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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)

Conservative activist’s son sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for ‘relentless’ attack on Capitol

A Pennsylvania man whose father is a prominent conservative activist has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol.

A man walks over fallen bricks from a damaged building in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. Thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas on Thursday, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Some in Houston facing no power for weeks after storms cause widespread damage, killing at least 4

FILE - In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant David DePape during a brutal attack in the couple's San Francisco home, on Oct. 28, 2022. DePape convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer is set to be sentenced in federal court Friday, May 17, 2024. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years

FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick. Another mild winter and other favorable factors likely means the 2024 tick population will be equal to last year or larger, some researchers say. (CDC via AP, File)

Tick season has arrived. Protect yourself with these tips

FILE - Daniel Perry enters the courtroom at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, May 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Thursday, May 16, 2024, recommended a full pardon for Perry, a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool, File)

Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester

WATCH: Moment Marjorie Taylor Greene, AOC, Jasmine Crockett clash at House committee hearing

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene clashed with Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday.

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Severe storms kill at least 4 in Houston, knock out power in Texas and Louisiana

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Abortion

South Carolina Circuit Judge Daniel Coble listens to arguments on how do define "heartbeat" under the state's 2023 abortion law on Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins

LGBTQ+

The Pride House is pictured in Paris, Friday, May 17, 2024. The boat, moored between the Grand Palais and the Place de la Concorde in the city center, is meant to be a safe space for LGBTQ athletes and visitors during the Olympics and Paralympics this summer. (AP Photo/Tom Nouvian)

Pride House on Seine River barge is inaugurated by Paris Olympics organizers

Shootings

FILE - Alec Baldwin attends the Roundabout Theatre Company's annual gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Monday, March 6, 2023, in New York. A New Mexico judge is considering whether to dismiss a grand jury indictment against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on the set of a Western movie, at a scheduled court hearing on Friday. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file)

Judge considers dismissing indictment against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer

Immigration

FILE - Migrants begin their journey north in hopes of reaching the U.S. border, in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, April 23, 2023. Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo met Friday, May 17, 2024, in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration. (AP Photo/Edgar Hernandez Clemente, File)

Mexican and Guatemalan presidents meet at border to discuss migration, security and development

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FILE - New York University students and pro-Palestinian supporters rally outside the NYU Stern School of Business building, Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. Some NYU students facing discipline for their actions during this spring's pro-Palestinian protests have been assigned a 49-page workbook that includes a "Simpsons"-based module on ethical decision making. Some have been asked to write an apologetic "reflection paper" and submit it "in 12-point Times New Roman or similar font."(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

What would Lisa Simpson do? NYU student protesters asked to ponder ethical issues

Would Lisa Simpson set up a tent at New York University to protest the war in Gaza? How would Principal Skinner respond if she did?

Director Paul Schrader poses for portrait photographs for the film 'Oh, Canada', at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Paul Schrader felt death closing in, so he made a movie about it

After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization. “If I’m going to make a film about death,” Schrader told himself, “I’d better hurry up.”

FILE - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, speaks from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, April 11, 2022. Since its creation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has faced lawsuits, political and legal challenges to the idea of whether the Federal Government’s aggressive consumer financial watchdog agency should be allowed exist at all. Now cleared of any legal ambiguity, Chopra told reporters Friday, May 17, 2024, that the bureau plans to increase the size of its enforcement bureau, hiring additional investigators, and has already filed legal motions on roughly a dozen cases pending against companies accused of wrongdoing that have been held up due to the pending Supreme Court case. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Vindicated by Supreme Court, CFPB director says bureau will add staff, consider new rules on banks

Since its creation roughly 14 years ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has faced lawsuits, political and legal challenges to the idea of whether the Federal Government’s aggressive consumer financial watchdog agency should be allowed exist at all.

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs appears at the premiere of "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story" on June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway in 2016

Security video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher holds a press conference encouraging the Senate to take action on a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder for voters to approve future amendments, Friday, May 17, 2024, at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. The Senate, shortly afterward, adjourned without voting on the measure. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

GOP fighting, 50-hour Democratic filibuster kill push to make amending Missouri Constitution harder

Missouri Republican lawmakers have failed to pass a proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution.

A former OpenAI leader says safety has ‘taken a backseat to shiny products’ at the AI company

A former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week said on Friday that product safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the influential artificial intelligence company.

