ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American militarys chaotic withdrawal from the country....

WASHINGTON (AP) The son of imprisoned former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai appealed for his fathers release at a congressional hearing in Washington on Wednesday, one week before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit the U.S. Sebastien Lai urged his fathers release on humanitarian grounds at a hearing of the Congressional-Executive...

Savings from a utilities reform bill this year are coming, but Maryland energy regulators said they have seen rising rate requests from power companies.

Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America has been roiled by the decision this week to drop Macklemore as an opener because of the rapper’s onstage pro-Palestinian comments. Since then, all of Sheeran’s other supporting acts have dropped out, including a group that performs with Sheeran during part of the show. Sheeran, who is...

NEW YORK (AP) In traditional Jewish American food culture, a deli was where you went for a towering pastrami sandwich. You went somewhere else entirely to buy lox and a schmear: an ” appetizing store. The quieter, less famous sibling of the Jewish delicatessen comes straight out of the kosher laws that forbid mixing...

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Maryland State Police said they started investigating the high school teacher earlier this month.

An intersection in Loudoun County that slows the daily commute for tens of thousands of people from Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia will be transformed into a roundabout, beginning Thursday, September 16.

GENEVA (AP) The head of the U.N. health agency is hailing encouraging signs in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in one part of eastern Congo, while warning that case counts are rising fast in another as officials race to tamp down the virus. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said signs of...

BANGKOK (AP) Myanmar state media say U.S. businessman Adam Castillo has been deported after months in jail.

Here’s a selected list of nominees for the Latin Grammys 2026 as announced on Wednesday by the Latin Recording Academy. The 27th edition of the Latin Grammys will be celebrated on Nov. 12 in Las Vegas. GENERAL Record Of The Year: Ha Ha, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso; Como Se Ama?, Jorge Drexler; Dime, Silvana...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said its up to each AI company to make sure its technology is safe, distancing himself from calls by rival companies for a coordinated slowdown in the development of advanced artificial intelligence. The comments Zuckerberg posted on social media followed a proposal from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei that quickly found support...

NEW YORK (AP) Tickle Me Elmo dolls, the game of chance Bingo and the humble playground slide are among the finalists to get into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year, a lineup that also includes cuddly Care Bears, the dice game Yahtzee, the ancient game Mahjong and the Pokmon Trading Card Game....

CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Dec. corn was unchanged at $5.36 a bushel. Dec. wheat lost 0.25 cent at $7.28 a bushel. Dec. oats was up 3 cents at $3.94 a bushel. Nov. soybeans was off 0.75 cent at $13.18 a bushel....

MEXICO CITY (AP) A fight of titans is coming up for the 27th edition of the Latin Grammys with singers Karol G, Rosala, Jorge Drexler and hip hop duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso as the most nominated artists revealed on Wednesday. The four acts have seven mentions each and compete in the categories of...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Betsy Ross is a dynamo with a T-shirt cannon. America’s 250th birthday has been a banner year for the actors of Historic Philadelphia, Inc. who immerse visitors in Colonial history via first-person interpretations and true stories. In the last few months, Betsy, played by Carol Spacht, has waved the checkered flag at...

NEW YORK (AP) Former President George W. Bush has a new book of oil paintings coming out in March that features portraits of political prisoners and dissidents. The Penguin Random House imprint Crown announced Wednesday that The Call of Freedom: Portraits of Political Prisoners and Dissidents will be released March 9 and coincide with...

NEW YORK (AP) Consumers stepped up their spending at a better-than-anticipated pace in August after an unexpectedly sharp pullback in July. Retail sales rose 1.2% last month after recording a revised 0.5% dip in July, according to Commerce Department data released Wednesday. Economists were expecting a 0.7% gain for the month, according to FactSet....

CAIRO (AP) A gold mine collapse in a remote area in Sudan has killed at least 67 people, a medical group and survivors said Wednesday, the latest tragedy in a nation mired in a devastating war. The survivors said the collapse took place at al-Zara gold mine in the town of Nuhud in West...

For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trumps ability to continue military action without congressional approval. The roll call was similar to earlier efforts this summer. None of the resolutions have made it to the presidents desk,...

LONDON (AP) A tiny English village has voted to leave the United Kingdom as a symbolic protest against government plans to house up to 1,200 asylum seekers on a nearby military base. Residents of Piddington, which has a population of about 350, voted overwhelmingly for secession in the non-binding referendum. The results announced on...

ROME (AP) The Armani fashion group on Wednesday named Dario Vitale creative director of Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani Accessories, a first step in the group’s creative reorganization a year after the death of founder Giorgio Armani. Vitale, a veteran fashion insider who spent some 15 years at Miu Miu, joins Armani after exiting...

ROSTOCK, Germany (AP) Two German regional elections this weekend are expected to bring more gains for a far-right party, and could determine whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz can hold on to power and push ahead with reforms to Europe’s biggest economy. Merzs authority was damaged by his partys stinging defeat Sept. 6 at the hands...

NEW YORK (AP) Retail sales rise a better-than-expected 1.2% in August after shoppers pulled back in July.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Tuesday night announced the removal of the head of the East African country’s electoral body only three months before the countrys first election. Abednego Akok Kacuol was fired from his position as chairperson of the National Elections Commission without a reason being given publicly...