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George Washington University students carry a sign during a pro-Palestinian protest as George Washington University President Ellen Granberg speaks at a commencement ceremony in Washington, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia over the weekend, prompting a lockdown of school buildings, a day after authorities thwarted an attempted occupation of a school building at the neighboring University of Pennsylvania campus.
 
FILE - Former NASA astronaut Ed Dwight poses for a portrait to promote the National Geographic documentary film "The Space Race" during the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, at The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. America's first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Ninety-year-old Dwight blasted off from West Texas with five other passengers on Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space 60 years later on Bezos rocket

 
A woman looks at the damage caused by fallen bricks from a building wall 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)

Hot weather poses new risk as thousands remain without power after deadly Houston storm

 
President Joe Biden gestures after speaking to graduating students at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Biden tells Morehouse graduates that he hears their voices of protest over the war in Gaza

 
The Marion Correctional Treatment Center is shown Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Marion, Va. (AP Photo/Earl Neikirk)

Inmates at Virginia prison for mentally ill hospitalized 13 times for hypothermia, records show

 

Houston residents seek relief after storm knocks out power to thousands

The Houston area worked to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead. More than a half-million homes and businesses in Texas remained without electricity by midday Saturday after storms knocked down power lines. (AP video shot by Mark Vancleave)
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Alabama Mercedes plant workers vote against unionizing

A college puts the ‘cat’ into ‘edu-cat-ion’ by giving Max an honorary ‘doctor of litter-ature’ degree

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Abortion

FILE - Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speaks before President Joe Biden, Jan. 25, 2024, in Superior, Wis. Several Democrats running for the Senate this year say they support overriding the filibuster, which requires a 60-vote supermajority to pass legislation, to protect reproductive rights if their party retains control of the chamber. Baldwin has made protecting reproductive rights a cornerstone of her campaign — and she's willing to back that up by pledging to change the Senate filibuster rules if Democrats retain control of the chamber. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it

 

  1. Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?

  2. Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado

  3. 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

 

  1. Georgia’s prime minister joins tens of thousands in a march to promote ‘family purity’

  2. He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own

  3. As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum in Europe

Shootings

Flowers are placed outside the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is being treated, in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Saturday, May 18, 2024. The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico made his first court appearance Saturday as the nation's leader remained in serious condition recovering from surgery after surviving multiple gunshots, Slovak state media said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Slovak prime minister’s condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid

 

  1. Sentencing trial set to begin for Florida man who executed 5 women at a bank in 2019

  2. Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy

  3. Judge pushes decision to next week on Alec Baldwin’s indictment in fatal 2021 shooting

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

 

  1. The latest hot spot for illegal border crossings is San Diego. But routes change quickly

  2. New immigration court docket aims to speed up removals of newly arrived migrants

  3. Haiti’s crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic

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Arizona man sentenced to natural life in prison for the 2017 death of his wife, who was buried alive

Authorities say an Arizona man has been sentenced to natural life in prison for the 2017 death of his wife, who was buried alive in a hand-dug grave near their home.
 

Child is among 3 dead after Amtrak train hits a pickup truck in upstate New York

A young boy is among three people dead after an Amtrak train hit a pickup truck in upstate New York.
 

6 people injured, hospitalized after weekend shooting on Chicago’s West Side

Chicago police say six people were injured, three of them critically, in a weekend shooting on the city’s West Side.
 

11 hurt after late-night gunfire breaks out in Savannah, Georgia

Authorities in Georgia ay 11 people were treated for injuries after gunfire broke out in the popular tourist city of Savannah.
 
Cailey Fleming, left, and John Krasinski pose with the character "Blue" at the premiere of Paramount Pictures' "IF" at the SVA Theatre on Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

John Krasinski’s ‘IF’ hits a box office nerve with $35 million debut

John Krasinski’s imaginary friends movie “IF” claimed the top spot at the box office this weekend according to studio estimates Sunday.
 
