The Virginian-Pilot

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WILLIAMSBURG — A new exhibit at William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art is honoring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by aiming to show how architecture can help heal a nation. “Forever Marked by the Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal” opened earlier this year and takes visitors through the architectural design, creation, devastation and rebirth of lower Manhattan and the Twin Towers. The exhibit is on display through Jan.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NEW YORK — The sports world stopped cold around here after 9/11, respectfully and correctly. There was too much despair in the air, too much angst about big crowds and airline flights. As Derek Jeter told reporters back then, during the darkest moments, “They’re still trying to find people. I really don’t think it’s the right time to play baseball.” Quickly, though, a debate emerged about these cancellations: How long is too long?

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rail passengers traveling through Virginia’s Northeast Corridor should expect cancellations, route changes and may need to rely on bus connections beginning Oct. 16, due to major track upgrades. This is part of Amtrak’s “Pause for Progress,” a critical infrastructure upgrade to replace aging track components at the A-interlocking control point in Washington, temporarily suspending service from Oct. 16 to Oct. 26.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DYLAN LOVAN DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When a friend approached Brent Williams four years ago with a business proposition to start an ostrich farm, he was more than intrigued — he had a personal motivation as someone who developed a life-threatening allergy to red meat, triggered by tick bites. The problem, known as alpha-gal syndrome, was first linked to a particular species of ticks about 15 years ago.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At 16, Louie is an old man by cat standards. Two years ago, Alexandra Pearce noticed that the cat who usually stuck to her like Velcro wasn’t quite himself. What started as a minor rash under his collar evolved into a painful, swollen ulcer in his left eye that required months of trips to the vet, pills and eye drops. The bill exceeded $2,000. For many people, that’s a rent payment. “I really am amazed that I just handed over my card that day,” Pearce said.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For the first time in four years, Virginia held a meeting of the School Construction and Modernization Commission, raising from the dead the commission that began in 2020 and last met in 2022. Because of a new law passed this year, the commission is now a permanent fixture of the state legislature.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By The Associated Press The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said Wednesday that Saudi-backed forces had launched dozens of airstrikes overnight across four Yemeni provinces after rebel attacks on Saudi Arabia ignited fires at several oil facilities and wounded dozens of people. Separately, Iranian state media said Iranian forces struck several tankers and two U.S. ships in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Iranian ships on Tuesday.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time since July after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped nearly 3% to $100.72 early Wednesday. U.S. benchmark crude gained 2.4% to $95.25 a barrel, and U.S. gasoline prices rose sharply overnight.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JILL COLVIN NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans are gathering in Dallas on Wednesday for a highly unusual midterm convention, a “Trump-a-Palooza” that will put President Donald Trump at the center of this fall’s midterm elections — whether the candidates running like it or not. Many party members, including those facing tight races, are skipping the two-day affair, citing conflicting obligations or balking at demands that they pony up for access.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 9, 1985, President Ronald Reagan ordered economic sanctions against South Africa to target apartheid. Also on this date: In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States of America,” replacing the “United Colonies of North America.” In 1850, California was admitted as the 31st U.S. state.