FILE- Michigan State Sen. Adam Hollier, D-Detroit, sits at his desk as the Michigan Senate considers bills in Lansing, Mich, Dec. 12, 2018. Fraudulent signatures could upend Michigan's Congressional races this year as all the declared GOP candidates for U.S. Senate face new calls to investigate their attempts to get on the August primary ballot and a Democratic U.S. House candidate appears likely to fall short. (Dale G.Young/Detroit News via AP, File)

Potential signature fraud in Michigan threatens to disrupt congressional races

Democratic groups are asking Michigan officials to investigate the nominating petitions of the GOP candidates in the U.S. Senate race.

North Carolina sports wagers well over $1 billion in first months under new law, report says

Online sports wagering in North Carolina has exceeded $1 billion since authorized gambling operators could take bets starting March 11.

Three men charged in drive-by shooting that led to lockdown in Maine

Three Massachusetts men have been charged in a drive-by shooting involving two vehicles that led to a collision with a school bus and a shelter-in-place order for residents in Saco, Maine.

FILE - Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell ends his news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Powell has tested positive for Covid-19 late Thursday, May 16, 2024, and is experiencing symptoms, according to a statement from a Fed spokesperson. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell working from home after testing positive for COVID-19

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing symptoms. Powell tested positive late Thursday.

An improvised altar with photos of Evarado Ventura Hernández stands at his relatives' house in Agua Del Sol, Oaxaca, Mexico, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Ventura Hernandez was one of eight farmworkers, all from Mexico, killed in a bus that overturned Tuesday morning in Florida. (AP Photo/Maria Alferez)

Families of Mexican farmworker bus crash victims mourn the loss of their loved ones

Families are mourning the loss of their loved ones from a bus crash in Florida earlier this week. Officials say eight Mexican farmworkers were killed after 41-year-old Bryan Howard sideswiped a bus carrying about 53 farmworkers, where the bus veered off the road and rolled over.

FILE - Then-Maryland State Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby speaks during a news conference on Oct. 11, 2022, in Baltimore. Mosby has applied for a presidential pardon ahead of sentencing on her recent perjury and mortgage fraud convictions, according to The Baltimore Sun. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Former top Baltimore prosecutor applies for presidential pardon

Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has applied for a presidential pardon ahead of sentencing on her recent perjury and mortgage fraud convictions.

FILE - Investigators stand outside a house where five immigrants from Senegal were found dead after a fire in suburban Denver on Aug. 5, 2020. Kevin Bui pleaded guilty Friday, May 17, 2024, to a house fire that killed five members of the Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge caused by mistakenly tracking his stolen iPhone to the home. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, File)

Man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5

A Colorado man has pleaded guilty to setting a house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge.

Scottie Scheffler walks to the tee on the 11th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Scottie Scheffler, from the course to jail and back: What to know about his PGA Championship arrest

The world’s top-ranked golfer played in the second round of the PGA Championship just hours after being arrested following a traffic incident.

FILE - Robert Allenby, of Australia, talks to the media at a practice round for the Phoenix Open golf tournament, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Scottie Scheffler's arrest hours before his second-round tee time at the PGA Championship in Louisville will go down as one of the most shocking in professional golf history. It certainly wasn't the first, though. Allenby was arrested outside of a casino in Rock Island, Illinois, hours after he missed the cut in the 2016 John Deere Classic. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

Scottie Scheffler isn’t the first pro golfer to be arrested during a tournament

Scottie Scheffler’s arrest hours before his second-round tee time at the PGA Championship in Louisville will go down as one of the most shocking in pro golf history.

New Hampshire Senate tables bill inspired by state hospital shooting

A bipartisan bill drafted in the response to the fatal shooting of a New Hampshire Hospital security guard has hit a roadblock in the state Senate.

FILE - Chicago Tribune newsroom employees picket outside the newspapers Freedom Center newsroom and printing plant Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune is being sued, Thursday, May 16, by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white male counterparts. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Chicago Tribune staffers’ unequal pay lawsuit claims race and sex discrimination

The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white male counterparts.

In this provided by the California Department of Transportation, a section of Highway 1 re-opened, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Big Sur, Calif., after repairs were made following storm damage. (Kevin Drabinski/California Department of Transportation via AP)

California’s scenic Highway 1 to Big Sur opens to around-the-clock travel as slide repair advances

A section of California’s scenic Highway 1 leading to the famous Big Sur coast has reopened to around-the-clock traffic.

