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10:48 AM on Friday, September 18

Peter de Caluwe will become the artistic director of the Salzburg Festival in October 2027

FILE - Duncan Sheik poses for a portrait on Thursday, March 24, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)

Duncan Sheik, Tony- and Grammy-winning 'Spring Awakening' composer and pop star, dies at 56

10:46 AM on Friday, September 18

Tony- and Grammy-winning musician Duncan Sheik has died at 56

Passengers wait in line at Heathrow Airport in London, during an air traffic control problem that disrupted travel across Britain. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

UK air traffic controller blames a millisecond-software glitch for flight cancellations

10:27 AM on Friday, September 18

A preliminary report has blamed a software defect for the cancellation of over 2,000 flights in the United Kingdom last week

Married NHRA drivers Leah Pruett, left, and Tony Stewart chat pre-race at New England Dragway in Epping, NH, Sunday, June 7, 2026, for the NHRA New England Nationals. (Marc Gewertz/NHRA via AP)

Leah Pruett is stepping away from NHRA to focus on having a second child with Tony Stewart

10:00 AM on Friday, September 18

Leah Pruett, in contention for her first NHRA Top Fuel championship, will step away from the drag-racing series at the end of this season to focus on having a second child with husband Tony Stewart

Tourists from nearby hotels watch a military helicopter fly overhead during Medusa 15, a multinational military exercise led by Greece and Egypt, at Maleme on the Greek island of Crete, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Tourists get a front-row view of military drills on Crete as Mediterranean alliances grow

9:07 AM on Friday, September 18

Tourists on the Greek island of Crete got an unexpected, front-row view of Medusa 15, a major military exercise led by Greece and Egypt

Ashish Rajurkar, a research scientist at the Salk Institute, digs out root samples from genetically-engineered soybeans Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at a research field in Urbana, Ill. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Scientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon

9:01 AM on Friday, September 18

For years, scientists have explored ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere, including through direct air capture, changes to ocean chemistry so seawater can absorb more carbon and reforestation

A dress worn by the late Princess Diana and known as the ''Revenge Dress'', designed by Christina Stambolian, is unveiled by staff at Sotheby’s auction house in London, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, ahead of its Dec. 9 auction in New York, where it is estimated to sell for US$150,000-300,000. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Back in black: Princess Diana's 'revenge dress' goes on show ahead of Sotheby's auction

8:45 AM on Friday, September 18

A striking black dress worn by Princess Diana on the day her estranged husband admitted adultery is going up for auction at Sotheby’s

President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Early midterm voting gets underway with control of Congress at stake

8:28 AM on Friday, September 18

In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections is underway in Virginia, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress at a time of a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues

Christian Castro, right, an immigration officer who is accused of shooting a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis early this year and lying to investigators about what happened, leaves with his attorney Daniel Gerdts, left, after a hearing at the Warren E. Burger Federal Building, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

ICE officer pleads not guilty to charges he lied to the FBI about nonfatal Minneapolis shooting

8:08 AM on Friday, September 18

A federal immigration officer is pleading not guilty to federal charges that he lied to the FBI about being attacked before he shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, is welcomed by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska during a Carpathian 8 Summit in Bukovel, western Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Zelenskyy welcomes leaders from 7 countries for a regional summit

7:17 AM on Friday, September 18

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed leaders from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation

Vice President JD Vance waves as he arrives on Air Force Two, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

JD Vance returns to Iowa as Senate and governor races heat up

7:02 AM on Friday, September 18

Vice President JD Vance is heading to Iowa for the second time this year to campaign for Republican majorities in Congress

FILE - Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting May 5, 2019, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Billionaire Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman, a post he has held since 1970

6:38 AM on Friday, September 18

Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway in the next step of the transition at the top of the $1 trillion conglomerate he led for more than six decades

In this photo taken with a smartphone, police officers secure a road leading to the site of a powerful bomb at a mosque in Kohat, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/B.S. Gillani)

Bombing at mosque near police offices in Pakistan kills at least 21

5:34 AM on Friday, September 18

A powerful bomb has exploded at a mosque near police offices in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 21 people and wounding at least 80

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Red Cross, Red Cross members arrive at Banga National High School in the town of Banga, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (Philippine Red Cross via AP)

Shooting at high school in the Philippines leaves 2 students and gunman dead, several injured

4:57 AM on Friday, September 18

A shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines has left two 14-year-old students and the teenage gunman dead

Women affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard carry rifles as they stand during the state-organized "Janfada," or "Sacrifice for Iran," military-style parade in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Hundreds of thousands attend Iran's biggest government-organized rally since the war began

4:25 AM on Friday, September 18

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have rallied in the biggest government-organized show of defiance since the war began

Protesters stage a rally against the possible deployment of South Korean troops to the Strait of Hormuz and a U.S. demand for the deployment, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. The banners read ''Oppose troop deployment.'' (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Iran claims it struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, and other Mideast developments

2:34 AM on Friday, September 18

Iran says it has struck an oil tanker trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz

Voters use an electronic voting system in the parliamentary election in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Russia begins 3 days of voting in a parliamentary election set to cement the Kremlin's power

2:20 AM on Friday, September 18

Russians have begun three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election

A voter casts a ballot in Henrico County, Va., on the first day of in-person early voting Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Sarah Rankin)

Early voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress

12:04 AM on Friday, September 18

In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections is underway

Christopher Lagana works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Wall Street drifts as bond yields rise and oil prices swing

11:25 PM on Thursday, September 17

Wall Street is drifting toward the finish of an up-and-down week, and U.S. stock indexes are mixed following losses in Europe and gains for Asia

New York Mets pitcher Nolan McLean, top, collides with first baseman Jared Young as they chase a ball during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mets' Jared Young has concussion symptoms, CT scan negative after scary collision with Nolan McLean

9:10 PM on Thursday, September 17

Mets first baseman Jared Young was carted off the field in the sixth inning of a 3-0 loss to Philadelphia after he was knocked out when struck on the head by a knee of pitcher Nolan McLean as the two converged on Justin Crawford’s slow grounder

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