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The Latest: New Chicago ICE campaign prompts confusion over Trump’s plans for federal intervention 09/08/2025 08:21pm • The Department of Homeland Security announced the start of a new immigration operation Monday in Chicago called “ Operation Midway Blitz,” stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety over a possible federal intervention in the nation’s third-largest city. President Donald Trump said Monday that he What to Wear to a College Interview: Everything You Should Know 09/07/2025 08:00pm • Getting accepted to college can be extremely competitive, and the impression you create by what you wear to an admissions interview or an official campus visit can set you apart -- for better or worse -- from other applicants. It's called the rhetoric of dress -- how your wardrobe choices, along wi Basketball player Landry Shamet takes his shots as a photographer working at the US Open 09/07/2025 07:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Like most basketball players, Landry Shamet has been busy taking shots. This weekend, they were with a camera. He worked as a photographer at the U.S. Open. The guard who spent last season with the New York Knicks had a job with the U.S. Tennis Association and was in Arthur Ashe St LGBTQ+ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new feeling of welcome 09/07/2025 03:48am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Over 1,000 LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome on Saturday, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church after long feeling shunned, and crediting Pope Francis with the change. Some wept as they walked through the H Road closures set for DC Bike Ride weekend 09/06/2025 03:58am • The annual D.C. Bike Ride will bring thousands of cyclists to the streets of the District on Saturday and with it comes a series of extensive road and ramp closures stretching from Downtown to the bridges. CLICK TO ENLARGE: Roads will begin closing around 4 a.m., including near The Wharf, Potoma Man charged with killing 19-year-old woman reported missing in Prince George's County 09/05/2025 12:44pm • A man has been charged in the killing of a 19-year-old woman from Prince George’s County, Maryland, whose body was found last weekend after she was reported missing in late August. Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, 35, was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder in Dacara Thompson’s de Promise and peril drive the fascination with rain in the parched deserts of the United Arab Emirates 09/05/2025 02:01am • MASAFI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Outside of a mountain village in the northern outskirts of the United Arab Emirates, clouds on a recent weekend suddenly crowded out the white-hot sun that bakes this desert nation in the summer months. Fierce winds blew over planters and pushed a dumpster down Trump to attend the US Open men's final Sunday, marking another trip to a major sporting event 09/04/2025 10:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will attend Sunday's men's final of the U.S. Open, returning to a tournament he once frequently attended for the first time in a decade. The White House confirmed the visit Thursday night. Trump is expected to make a daytrip to New York and return to Washi Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push 09/04/2025 06:43pm • HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Laura Peña knew she had two hours to stop the children she represents from being deported home to Guatemala. She and other lawyers and advocates around the country were just starting to get word that Saturday night of Labor Day weekend that migrant children had just been w Moore welcomes help from FBI, other agencies, but says National Guard should stay home 09/04/2025 03:16pm • Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Wednesday he would be willing to accept help from the federal government to fight crime in Baltimore, just not through the deployment of National Guard troops as President Donald Trump (R) has repeatedly threatened. Moore was responding to Tuesday comments by Trump during Things to do in the DC area: Afro Flavour Food Festival, National Book Festival … and more! 09/04/2025 06:16am • Frederick, Maryland, is getting a taste of the African continent this weekend when the Afro Flavour Food Festival is hosted in the city on Saturday, Sept. 6. Along with a wide variety of African cuisines featured with approximately 15 to 25 vendors, there is also fashion, art, music and networking e The Redeem Team had one goal at the 2008 Olympics. Its final reward awaits in the Hall of Fame 09/04/2025 06:06am • Jerry Colangelo still remembers all the meetings. They were in 2005 and 2006, sit-down sessions, often over breakfast, with the likes of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and more. Colangelo would lay out his vision for how the U.S. Olympic team would look for the Beijing Games Chicago prepares for an influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents 09/03/2025 07:06pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago community leaders forged ahead Wednesday with preparations for the influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents the city is expecting, advising residents about their rights and organizing protests with fresh urgency. Details about the operation are scant, but Presi NBA moving closer to a US vs. International format for the All-Star Game, AP source says 09/03/2025 07:02pm • Having the U.S. vs. the world is getting closer to an NBA All-Star reality. The NBA is closing in on finalizing another new format for this season's All-Star Game, one where three eight-man teams — two from the U.S. and one composed of international players — would square off in a round-robin to John Force's charisma and demeanor remain undaunted despite long, tough recovery from horrific crash 09/03/2025 03:11pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — John Force's flamboyant personality still shines brightly. The memories of a horrific crash 14 months ago have started to fade away, and Force's charisma and million-dollar smile — two features that played a role in his success on the track and on television — remain in pla