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Rutgers University has canceled a planned graduation speech by business leader Rami Elghandour after some students raised concerns about his criticism of Israel on social media.

The District had 27.2 million visitors in 2025, an increase of 20,000 visitors from the previous year, Mayor Muriel Bowser and a tourism marketing group said Wednesday.

European auditors said Wednesday that they're unable to clearly trace the way that billions of euros are being spent out of a massive fund helping European Union countries rebuild their economies from damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

CNN is reporting that its founder Ted Turner, the outspoken and often outrageous television pioneer, has died at age 87.

Oil prices are sinking Wednesday, and stock markets are bursting higher worldwide with hopes that the United States and Iran are nearing a deal to allow ships to deliver crude from the Persian Gulf once again to their customers.

A man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to dupe a Mexican billionaire out of around $450 million in a bogus stock-backed loan scheme, according to a newly unsealed U.S. indictment and other court records.

President Trump threatened Wednesday to bomb Iran at a "much higher level" if Tehran does not agree to emerging terms to end the war.

Disney exceeded most expectations for the second quarter, driven by strength in streaming and its U.S. theme parks that offset fewer visits by international travelers.

Venezuela insisted Wednesday that a disputed mineral-rich region of Guyana was "fraudulently" taken in a 19th-century example of colonialism, arguing that a 1966 agreement and not the United Nations' highest court should finalize ownership of the ...

China's foreign minister on Wednesday called for a comprehensive ceasefire in the Iran war, in comments that could inject new energy into stalled efforts to end the two-month conflict between the United States and Iran.