Inspectors are on the road every year, looking for the "best restaurants to recommend and what theyve found is too good to keep a secret," according to the Michelin Guide website.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) A previously unknown cat species has been identified in plain sight: at a wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia, where the small, spotted feline had been living for years after being taken in by a local family. The discovery, reported Thursday in the journal Current Biology, marks the first time scientists have...

Interim police chief Jeffery Carroll said that the department's internal affairs division is investigating the cases, one of which was first identified by Flock's auditing tool.

Earlier this year, some Pennsylvanians with disabilities and their families won a major victory. Commonwealth Court struck downtwo rules that affected people with intellectual disabilities and autism in Pennsylvanias Medicaid program, saying the state didnt follow a required process for implementing those rules as regulations and they must be considered ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon has rolled out formal guidance for mandatory testosterone testing for male service members 30 and older, a policy that leaves out women for now and faces questions from medical experts about the need and efficacy of such a program. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in July that a new program...

BOSTON (AP) The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder for killing her three children said he was certain of her guilt, but that other jurors wouldn’t listen to him, according to a statement released by his lawyer Friday in his first public comments on the case. Eleven of 12 jurors...

County Executive Marc Elrich released a statement Friday, saying he accepted the police chief's resignation and thanked him for his service.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Six years ago, jet fuel was dumped from the sky onto a working-class city near Los Angeles International Airport, spattering onto children at an elementary school. For writer and director Walter Thompson-Hernndez, who grew up nearby, the incident sparked a coming-of-age story that grapples with the contradictions of life under the...

Duncan Sheik, the Tony- and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who crafted the music for Spring Awakening, has died. He was 56.

NEW YORK (AP) Duncan Sheik, the Tony- and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who crafted the music for Spring Awakening, dies at 56.

Peter de Caluwe will become artistic director of the Salzburg Festival in October 2027, assuming one of the arts world’s most influential jobs after an innovative tenure at Brussels La Monnaie known for world premieres and provocative programming. De Caluwe takes a position once held by one of his mentors, Gerard Mortier, who revolutionized the...

Saturday night is the annual International Observe the Moon Night," where observers and lovers of the moon worldwide will be looking at the moon and sponsoring moon-watching events.

WTOPs Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Spezial Rauchbier Lager for the latest edition of WTOPs Beer of the Week.

LONDON (AP) A preliminary report Friday blamed a millisecond-software defect for the cancellation of over 2,000 flights in and out of the United Kingdom last week. NATS, formerly known as National Air Traffic Services, said Friday that the glitch on Sept. 8 was behind the mayhem at British airports and beyond, rather than any...

NEW YORK (AP) America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers. Our enduring belief that anything is possible whether based in reality or not has helped the nation become the worlds largest economy. It has also led us to fall head over heels for hucksters and charlatans, again and again. If...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) The Kremlin has ordered the Russian businesses of Swiss-based food and beverage company Nestle and French retailer Auchan placed in temporary administration, procedure that previously has led to the forced sale of Western businesses to Russian owners at knockdown prices. The local assets of the two multinationals were put under ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Research scientist Ashish Rajurkar kneels in the dirt, lifting a large clod of soil tangled around a soybean plant. He knocks away pieces of earth from the plant’s roots, which slope straight down instead of out to the side like typical soybean plants. Researchers hope roots like these could help crops...

Looking for something fun to do without spending a lot of money? Weve rounded up some free food, events and other freebies happening around the D.C. area.

NEW YORK (AP) America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers. Our enduring belief that anything is possible whether based in reality or not has helped the nation become the worlds largest economy. It has also led us to fall head over heels for hucksters and charlatans, again and again. If...

LONDON (AP) Revenge has rarely been so stylish. A striking black dress worn by the late Princess Diana on the day her estranged husband publicly admitted adultery is going up for auction at Sothebys, with a presale estimate of up to $300,000. First, the revenge dress, as it has become known, is going on...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) An immigration officer who is accused of shooting a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis early this year, and then lying to investigators about what happened, is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Friday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro faces a federal count of...

JOHANNEBURG (AP) Two men sit on top of a hill at the end of a narrow road in Johannesburg s industrial suburb of Kya Sands. But the hill is no natural feature it is a mountain of illegally dumped trash, piled so high it now swallows the road beyond. When I started as...

The man charged with murder and rape in the 1993 disappearance of 10-year-old George "Junior" Burdynski in Maryland is due in court Friday for a bond hearing, in a case that transformed how police and the Federal Bureau of Investigate conduct child sex abuse and exploitation cases.

WASHINGTON (AP) Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with recent speeches at political events that mark a sharp departure from norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias. Blanche took the stage this week at an event for a Republican Senate...