One of four panda bears at Zoo Atlanta rests in their habitat on Dec. 30, 2023, in Atlanta. The zoo's giant panda bear agreement with China expires in late 2024, and plans are underway for Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun and Xi Lun to travel to China later in the year, though further details on their travel were not immediately available. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback)

The last pandas at any US zoo are expected to leave Atlanta for China this fall

The last U.S. zoo to have pandas in its care is preparing to say goodbye to the four giant bears this fall.

Cleotha Abston walks from the witness stand to his seat in a courtroom during his sentencing hearing for an April rape conviction on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. Abston received 80 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a woman in September 2021, a year before he was charged with killing a Memphis school teacher. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Memphis man gets 80 years in prison for raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing

A judge has sentenced a Tennessee man to 80 years in prison for raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a school teacher who was on an early morning run.

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 17, 2010 photo, Ralph Frasier speaks about being one of the first black undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in the 1950's, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Frasier, the final surviving member of a trio of African American youths who were the first to desegregate the undergraduate student body at North Carolina's flagship public university in the 1950s, died May 8, 2024, at age 85 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., according to son Ralph Frasier Jr. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds, File)

Last student who helped integrate the University of North Carolina’s undergraduate body has died

The final surviving member of a trio of African American youths who were the first to desegregate the undergraduate student body at North Carolina’s flagship public university has died.

Pennsylvania school district’s decision to cut song from student concert raises concerns

A Pennsylvania school district’s decision to remove a song from a recent student choral concert has divided the community and spurred a review by a civil rights group.

An abortion rights initiative makes the ballot in conservative South Dakota

A abortion rights ballot initiative is going before South Dakota voters this November. The secretary of state’s office says about 85% of the more than 55,000 signatures submitted in support of the ballot initiative were valid, exceeding the required 35,017 signatures.

FILE - Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, talks to reporters after a hearing in Los Angeles, June 20, 2023. Eastman pleaded not guilty on Friday, May 17, 2024, to conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges for his role in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in Arizona to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Attorney John Eastman pleads not guilty to felony charges in Arizona’s fake elector case

Attorney John Eastman has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges for his role in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in Arizona to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

FILE - Traffic is steady as vehicles approach Hugh Carey tunnel linking Brooklyn to Manhattan, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in New York. New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering much of traffic-choked Manhattan is the focus of a legal battle set to play out in federal court Friday, May 17. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Federal judge hearing arguments on challenges to NYC’s fee for drivers into Manhattan

New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering Manhattan is the focus of a legal battle playing out in federal court.

FILE - This photo provided by Missouri Dept. of Corrections shows David Hosier. Hosier, who is scheduled to be executed next month, was hospitalized Thursday, May 16, 2024, after suffering what a corrections official called a medical emergency. .(Missouri Dept. of Corrections via AP)

Missouri inmate facing execution next month is hospitalized with heart problem

A Missouri inmate who is weeks away from execution is in a hospital after suffering what a Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman described as a “medical emergency.”

FILE - Tim Kuniskis talks about the company's Dodge Charger Daytona SRT concept during its unveiling, Aug. 17, 2022, in Pontiac, Mich. Kuniskis, CEO of the Ram and Dodge brands and the unofficial voice of American muscle cars, is retiring from Stellantis after nearly 32 years with the company. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

The unofficial spokesman for the American muscle car, Tim Kuniskis, is retiring

The CEO of the Ram and Dodge brands and the unofficial voice of American muscle cars is retiring from Stellantis after nearly 32 years.

Scottie Scheffler warms up before the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Scheffler, charged with assault after officer dragged near fatal crash, tees off at PGA Championship

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship. Stunning images showed him handcuffed as he was led to a police car.

Mechanic Lizzy Thomson works at University Bicycles in Boulder, Colo., Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Bike stores quickly sold out of their stock early in the pandemic and had trouble restocking because of supply chain issues. Now, inventory is back, but demand has waned. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Bike shops boomed early in the pandemic. It’s been a bumpy ride for most ever since

For the nation’s bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France.

A heart is displayed on the door of a gift shop across from the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly topped the 40,000 level on Thursday for the first time but ended 0.1% lower. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Stock market today: Wall Street hangs near its records as it closes another winning week

U.S. stocks are drifting near their records as Wall Street heads for the finish of another winning week.