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FILE - Activists hang a placard from a window of an upper floor of a building at Rhode Island School of Design, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Providence, R.I., as students and supporters, who have taken over a portion of the building, are demanding that the school condemn Israel's war effort in Gaza, and that the school divest from investments that benefit Israel. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But its proving not to be simple

Some universities are vowing to provide information about how much university endowment money is invested in companies profiting from the Israel-Hamas war amid calls from pro-Palestinian protesters.

CORRECTS SERVICE BRANCH TO U.S. AIR FORCE INSTEAD OF U.S. NAVY - Chantemekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of her son during a news conference with attorney Ben Crump, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Fortson was shot and killed by police in his apartment, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Body camera video shows fatal shooting of Black airman by Florida deputy in apartment doorway

FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson in a Dec. 24, 2019, photo. (U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

Airman shot by deputy doted on little sister and aimed to buy mom a house, family says

FILE - In this photo provided by Alana Wilson, Mona Hardin looks over the body of her son, Ronald Greene in Rayville, La., on May 13, 2019. Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has passed her by. (Alana Wilson via AP, File)

‘Where’s Ronald Greene’s justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist’s deadly arrest

FILE - Migrants listen to a volunteer in a parking lot after being detained and processed for asylum by U.S. authorities, April 12, 2024, in San Diego. A new Biden administration rule aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border, enabling it to quickly reject a limited group of people believed to have committed serious crimes or who have terrorist links. The change announced May 9 comes during an election year when immigration is a key issue. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

New rule aims to speed up removal of limited group of migrants who don’t qualify for asylum

Florida deputy on leave after fatal shooting of US airman

The family of a US airman who was fatally shot by a Florida deputy earlier this month held a news conference Thursday in which they disputed that the deputy fired in self-defense. (AP Video: Stephen Smith)

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Tornado survivor in Tennessee says twister felt like ’10 trains going down the road at one time’

UCLA faculty and staff denounce university’s handling of student Gaza protest

Abortion

FILE - Attendees protest the one-year anniversary of Colorado's abortion law, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, outside the State Capitol in downtown Denver. A Colorado abortion fund said Thursday, May 9, 2024, it's helped hundreds access abortion in the first months of 2024, many arriving from Texas and other states where abortion is restricted, showing a continued increase in demand since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colorado-based abortion fund sees rising demand. Many are from Texas, where procedure is restricted

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 - This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson in a Dec. 24, 2019, photo. (U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

Killing of an airman by Florida deputy is among cases of Black people being shot in their homes

Immigration

FILE - In this July 9, 2019, file photo, immigrants line up in the dinning hall at the U.S. government's newest holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The Biden administration plans to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the federal government cares for child migrants, shortly after producing its own list of safeguards against mistreatment. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants

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A currency trader works near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Stock market today: Asian shares trade higher after Wall St rally takes S&P 500 near record

Stocks in Asia are trading higher after a rally on Wall Street that pulled the S&P 500 back within 1% of its record.

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his budget proposal, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom will release his updated budget proposal on Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

California’s budget deficit has likely grown. Gov. Gavin Newsom will reveal his plan to address it

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is preparing to update his budget proposal. Newsom announced a nearly $38 billion budget deficit in January.

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom during a news conference, March 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. California announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, it is partnering with five companies to develop generative AI tools to help deliver public services. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

California is testing new generative AI tools. Here’s what to know

California is partnering with five companies to develop generative AI tools to help the state deliver public services.

A sick pelican sits on the beach in Newport Beach, Calif., Tuesday, May 7, 2024. It is not immediately clear what is sickening the birds. Some wildlife experts noted the pelicans are malnourished, though marine life abounds off the Pacific Coast. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Scores of starving and sick pelicans are found along the California coast

Scores of sick and starving pelicans have been found in coastal California communities and many others have died.

FILE - Violent insurrectionists loyal to then-President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

One man was a Capitol Police officer. The other rioted on Jan. 6. They’re both running for Congress

Two men on opposite sides of the metal barricades during the riot at the U.S. Capitol are running for Congress on the same day.