FILE - Actor Steve Buscemi attends the premiere of "The Dead Don't Die" at the Museum of Modern Art, June 10, 2019, in New York. A person wanted in connection with the random assault on actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street earlier this month was taken into custody Friday, May 17, 2024 police said. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Man charged with punching actor Steve Buscemi is held on $50,000 bond

The man charged with assaulting actor Steve Buscemi is being held in New York on $50,000 in bond. Police say the actor known for his roles in “Boardwalk Empire” and “Fargo” was walking in Midtown Manhattan on May 8 when a stranger punched him in the face.
 
FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. Newly released video Friday, May 17, 2024, appears to show Combs beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Diddy admits beating ex-girlfriend Cassie, says he’s sorry, calls his actions ‘inexcusable’

Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted Sunday that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016 after CNN released video of the attack, saying in a video apology he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable.”
 
David Figueroa, left, and Delmy Suazo toss bricks to a pile as they work to clean up debris after a wall came down at an apartment complex in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024 in Houston. Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Power expected to be restored to most affected by deadly Houston storm

Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week that left at least seven dead were finally getting some good news.
 
The northern lights flare in the sky over a farmhouse, late Friday, May 10, 2024, in Brunswick, Maine. Brilliant purple, green, yellow and pink hues of the Northern Lights were reported worldwide, with sightings in Germany, Switzerland, London, and the United States and Canada. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Seeking the Northern Lights was a family affair for this AP photographer

Robert Bukaty has covered nearly every type of story and event for The Associated Press in his 30-year career, from the somber to the exhilarating: a mass shooting, COVID-19, presidents, political campaigns, ski racing – a lot of ski racing – Olympics, and everyday life in Maine.
 
Kevin Costner poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'Horizon: An American Saga' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Q&A: Kevin Costner on unveiling his Western saga ‘Horizon’ at Cannes

A month before Kevin Costner puts the first installment of his multi-chapter Western “Horizon: An American Saga” into theaters, the actor-director came to the Cannes Film Festival to unveil his self-financed passion project.
 

Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia’s Kennesaw State University

Officials at Georgia’s Kennesaw State University say a student was killed in a weekend shooting outside a residence complex on campus.
 
A woman is carried away by police officers during a pro-Palestinians demonstration by the group "Student Coalition Berlin" in the theater courtyard of the 'Freie Universität Berlin' university in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment. But protests over Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza in its hunt for Hamas after the Oct. 7 massacre has tested that ideal around the world. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest

Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment.
 
The Most Rev. Christopher J. Coyne, archbishop of Hartford, walks in a procession during a Pentecost Vigil at Blessed Michael McGivney Parish in St. Mary's Church, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in New Haven, Conn. The Eucharistic Procession from St. Mary's Church is one of four pilgrimage routes crossing the country and converging at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis on July 16. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Why US Catholics are planning pilgrimages in communities across the nation

A long-planned series of Catholic pilgrimages is getting underway across the United States this weekend, with pilgrims embarking on four different routes.
 
Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, May 16, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/Pool Photo via AP, File)

What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up

Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days. The New York jury in the landmark case will determine whether it ends in a mistrial, an acquittal or the first-ever felony conviction of a former American president.
 
A sign is displayed at the Clackamas County Democratic party building, which is in Oregon's 5th Congressional District, on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Oregon City, Ore. Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party's voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions. Candidates running in the state's 3rd and 5th Congressional Districts largely share similar policy platforms. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

In Oregon’s Democratic primaries, progressive and establishment wings battle for US House seats

Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party’s voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions.
 
