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What will change about policing in DC when 'crime emergency' declaration ends? Bowser looks ahead 09/10/2025 04:27pm • As the federal takeover of D.C.'s police force is scheduled to end at midnight, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a swift return to local control — and a decisive break from immigration enforcement efforts that marked the 30-day "crime emergency" declared by President Donald Trump. That means o Appeals court upholds New Jersey's ban on carrying firearms in sensitive places 09/10/2025 03:26pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a New Jersey law that barred carrying firearms in so-called sensitive places like schools and public gatherings. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 139-page opinion, recounted a longstanding history in the United States of prohi Quinn and Jack Hughes acknowledge they'd like to play together in the NHL 09/10/2025 01:26pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vancouver Canucks executive Jim Rutherford made waves in May when he said captain Quinn Hughes had expressed an interest in playing with brother Jack in the NHL at some point. They echoed that sentiment when asked about it this week at the league’s annual player media tour, whil Movie project aims to tell story of Ukraine soccer club Shakhtar during Russian invasion 09/10/2025 12:55pm • TORONTO (AP) — A film screenplay is being written about Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk’s 2022 season during Russia’s full military invasion of its home Donbas region. The project with a script commissioned by writing partnership Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson was announced Tuesday at the Consumers Energy picks private equity fund to buy Michigan dams for $1 apiece 09/10/2025 12:01pm • Consumers Energy plans to sell its 13 aging and unprofitable Michigan hydropower dams to a subsidiary of a Maryland private equity firm for a dollar apiece, in a deal that would ensure their continued existence for the next three decades. Company officials announced Tuesday that Delaware-based Confl UK ambassador to US in the spotlight over his links to 'best pal' Epstein 09/10/2025 11:58am • LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday that he has “confidence” in the country's ambassador to the United States, who faces mounting criticism of his links to the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer's defense of Peter Mandelson came after Democrats on the Hou What to know about the downed Russian drones that entered NATO airspace 09/10/2025 11:41am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The downing of Russian drones over Poland, the first direct encounter between NATO and Moscow since the war in Ukraine began, jolted leaders across Europe on Wednesday and raised urgent questions about how prepared the alliance is against growing Russian aggression. Poland's Study links more frequent and severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producers 09/10/2025 11:02am • Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday. Planet-warming emissions from 180 major cement, oil and gas producers contributed significantly to all of the heat events considered in the stud European World Cup qualifying: Spain reigns, Tuchel's England emerges and Mbappé keeps France steady 09/10/2025 09:08am • GENEVA (AP) — Spain still looks the best team in Europe, England finally put on a show in World Cup qualifying, and France got back-to-back wins while almost dropping points despite Kylian Mbappé's goals. Every European team has now begun its qualifying group and it was a good week for 40-year-ol Trump is upsetting the US allies needed to counter China 09/10/2025 07:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade and immigration policies are undermining relationships that have been cornerstones of American foreign policy to counter China's growing influence, eroding years of diplomatic investments spanning administrations. The latest fracture ca Their son died of an overdose. Now, this Fairfax Co. family is warning others to prevent similar tragedies 09/10/2025 03:56am • This story is Part 2 of WTOP’s four-part series, “Fighting Fentanyl,” which explores how the drug is impacting students, families and schools in the D.C. area. When Sean and Afrodita Foster prepare to speak to Loudoun County Public Schools students about the dangers of fentanyl, the kids an Years of activism resulted in a Hong Kong same-sex partnership bill, but a tough vote remains 09/10/2025 03:32am • HONG KONG (AP) — At her wedding, Jaedyn Yu felt her father’s tears marked a subtle yet touching shift in his attitude toward love between two women. Yu's family initially struggled to accept her partner after they fell in love in 2019. Seeking both family recognition and legal rights, the couple Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills 24 people collecting their pensions 09/10/2025 12:24am • DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air Tuesday morning to collect their monthly pension. The blast killed at least 24 people and injured 19 others, the Ukraine Emergency Service said. In a related development, Brazil's Supreme Court nears a verdict in coup plot trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro 09/09/2025 11:03pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was one step away from being convicted for attempting a coup, after two Supreme Court justices voted Tuesday to find the right-wing leader guilty of trying to illegally hang onto power. Three members of the five-judge panel trying Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed plan to redraw US House districts 09/09/2025 10:39pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state's congressional districts so that Republicans could win an additional seat in the closely divided chamber. The rare mid-deca