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Former President Donald Trump, with his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to reporters following the day's proceedings in his trial, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York. (Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP)

Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case

A Georgia appeals court has agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against Donald Trump.

In this grab taken from video, protestors protesting the Israel-Hamas war stand outside near the campus of George Washington University, in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Tensions have continued to ratchet up in standoffs with protesters on campuses across the U.S. and increasingly, in Europe, nearly three weeks into a movement launched by a protest at Columbia University. (WJLA via AP)

33 arrested at George Washington University as DC mayor’s congressional hearing is canceled

FedEx trucks sit outside a damaged FedEx facility after a tornado in Portage, Mich., Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Brad Devereaux/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

Severe storms batter the Midwest, including reported tornadoes that shredded a FedEx facility

Selby Chipman, 20-years-old, speaks to the Boys Scouts of America annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Chipman, a student at the University of Missouri, is and Inaugural female Eagle Scout and the Assistant Scoutmaster for an all girls troop 8219 in Oak Ridge, NC. The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name to Scouting America for the first time in its 114-year history. (AP Photo/Kevin Kolczynski)

Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes

FILE - Merit badges and a rainbow-colored neckerchief slider are affixed on a Boy Scout uniform outside the headquarters of Amazon in Seattle. The U.S. organization, which now welcomes girls into the program and allows them to work toward the coveted Eagle Scout rank, announced Tuesday, May 7, 2024, that it will change its name to Scouting America as it focuses on inclusion. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Why the Boy Scouts of America is rebranding

Push for climate education brings students hope for future

Youth activists pushing for more climate education in Minnesota schools say working with peers to draft legislation gives them hope for a future under threat. (AP Video: Mark Vancleave)

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As California prepares for wildfires, hundreds of thousands of homeowners are losing their insurance

Tornadoes damage homes, FedEx facility in southwest Michigan

Abortion

FILE - Abortion-rights supporters protest on the steps of the John Minor Wisdom United States of Appeals Fifth Circuit Building after the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, in New Orleans, Friday, June 24, 2022. Democratic lawmakers in Louisiana are pushing bills to add exceptions, including in cases of rape and incest, to the state’s near-total abortion ban. A GOP-dominated House committee began its review of those measures Tuesday, April 30, 2024, but similar proposals for loosening one of the country’s strictest abortion laws effectively died there last year. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions of rape and incest to abortion ban

LGBTQ+

FILE - Bonneville Elementary School parents and students gather during a block party supporting trans and non binary students and staff on April 29, 2024, in Salt Lake City. Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to shield trans residents and their allies from any legitimate complaints that could threaten their safety. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcement

Shootings

FILE - Rio Arriba County workers remove the bronze statue of Spanish conquerer Juan de Onate from its pedestal in front of a cultural center in Alcalde, N.M., June 15, 2020. A settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit seeking damages from a 23-year-old man and his parents in the shooting of a Native American activist in northern New Mexico amid confrontations about the statue and aborted plans to reinstall it in public. The settlement was disclosed Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in court documents. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Civil suit settled in shooting of Native American activist at protest of Spanish conquistador statue

Immigration

FILE - Migrants walk in Lampedusa Island, Italy, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Europeans focus more on curbing immigration than on climate change and less than 15% of those interviewed across the globe consider climate change to be among the top three priorities for their government, a global study revealed on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro, File)

Europeans want governments to focus more on curbing migration than climate change, a study says

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B Rosas, left, Lucia Everist, center, and Libby Kramer, of Climate Generation, speak to the Minnesota Youth Council, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn. The advocates called on the council, a liaison between young people and state lawmakers, to support a bill requiring schools to teach more about climate change. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

High school students, frustrated by lack of climate education, press for change

Distress about the Earth’s future is driving many young people to act. In the U.S., middle and high school students are appearing before their school boards and state legislatures to demand more climate curricula.

Most FTX customers to get all their money back less than 2 years after catastrophic crypto collapse

FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that.

President Joe Biden smiles as he meets with Romania's President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden heads to Wisconsin to laud a new Microsoft facility, meet voters — and troll Trump

President Joe Biden is racing into yet another battleground state. Biden on Wednesday is traveling to Racine, Wisconsin, where he’ll highlight a decision by Microsoft to build a $3.3 billion data center that’s expected to create roughly 2,000 jobs.

Resorts World Las Vegas President Scott Sibella speaks at the Resorts World Boring Company station, July 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. Former top executive at Las Vegas Strip casinos, Sibella, faces a judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, and possible federal prison time after pleading guilty to violating federal anti-money laundering rules. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Former Las Vegas casino executive to be sentenced in bookmaking money laundering case

A former top executive at Las Vegas Strip casinos will face a judge in Los Angeles and possible federal prison time after pleading guilty to violating federal anti-money laundering rules.