Bright yellow blooms carpet the ground, a sharp contrast to the imposing steel bollards of the border wall topped with rolls of razor wire as members of the California's Baja Rare conservation project lead a botanical expedition with botanists and citizen scientists to document native plants along the U.S.- Mexico border on Friday, April 19, 2024, in the Ejido Jacume in the Tecate Municipality of Baja Calif., Mexico. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall

Botanists and citizen scientists armed with the iNaturalist app on their smartphones are recording the biodiversity along the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
FILE - Visitors follow Mickey Mouse for photos at Disneyland, Jan. 22, 2015, in Anaheim, Calif. Disneyland performers who help bring Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and other beloved characters to life at the Southern California resort chose to unionize following a three-day vote culminating on Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Disneyland character and parade performers in California vote to join labor union

Disneyland performers who help bring Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and other beloved characters to life have chosen to unionize following a three-day vote.
 

Dive team finds bodies of 2 men dead inside plane found upside down in Alaska lake

Alaska State Troopers say dive teams found the two bodies of two men inside a plane found upside down in an Alaska lake.
 

Man suspected of shooting 6-month-old son in hostage standoff near Phoenix apparently killed himself

A man suspected of shooting his 6-month-old son multiple times after taking the boy and his mother hostage was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the rubble of a suburban Phoenix home that caught fire during a SWAT standoff.
 
FILE - Signage hangs at CNN center, April 21, 2022, in Atlanta. Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser, dies at 58

Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58.
 
This photo taken by a drone and provided by the City of Kyle, Texas, shows an attempt by the city to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with one name, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Kyle. (City of Kyle, Texas via AP)

706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record

When are 706 people named Kyle in the same place not enough? When a world record is at stake. Another attempt Saturday by the city of Kyle, Texas, to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with one name has again fallen short.
 
An attendee watches as Amy Kremer asks delegates to elect her to the Republican National Committee, Saturday, May 18, 2024, at the Georgia Republican Party State Convention in Columbus, Ga. Delegates voted for Kremer, who helped organize the pro-Donald Trump rally, Jan. 6, 2021, that led to a mob storming the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia Republicans choose Amy Kremer, organizer of pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally, for seat on the RNC

Georgia Republicans have elected to the Republican National Committee a conservative activist who helped organize the pro-Donald Trump rally on Jan. 6, 2021.
 

6 people killed, 10 others injured in Idaho when pickup crashes into passenger van

Six people were killed and 10 others injured early Saturday morning when a pickup crashed into a passenger van in Idaho.
 
FILE - Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Washington, Dec. 15, 2023. Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes says Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Mayes posted the news regarding the Trump-aligned lawyer on her X account late Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Rudy Giuliani was served Arizona indictment papers while leaving 80th birthday party, adviser says

Arizona’s attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
 
Scottie Scheffler waits to play on the second hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Rough return to ‘normal’ sends Scheffler down the leaderboard at PGA Championship

Scottie Scheffler arrived at the golf course in plenty of time. Once he got there, nothing really worked.
 

3 dead, 3 wounded in early morning shooting in Ohio’s capital

Authorities say three people died and three others were wounded in an early morning shooting in Ohio’s capital over the weekend.
 
FILE -Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray (12) plays against the New York Liberty during Game 1 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Aces signed three-time WNBA Champion Chelsea Gray to a contract extension, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

The WNBA is investigating whether Vegas tourism authority can sponsor Aces players for $100K each

The WNBA is investigating whether the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $100,000 annual sponsorship to Aces player for this season and next is legal.
 
Director Francis Ford Coppola poses for portrait photographs for the film 'Megalopolis', at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

The stuff that Coppola’s dreams are made of: The director on building ‘Megalopolis’

Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola’s idea-stuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic “Megalopolis,” one that particularly resonates with the director is: “When we leap into the unknown, we prove that we’re free.”
 

A man killed by Phoenix police in a shootout was a suspect in a fatal shooting hours earlier

Phoenix police have identified a homicide suspect who was killed in a shootout with police after he fled the scene of another killing earlier this week.
 

Man acquitted in 2016 killing of pregnant woman and her boyfriend at a Topeka apartment

A 41-year-old man has been acquitted in the 2016 killing of a pregnant woman and her boyfriend at a Topeka apartment.