FILE - The Maine State House is seen at sunrise, March 16, 2023, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine lawmakers to take up 80 spending proposals in addition to vetoes

The Maine Legislature is returning to deal with vetoes. But lawmakers also are taking up 80 additional spending bills as they complete unfinished business.

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the end of the day of his hush money trial, in New York, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)

Third week of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial draws to a close, with Michael Cohen yet to come

The third week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is drawing to a close. It comes after jurors heard the dramatic, if not downright seamy, account of Stormy Daniels’ alleged sexual encounter with the former president.

UC president recommends UCLA pay Cal Berkeley $10 million per year for 6 years

The University of California Board of Regents is expected to accept a recommendation that UCLA pay University of California at Berkeley $10 million a year for six years as a result of the Bruins’ upcoming move to the Big Ten and the demise of the Pac-12.

A look at what passed and failed in the 2024 legislative session

Alabama lawmakers have ended a 2024 legislative session that saw the Republican majority win approval for a number of their top priorities.

FILE - Seen is the eastern Sierra Nevada, with Mount Whitney, the largest of three pinnacles at center, near Lone Pine, Calif., Dec. 21, 2016. Two climbers reported missing on California's towering Mount Whitney have been found dead, officials said Thursday, May, 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File)

2 climbers reported missing on California’s Mount Whitney are found dead

Two climbers reported missing this week on California’s Mount Whitney have been found dead. Sheriff’s officials say a friend who had been with the climbers called authorities Tuesday night after they failed to arrive as planned at their campsite.

Alabama lawmakers adjourn session without final gambling vote

Alabama lawmakers have ended the legislative session without approving lottery and casino legislation.

FILE - Photos of victims are displayed under white crosses at a memorial for the August 2023 wildfire victims, above the Lahaina Bypass highway, Dec. 6, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Hawaii health officials say test results show no evidence of widespread lead exposure from last summer's Maui wildfires. Blood samples were taken from more than 500 people to screen for lead after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century fire ripped through the town of Lahaina, killing 101 people. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

No sign of widespread lead exposure from Maui wildfires, Hawaii health officials say

Hawaii health officials say testing on west Maui residents shows no evidence of widespread lead exposure from last summer’s wildfires.

Seattle to open short-term recovery center for people after a fentanyl overdose

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says the city will open a new space for people to recover and receive treatment for nearly 24 hours after they have overdosed on fentanyl or other drugs.

FILE - Maui Country Mayor Richard Bissen speaks as Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, President Joe Biden, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green and his wife, Jaimie, listen after Biden toured areas devastated by the Maui wildfires, Aug. 21, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Nine months after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century struck, Bissen says the county will hire an outside expert to assess how its emergency management agency performed during the disaster. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Maui to hire expert to evaluate county’s response to deadly wildfire

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Nine months after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century struck Maui, Mayor Richard Bissen says the county will hire an outside expert to assess how its emergency management agency performed during the disaster.

Man paralyzed after being hit with a Taser while running from police in Colorado sues officer

A man who says he was paralyzed after being hit with a Taser while running from police in Colorado has filed a federal lawsuit against one of the officers.

South Carolina Rep. Josiah Magnuson, R-Campobello, left, listens as House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford, D-Columbia, right, asks questions during a budget debate on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that had overwhelming support

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would have consolidated six South Carolina heath care agencies and was overwhelmingly passed by both chambers of the General Assembly died on the session’s final day Thursday in a procedural move by a member angry he was mocked by his colleagues.

In this photo taken using a drone, people walk between rows of tulips at the Harrison Tulip Festival, in Agassiz, British Columbia, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

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May 3 - 9, 2024

People walk between rows of tulips in Canada, celebrities attend the Met Gala in New York City and new citizens take the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Miami.

A Florida man is recovering after a shark attack at a Bahamas marina

A Florida man who fell off a fishing boat last month at a marina in the Bahamas and was attacked by a shark is recovering.

Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks outside Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in New York. Scott attended former President Donald Trump's criminal trial Thursday. (AP Photo/Joseph Frederick)

Trump is limited in what he can say about his court case. His GOP allies are showing up to help

Former President Donald Trump is limited in what he can publicly say as his hush money trial is underway in New York.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Elkins Park, Pa., Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Harris congratulates HBCU graduates in video message for graduation season

Vice President Kamala Harris has recorded a video commencement message that is being played for graduates at historically Black colleges and universities across the country this spring.

