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...

A Pennsylvania woman has died from complications associated with measles, the third death in the state this year involving the virus. The 40-year-old woman died Saturday, Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong said in a Facebook post in which he called the death measles-related. The post did not identify the woman other than as a resident...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba, who was once the world’s youngest monarch, was buried on Saturday amid an acrimonious succession dispute that has rocked the royal family and gripped the nation. The traditional monarch, who ascended the throne of Ugandas Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995, died last month from cancer....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Sunday unsealed an investigation into the production of a film about former President Jair Bolsonaro, pointing in his decision to suspicions the movies financing had ties to a criminal network. The suspicions laid out in Justice Flvio Dinos decision may complicate matters further for...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine- Poland border on Sunday shortly after senior visiting officials including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden — passed through, Ukraines state rail operator said. According to Ukrzaliznytsia, a diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and security advisers...

NANTERRE, France (AP) She hit the high F, held it, then blew out a breath and turned to look back at the band a quick, disbelieving glance toward her musical director. Some 30,000 people read it before they had finished screaming: Celine Dion did it. It was All By Myself, the song the...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Somalia’s business community is seeking alternative shipping routes due to disruptions and security concerns around the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz after Iran-backed Houthis captured a key port city and an island, sending thousands of Yemenis fleeing to neighboring Djibouti. Companies have traditionally imported ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) Kosovo lawmakers on Sunday voted into office a new government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti following an early election in June in the small Balkan nation that remains locked in a prolonged political crisis. Kurti’s government received support from a slim majority of 62 lawmakers in the 120-member assembly. Opposition lawmakers...

CAIRO (AP) Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-backed Yemeni government described the rebels’ swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a painful development in a new front in the Iran war. The Houthis’ capture of a key port city and an island on the...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) Voters in an autonomous southern Philippine region will cast their ballots Monday in the region’s first parliamentary elections, seen as a crucial step in the quest for self-determination and lasting peace after decades of insurgency and violence. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, or BARMM, covers five ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, called for a renewed commitment to peace on Sunday as he marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on his home country. The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his...

ATLANTA (AP) Security researchers say rapid advances in artificial intelligence are making it more critical to address a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they have been cast. The system’s vulnerability has been drawing increased attention, with election security advocates criticizing state ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) Voters in Sweden went to the polls on Sunday for an election that will determine whether a conservative leader remains in charge and a hard-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or whether the center-left returns to power. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is seeking a second four-year term at the...

CAIRO (AP) An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran plans to brief countries in the region on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic there. The attack, which the reports said killed one and wounded four, drew...

NEW DELHI (AP) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that rising geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions and climate crises are increasingly affecting people worldwide and called for strengthened cooperation and support across the Global South. Addressing the BRICS summit of leading developing nations on its second day in New Delhi, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazil is having a moment. Celebrities and record numbers of tourists donning green, yellow and blue are flooding into the country. Brazilian culture from its Oscar-nominated films to funk music is taking the world by storm. Global fashion brands and influencers are leaning into the hype. For decades,...

An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new pressure on a key U.S. ally in the region. And the presidents of Iran and...

BEIJING (AP) Beijing is banning the possession of drones within city limits in new rules announced Sunday that further tighten its regulations on drones, which already include a May ban on sales of the devices. The ban on possession will come into effect in mid-November. Beijing has barred unauthorized drone flights, citing security reasons,...

CAIRO (AP) An Iranian commercial ship was struck near the Strait of Hormuz, with 1 person killed, Iran’s state media say.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Indonesian rescuers launched a search operation Sunday after authorities lost contact with a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan province, officials said. The Search and Rescue Office in the city of Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, which is located...

After a seven-week recess, the Montgomery County Council will face a jam-packed agenda when it convenes Tuesday. It will grapple with proposed tax credits, controversial appointments and the future of the countys trash incinerator, among other issues. The meeting will come less than two weeks after Will Jawando suffered a heart attack. The at-large ...

PARAKOU, Benin (AP) The Made in Benin tags on Fatoumata Dossos fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africas largest cotton producer at home. The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag means her country is trying to take full advantage of the abundant...