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his proposed state budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 10, 2024. The California Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday, May 8, 2024, about whether to remove a measure from the November ballot that would make it harder for state and local governments to raise taxes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Supreme Court to weigh pulling measure making it harder to raise taxes from ballot

The California Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments about whether to remove a measure from the November ballot that would make it harder for the state and local governments to raise taxes.

FILE - Visitors pass through Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., on April 30, 2021. Disney has received a key approval to expand its Southern California theme parks in its first push to make major changes to its iconic Disneyland in decades. The Anaheim City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, May 7, 2024, to approve the plan to transform Disney's 490-acre (488-hectare) campus in densely-populated Southern California by moving parking to a multi-story structure and redeveloping a massive lot with new entertainment and rides. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Disney receives another key approval to expand Southern California theme parks

Disney has received another key approval to expand its Southern California theme parks in its first push to make major changes to its iconic Disneyland in decades.

Steam rises from a vent at a work site near the New York Stock Exchange, center, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in New York. World shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks held relatively steady on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Stock market today: Wall Street opens lower, threatening to end a 4-day winning streak

Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street and threatening to end a four-day winning streak for the S&P 500. The benchmark index was down 0.4% early Wednesday.

Rep. William Timmons, R-S.C., accompanied other members of Congress speaks to the media after they toured the George Washington University students encampment as they protest over the Israel-Hamas war on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Republicans will turn to K-12 schools in latest antisemitism probe

The leaders of three large public school systems will appear before Congress to answer questions about how they have handled incidents of antisemitism on their school campuses.

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, photo, the Kingston Fossil Plant stands near a waterway in Kingston, Tenn. The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn’t comply with federal law. The Environmental Protection Agency asked the Tennessee Valley Authority in a March 25, 2024 letter to redo several aspects of its environmental impact statement for converting the coal-burning Kingston Fossil Plant. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

US’s largest public utility ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant

The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn’t comply with federal law.

St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch compares an old aerial photo of downtown St. Petersburg with a newer one during an interview Friday, April 19, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The future of the Tampa Bay Rays should come into clear focus in the coming weeks as the St. Petersburg City Council begins discussions about the $1.3 billion ballpark that would open for the 2028 baseball season. The stadium is the linchpin of a much larger project that would transform the downtown with affordable housing, a Black history museum, office and retail space. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Future of MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays to come into focus with key meetings on $1.3B stadium project

The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is about to come into clearer focus as the St. Petersburg City Council begins discussions about the team’s planned $1.3 billion ballpark.

FILE - Staffer Mackenzie Hunt smiles as a child raises her hand to answer a question at Living Water Child Care and Learning Center in Williamson, W.Va., Sept. 25, 2023. As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, he's resurrecting proposals to reshape American life from the cradle to the grave by lowering the cost of child care, expanding preschool opportunities and raising pay for those who care for the elderly. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham, File)

Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs

President Joe Biden is pushing proposals to help families pay for child care, preschool and elder care while he’s running for reelection this year.

Trial begins for ex-University of Arizona grad student accused of fatally shooting professor in 2022

The trial has begun for a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of fatally shooting a professor in 2022 after he was banned from campus because of harassment complaints.

U.S. troopers in battle gear walk under the scorching sun during a joint military exercise on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, northern Philippines. American, Australian and Filipino forces launched a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes to sink a ship Wednesday as part of largescale war drills in waters facing the disputed South China Sea that has antagonized Beijing. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

US and Philippine forces sink a ship during largescale drills in the disputed South China Sea

U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, have unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale war drills in and near the disputed South China Sea that have antagonized Beijing.

Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in New York. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Inside the courtroom where Trump was forced to listen to Stormy Daniels

Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered as Stormy Daniels described the unexpected sex she says they had in a hotel nearly two decades ago.

Cruise ship worker accused of stabbing 3 people with scissors on board vessel bound for Alaska

Authorities say a cruise ship worker from South Africa has been arrested in Alaska’s capital city after he was accused of attacking a woman and two security guards with scissors on board the vessel.

Alabama lawmakers approve tax breaks for businesses that help employees afford child care

Alabama lawmakers have approved legislation to provide state tax breaks to businesses that help their employees afford childcare.

Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket is seen at Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station a day after its mission to the International Space Station was scrubbed because of an issue with a pressure regulation valve, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Boeing’s first astronaut launch is off until late next week to replace a bad rocket valve

Boeing’s first astronaut launch is off until late next week to replace a bad valve in the rocket. The countdown was halted Monday night after a pressure-relief valve in the Atlas rocket’s upper stage opened and closed so quickly and so many times that it created a loud buzz.