Representatives gather in the Arkansas House chamber at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on Thursday, May 9, 2024, for the final day of the legislative session. The Legislature adjourned with the House not giving final approval to the budget for the state Game and Fish Commission. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)

Arkansas lawmakers adjourn session, leaving budget for state hunting, fishing programs in limbo

Arkansas lawmakers have adjourned this year’s session without approving a budget for the Game and Fish Commission.

FILE - The Fairfax County, Va., Courthouse, is seen, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. A trial is underway in Virginia that will determine whether state law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that can be divided up and assigned a monetary value. Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Dontae Bugg heard arguments Thursday, May 9, 2024, from a divorced couple who disagree over the ex-wife's desire to use two embryos that they created when they were married. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat, File)

Virginia judge to decide whether state law considers embryos as property

A judge must decide whether Virginia law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that can be divided up and given a monetary value.

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as he meets with President Joe Biden, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. Biden and Netanyahu have long managed a complicated relationship. But now they find themselves running out of space to maneuver as their interests diverge and their political futures hang in the balance. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The Biden-Netanyahu relationship is strained like never before. Can the two leaders move forward?

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have long managed a complicated relationship.

Chinese billionaire gets time served, leaves country after New York, Rhode Island straw donor scheme

A Chinese billionaire has been sentenced to time served in connection with a scheme to funnel illegal straw donations to politicians’ campaigns in New York and Rhode Island.

FILE - Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, center, confers with Mississippi House Speaker Jason White, R-West, left, and Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, after his State of the State address to a joint session of the Mississippi State Legislature, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Reeves signed legislation Wednesday, May 8, 2024, to change Mississippi's school funding formula beginning July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi governor signs law to set a new funding formula for public schools

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed legislation that will change the way the state pays for public schools.

FILE - Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is seen, April 27, 2023, at the University of Washington's Hans Rosling Center for Population Health in Seattle. The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by priests, Attorney General Ferguson said Thursday, May 9, 2024, and he asked a court to force the Seattle Archdiocese to turn over decades of records. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says

Washington’s attorney general says the Seattle Archdiocese isn’t cooperating in a sex abuse investigation, but church officials disagree.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters following Democratic strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes bill improving air safety and service for travelers, a day before FAA law expires

The Senate has passed a $105 billion bill designed to improve air safety and customer service for air travelers, a day before the law governing the Federal Aviation Administration expires.

FILE - The Federal Correctional Institution is seen in Dublin, Calif., Monday, April 15, 2024. The plan to close a troubled prison in California where female inmates suffered sexual abuse by guards was "ill-conceived," a judge said while ordering close monitoring and care of the incarcerated women who were moved to other federal facilities across the country. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

Closure of California federal prison was poorly planned, judge says in ordering further monitoring

A federal judge says a plan to close a troubled prison in California where female inmates suffered sexual abuse by guards was “ill-conceived and, like Swiss cheese, full of holes.”

FILE - Harvey Weinstein appears at Manhattan criminal court for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in New York. New York lawmakers may soon change the legal standard that allowed Weinstein’s rape conviction to be overturned, with momentum building behind a bill to strengthen sexual assault prosecutions after the disgraced movie mogul’s case was tossed.(Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)

After Weinstein’s case was overturned, New York considers strengthening sex crime prosecutions

New York lawmakers want to change the legal standard Harvey Weinstein used to get his rape conviction overturned, proposing a bill to strengthen sexual assault prosecutions after the disgraced movie mogul’s case was tossed.

FILE - In a December 2013 photo taken in Los Angeles, Johnathan Walton, and Marianne Smyth pose during her tree trimming Christmas party. Smyth was later found guilty of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from Walton as part of one of several scams she was accused of orchestrating. (Johnathan Walton via AP, File)

Scammer who claimed to be an Irish heiress should be extradited to UK, judge rules

A federal court has ruled a convicted scammer who claimed to be an Irish heiress and who is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from several victims should be extradited to the United Kingdom.