CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) A road crash involving multiple vehicles in South Africa kills at least 21 people, authorities say.

More than a month after Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi, a suspect charged with murder in connection with her death is expected in court Monday.

CAIRO (AP) Yemeni officials say Houthi rebels have seized more key islands in southern Red Sea, increasing grip on shipping routes.

STOCKHOLM (AP) Sweden’s next government remained uncertain on Monday as the national election inched toward a final result, with a thin lead for the left-wing opposition and an underwhelming performance by a hard-right anti-immigration party. Preliminary results showed a narrow advantage for the opposition and former Prime Minister Magdalena Anderssons ...

CAIRO (AP) Yemens Houthi rebels captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, Yemeni government and Houthi officials said on Monday, strengthening their control of a major maritime shipping route. The rebels deployed fighters on the islands of Greater Hanish and Lesser Hanish 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according...

HONG KONG (AP) Asian shares were mostly lower Monday as shares of AI-related stocks, including Open AI investor SoftBank, declined following calls from Anthropic and OpenAI to slow AI development for safety. U.S. futures edged lower, while oil prices gained more than 2% as worries grew over global oil supplies after Saudi Arabia shut...

LOS ANGELES (AP) The 78th Emmy Awards are here. The Pitt will look to find its place in the television pantheon and Widow’s Bay will ride a storm of buzz into the ceremony Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Mariska Hargitay, the longtime Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star and...

Texture is having a crunchy, gooey moment in the food and beverage industry. For many people, the way a menu item or packaged snack feels in the mouth has become as big a draw as flavor, although consumers don’t always recognize the part texture plays in their cravings for crispier takeout, frothier coffees and juicier...

LOS ANGELES (AP) New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanitys survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent such a scenario. The CEO of Anthropic, the San Francisco company ...

Loudoun County, Virginia, is considering a pause to data center development.

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia (AP) Indonesian authorities intensified on Monday a search for dozens of people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea previous day. At least six passengers were killed and 129 people are still missing. The Virgo Transport 8 was carrying more than 240 people when its captain issued...

MIAMI (AP) Amazon said Sunday that it has suspended its partnership with 21 Air after one of the cargo carrier’s planes loaded with Amazon packages careened off a Miami runway last week and killed five people. The Boeing 767 came in fast on Sept. 6 and then barreled roughly 1,300 feet (396 meters) past...

This summer, a 28-year-old digital content marketer packed up his suitcases and duct-taped boxes and fled Russia, leaving behind his family and friends and not knowing when he’ll be able to return. “It is very sad to leave Russia, he said in the southern city of Krasnodar before heading for the border with Georgia. He...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) One person is dead and more than 30 missing after a passenger ferry sank off Vanuatu, officials say.

NEW YORK (AP) The venerable newsmagazine 60 Minutes opened its 59th season on CBS-TV on Sunday night with no direct mention of the turmoil and departures that have unfolded behind the scenes in recent months. Hosts waited until the show’s end to acknowledge that anything different was going on. While speaking about the claim...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea said Monday it conducted a joint live-fire drill involving missiles, artillery and drones that it claimed demonstrated huge destructive power. The official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday’s drill was meant to get familiar with the procedure for the operation of the integrated firepower control system. South ...

MAASAI MARA, Kenya (AP) Joshua Kijape eases his motorcycle through the tall grass, listening for movement in the bush. There is no engine rumble, no exhaust and little warning for anything ahead. That is exactly how the Mara-Siana ranger, attached to Entumoto Safari Camp in Kenyas Maasai Mara game reserve, wants it. For the...

ISLAMABAD (AP) A surge in Indonesias wood pellet and chip production is driving a new wave of deforestation, threatening the vast archipelagos remaining tropical forests, vital biodiversity hot spots and the land of Indigenous peoples, according to new satellite analysis from environmental nongovernmental organizations. Biomass power, predominantly ...

People will be mesmerized by the bright light of the planet Venus this week.

The D.C. region is set to celebrate the Latino community with a month of festivals, performances, cooking demonstrations and other fun and educational activities.

Haraka Run and Walk, a small business in Hyattsville, Maryland, helps customers sort through a dizzying variety of running and walking shoe options.

The federal bribery trial of Ward 8 Council member Trayon White is set to get underway this week, in a case that has had ripple effects on the D.C. Council.

Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2026. There are 108 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him, becoming the youngest-ever...

VIENNA (AP) The head of Irans Atomic Energy Organization is not expected to attend the annual gathering of the U.N. nuclear watchdogs member nations in Vienna for the first time in years because he is banned from international travel, an official briefed on the matter said. Mohammad Eslamis exclusion from the IAEA conference is...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) A predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines held its first parliamentary elections on Monday, seen as a crucial step in the long quest for self-rule after decades of insurgency and violence. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was set up under a 2014 peace deal that saw the largest...