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Indonesia battles growing wildfires as Mount Bromo blaze spreads 08/10/2026 11:40am • MOUNT BROMO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia intensified efforts Monday to combat a growing number of wildfires across the archipelago, deploying helicopters, thousands of firefighters and disaster personnel as blazes spread through a popular national park in East Java and peatlands on Sumatra and Born At least 20 dead and more trapped below buildings after powerful earthquake shakes Colombia 08/10/2026 11:07am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 20 dead and more trapped below buildings after powerful earthquake shakes Colombia. Taylor Farms recalls jalapeno products over salmonella concerns 08/10/2026 10:53am • Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, is voluntarily recalling some products that include jalapenos because of worries about a possible salmonella contamination. The announcement comes a few weeks after Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Two people are dead in Manizales and multiple buildings have collapsed in Cali following 7.4 earthquake in Colombia. 08/10/2026 10:47am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two people are dead in Manizales and multiple buildings have collapsed in Cali following 7.4 earthquake in Colombia. From Uniqlo to Zara, clothing brands try to win over Gen Z with a needle and thread 08/10/2026 10:46am • NEW YORK (AP) — Encouraging customers to mend worn clothes instead of buying new ones might seem like a self-defeating sales strategy. But in-store repairs and sewing workshops are becoming essential retail services for clothing brands as they try to appeal to young consumers who want to save mone Out of Vallecas, Rayo Vallecano turns to Leganes amid stadium safety fears 08/10/2026 10:41am • MADRID (AP) — Rayo Vallecano will play its first home game of the season at second-tier Leganes' stadium because of unsafe conditions at its own venue. Vallecano had been searching for somewhere to host its top-flight Spanish league match against Alaves on Aug. 20 after the Vallecas Stadium was de US stocks jump as employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs, raising hopes that rate hikes can wait 08/10/2026 10:34am • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday and Treasury yields fell after the government reported that employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month. Every major index notched a second straight week of gains, which included several fresh records. It marks a strong start to August follow WTOP News Expands Content Offerings with Enhanced Top News Podcast 08/10/2026 10:27am • Â  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WTOP News Expands Content Offerings with Enhanced Top News Podcast Washington, D.C. (August 10, 2026) — WTOP News today announced a major expansion of its podcast offerings with a reimagined Top News Podcast, transforming the product into a dynamic, on-demand extension AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alabama’s special congressional primaries 08/10/2026 10:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in four of Alabama’s seven congressional districts will select U.S. House nominees Tuesday under a new map that eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts currently represented by Democrats. Primaries for all seven congressional districts were originall Today in Sports - The Green Bay Packers football club is founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau 08/10/2026 10:10am • Aug. 11 1919 — Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau - named after sponsor Indian Packing Company. 1929 — Babe Ruth is the first MLB player to hit 500 home runs. 1943 — Volo Song, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat. 1948 †Sports on TV for Tuesday, Aug. 11 08/10/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Aug. 11 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 a.m. ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Mid-Atlantic Region Semifinal, Bristol, Conn. 1 p.m. ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Great Lakes Region Semifinal, Whitestown, Ind. 3 p. How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle 08/10/2026 09:57am • NEW YORK (AP) — The Perseid summer light show is back — and viewing conditions are especially promising for the Northern Hemisphere. The meteor shower's peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade — Section of George Washington Parkway to close weekdays for tree maintenance 08/10/2026 09:55am • Drivers will face road closures in McLean, Virginia, on the George Washington Parkway beginning Monday as crews conduct routine maintenance to nearby trees. The good news for commuters is that the closures will not take place during morning or afternoon rush hour. The northbound lanes of the A blocked Iranian flight to Yemen set off Houthis' latest spiral with Saudi Arabia 08/10/2026 09:49am • CAIRO (AP) — A volley of fire between the Iranian-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia has threatened to upend a 2022 truce in Yemen and open another front in the already expanding war in the Middle East after the collapse of the ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran. “Yemen today faces a greater Chinese users of AI companions bereft after government tightens regulations 08/10/2026 09:48am • Li Linlin cried for days after losing her AI boyfriend. She had exchanged about 700,000 words in messages over two years, and never got to say goodbye. Li, 24, wasn't the only left mourning the loss of a virtual companion when major Chinese tech companies recently pulled the plug on their popular A