Alabama Senate committee delays vote on ethics legislation

An Alabama Senate committee has delayed action on a proposed revamp of the state ethics law after opposition from both the state attorney general and the head of the state ethics commission.

FILE - Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice (4) is tackled by Baltimore Ravens linebacker Patrick Queen (6) during the first half of the AFC Championship NFL football game, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore. Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is suspected of assault in Dallas a little over a month after he was one of the speeding drivers in a chain-reaction crash that led to multiple charges, according to a newspaper report Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Report says Chiefs’ Rashee Rice suspected of assault weeks after arrest over high-speed crash

A newspaper report says Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is suspected of assault in Dallas a little over a month after he was one of the speeding drivers in a chain-reaction crash that led to multiple charges.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz beams while holding up the so-called Taylor Swift bill he signed into law as lawmakers, First Avenue employees and online ticket buyers clap Tuesday, May 7, 2024, inside the First Avenue concert venue in Minneapolis. The law, prompted by the frustration a legislator felt at not being able to buy tickets to Swift's 2023 concert in Minneapolis, will require ticket sellers to disclose all fees up front and prohibit resellers from selling more than one copy of a ticket for live events held in Minnesota, among other measures. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed)

Taylor Swift bill is signed into Minnesota law, boosting protections for online ticket buyers

People buying tickets online for concerts, sporting events and other live events in Minnesota will be guaranteed more transparency and protection under a so-called Taylor Swift bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov.

Official resigns after guilty plea to drug conspiracy in Mississippi and North Carolina vape shops

A third-term city council member in south Mississippi is leaving office after pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to running a business that sold illegal drugs.

FILE - U.S. Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Miss., poses for a photo in Carriere, Miss., May 19, 2022. An antiwar activist says a U.S. congressman from Mississippi knocked a cellphone out of her hand as she asked about the Israel-Hamas war. The incident happened Tuesday as Republican Rep. Mike Ezell walked to a meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Activist says US congressman knocked cellphone from her hand as she asked about Israel-Hamas war

An antiwar activist says a U.S. congressman from Mississippi knocked a cellphone out of her hand as she asked about the Israel-Hamas war.

FILE - Marijuana legalization opponents meet in a Sioux Falls, S.D. on Oct. 7, 2022 to hear a presentation on the dangers of pot use and strategize how to convince their friends and neighbors not to pass legalization a second time. Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana, a mission with a rocky history in South Dakota, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state's November ballot. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)

Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota

Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota have submitted petitions to get the issue once again on the November ballot.

FILE - Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., speaks at a campaign event, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Scranton, Pa. Republican lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation for a $3 billion tax cut, their just-unveiled counterproposal to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's budget plan as each side offers a competing vision for how to use a massive cash surplus sitting in the state treasury. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pennsylvania Senate approves GOP’s $3B tax-cutting plan, over objections of top Democrats

Republican lawmakers are advancing a $3 billion tax cut, their newly unveiled counterproposal to a budget proposal from Democratic Gov.

Panera to stop serving ‘Charged Sips’ drinks after wrongful death lawsuits over caffeine content

Panera Bread said it’s discontinuing its Charged Sips drinks that were tied to at least two wrongful death lawsuits due to their high caffeine content.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin speaks at a news conference at the attorney general's office in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, May 7, 2024, about a lawsuit challenging a new regulation aimed at protecting the rights of transgender students in schools. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, right, and Arkansas Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni and high school athlete Amelia Ford, left, listen. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)

More GOP states challenge federal rules protecting transgender students

Seven more Republican states are suing to challenge a new federal regulation to protect transgender student rights.

FILE - Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, File)

Harvey Weinstein is back at NYC’s Rikers Island jail after hospital stay

One-time movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was returned to a New York City jail in what his publicist said was a move resulting from a published report saying he was getting VIP treatment during his 10-day stay at a hospital.

3 arrested in NYC after driver strikes pro-Palestinian protester following demonstration

Three people have been arrested after a driver hit a pro-Palestinian protester on a Manhattan street.

FILE - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, reaches out to Rep. Tom Sullivan, D-Aurora, after his statement about the death of his son in a mass shooting at a movie theatre in Aurora during a bill signing ceremony, April 12, 2019, in the State Capitol in Denver. Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature has nixed a sweeping bill Tuesday, May 7, 2024, to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress

Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature has nixed a bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms.

Judge: Alabama groups can sue over threat of prosecution for helping with abortion travel

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday said abortion rights advocates can proceed with lawsuits against Alabama’s attorney general over threats to prosecute people who help women travel to another state to terminate pregnancies.