Also on this date: In 1862, more than 3,600...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Concert promoters wield great power. Venue owners can too but they rarely choose to. And artists capable of filling stadiums like Ed Sheeran usually have approval over everything that happens under their name. That’s the consensus view of music business players who talked to The Associated Press about how mammoth tours...

Computer systems have been down for all Luminis Healthcare providers for two weeks and its not clear when services will be fixed. Luminis was hacked on Sept. 1, and aside from a vague statement issued Sept. 10, the provider isnt saying much about what happened and when services might be restored. Luminis runs Anne Arundel...

CAIRO (AP) As Houthi rebels closed in, Eshraq Abdel Gelil and her husband fled their home, walking through the mountains before catching a ride to a nearby city. Four months pregnant, she feared another miscarriage. They are among more than 125,000 people who have fled as the Iran-backed rebels have advanced down the Red...

HONG KONG (AP) Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after Wall Street closed lower following the Federal Reserves interest rate hike decision for the first time in three years. U.S. futures were higher. The quarter of a percentage point increase brings the Feds key rate to a target range of 3.75%-4.00%, as it attempts...

SHANGHAI (AP) SHANGHAI (AP) 111 Inc. (YI) on Thursday reported a loss of $5.8 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Shanghai-based company said it had a loss of 60 cents. The Operator of a digital and mobile healthcare platform in China posted revenue of $339 million in the period....

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) A Russian barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s capital injured at least 16 people overnight and into Thursday morning, local authorities said. The Kyiv City Military Administration said the attacks were recorded at more than 10 locations. A 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy were among the injured, the ...

LONDON (AP) Buckingham Palace has forcefully denied a claim by the brother of the late Princess Diana that King Charles III said she would soon be forgotten after her death. In a new book, Charles Spencer recounts the traumatic days after Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997 at the...

On the second day of testimony in the federal bribery trial of D.C. Council member Trayon White, prosecutors called several D.C. officials before turning to a key witness they say is central to their case. The day began with White’s attorneys getting additional time to question FBI Special Agent Matthew Gano, who led the corruption...

Russias parliamentary election features the Kremlin’s main party, United Russia, and nine others that all support President Vladimir Putins policies. The only party that dared to oppose the war in Ukraine has been barred from the ballot. The absence of genuine opposition all but assures the Kremlin will keep tight control of the Russian political...

OpenAI has disclosed six reports of unexpected or concerning behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated. The AI company also said Wednesday it was introducing a new framework for tracking, probing and disclosing AI model misalignment instances, such as new ways for the models to act without ...

HONG KONG (AP) As concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other’s AI strategy. AI governance is expected to be on the agenda in a meeting planned...

Los Angeles has been viewed from above by news helicopters for nearly seven decades. When there was a wildfire, a mudslide or O.J. Simpson fleeing the police across its ribbons of highway, an eye in the sky tracked it and advised millions how to keep out of harm’s way. On Tuesday, one of those flying...

Minneapolis (AP) The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall meeting as the city was going through an immigration crackdown and the deaths of two U.S. citizens is expected to be sentenced Wednesday after reaching a deal with prosecutors. Prosecutors had recommended a 14-month prison term...