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...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed leaders and representatives from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation on Friday, as overnight Russian strikes in multiple regions sparked fires and caused several deaths and injuries. The inaugural summit of the so-called Carpathian Eight brings together Ukraine, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President JD Vance is headed to Iowa for the second time this year to campaign for Republican majorities in Congress as he lays the groundwork for his own political ambitions. Vance will be the headliner Friday at a midterm rally in Council Bluffs, on the western edge of the once-Republican stronghold...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Warren Buffett steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, a post he has held since 1970.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) The death toll in the mosque bombing in northwestern Pakistan rises to 15, with dozens wounded, officials say.

Watching her staff happily hand out free meals for hundreds of residents outside their Wailua commercial kitchen, food truck co-owner Kelly Kakalia felt fulfilled. It was the day after Hurricane Lowell finished knocking out power, washing out roads and felling trees across Kauai, and Kakalia was focused on her community, not sales. The island where...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after serving in the role for more than 50 years. The company said Friday that the 96 year-old Buffett will become chairman emeritus and will take on his new role immediately. His son, Howard, will become Berkshire Hathaways new chairman. Howard...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A powerful bomb exploded Friday at a mosque near a building housing police offices in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 30, police and rescue officials said. Bilal Faizi, a senior rescue official, said the bombing occurred in Kohat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering...

HENRICO, Va. (AP) In-person voting for this years midterm elections begins Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide who they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues. Election administrators say theyre prepared and confident the vote will be accurate and...

This month marks 55 years since the Kennedy Center opened its doors, but calls for a national cultural center began more than 170 years before John F. Kennedy was president.

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia (AP) Rescue teams in Indonesia on Friday recovered three bodies from a capsized ferry while preparing to salvage the wreckage of the accident Sunday, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine with 126 people still missing, officials said. Divers entered the wreck through a window and recovered the bodies of two men...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysias king on Friday granted jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the remainder of his prison term for graft under house arrest. The decision came at a suddenly convened Pardons Board meeting, a week after the board deferred Najibs latest clemency application...

CAIRO (AP) Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied Friday in a government-organized show of defiance after months of war, pledging their readiness to take up arms in the biggest such demonstration since the United States and Israel attacked in February. Iran’s government has sought to rally the people and stress national unity, even as...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) A shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Friday left at least three young people dead and six others injured, including the gunman, a local official said. Rolly Doane Aquino, a provincial disaster response official in South Cotabato province, said three people were killed and six others were...

Prince Georges County's library system is helping thousands of students celebrate their culture this Hispanic Heritage Month through their favorite books.

MANILA (AP) Shooting at a school in southern Philippines leaves at least 3 dead.

Today is Friday, Sept. 18, the 261st day of 2026. There are 104 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering champion of womens rights who became the courts second female justice, died at her home in Washington at age 87 of complications...

Most near misses involving pedestrians and cyclists in Fairfax County, Virginia, happen near schools, a traffic safety group found.