Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AI
By COURTNEY SUBRAMANIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with…
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Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are…
Continue Reading What to know about Trump strategist’s embrace of AI to help conservatives
By ALAN SUDERMAN and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Parscale was the digital guru behind Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelist
By GARANCE BURKE and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the…
Continue Reading Celebrating excellence in journalism and the arts, Pulitzer Prizes to be awarded Monday
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Text journalism’s biggest day of the year has arrrived with the annual announcement of the…
Continue Reading What to stream this week: Zac Efron, Indigo Girls, ‘Dark Matter,’ Brooke Shields and Anne Hathaway
By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new documentary showing the Indigo Girls’ rise and subsequent…
Continue Reading 5 years after federal suit, North Carolina voter ID trial set to begin
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law is going…
Continue Reading Commercial jet maker Airbus is staying humble even as Boeing flounders. There’s a reason for that.
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — In the latest round of their decades-long battle for dominance in commercial aircraft,…
Continue Reading Qantas agrees to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling seats on canceled flights
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways has agreed to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling…
Continue Reading Bodies found in Mexico confirmed as those of missing American and Australian tourists
By Kathleen Magramo and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Three bodies found dumped in a well with gunshot wounds to the head have been confirmed as…
Continue Reading Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a…
Continue Reading Boy shot dead after Perth stabbing was in deradicalization program, but no ties seen to Sydney teens
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in…
Continue Reading An engineer made history as Georgia Tech’s first Black graduate; 59 years later, he passes the torch to his granddaughter
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 60 years after Atlanta native and engineer Ronald Yancey overcame barriers to become Georgia…
Continue Reading Second juror in New Hampshire youth center abuse trial explains verdict, says state misinterpreted
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A second juror who awarded a New Hampshire man $38 million in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at…
Continue Reading Netanyahu insists Israel will defend itself even if ‘forced to stand alone’
By Eugenia Yosef and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will defend itself even if “forced to…
Continue Reading César Luis Menotti, coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, dies at 85
By DÉBORA REY and VICENTE L. PANETTA BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — César Luis Menotti, the charismatic coach who led Argentina to its first…
Continue Reading 2 women found dead and 5-year-old girl critically injured in New Mexico park, police say
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say two women were found dead and a 5-year-old girl critically injured at a park near Clovis, New Mexico.…
Continue Reading Berkshire Hathaway event gives good view of Warren Buffett’s successor but also raises new questions
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer This year’s Berkshire Hathaway meeting gave shareholders their best chance yet to hear from the man who will one…
Continue Reading A truck driver is accused of killing a Utah police officer by driving into him
SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) — A truck driver allegedly killed a police officer during a traffic stop on a Utah highway Sunday by driving his rig into the…
Continue Reading Israel orders shut down of Al Jazeera in the country, seizes equipment, in ‘dark day for democracy’
CNN By Michael Schwartz, Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s…
Continue Reading Murdered bodies ‘most likely’ those of missing surfers, Mexican investigators say
By Stefano Pozzebon and Bertha Ramos, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities said Sunday that three bodies found in the state of Baja California…
Continue Reading Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from brief but potent California storm
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a…
Continue Reading I-95 in Connecticut reopens after flaming crash left it closed for days
Associated Press NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Interstate 95 in Connecticut has reopened. Authorities shut the highway down in both directions after a…
Continue Reading Mexican authorities say thieves killed 2 Australians and an American to steal their truck
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say thieves killed two Australians and an American on a surfing trip in Baja California to steal their…
Continue Reading Maryland bus crash on I-95 leaves 1 dead, 23 injured
By Jillian Sykes and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal bus crash on Interstate 95 early Sunday…
Continue Reading Trump says Biden is running a ‘Gestapo’ administration. It’s his latest reference to Nazi Germany
By BILL BARROW and LISA MASCARO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that…
Continue Reading Israeli strike kills 4 civilians in southern Lebanon, state media says
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese state media and the town’s municipality report that an Israeli airstrike in the town of…
Continue Reading $400 million boost in federal funds for security at places of worship
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced a $400 million increase in federal funding for security in…
Continue Reading Police tactics at campus protests reveal disparities in approaches to public order and lessons learned post-George Floyd
CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — As universities and colleges turn to police to clear their campuses of protests over Israel’s assault on Gaza…
Continue Reading An AP photographer dazzles with a drone’s view of colorful fields. Don’t miss the red car
By MICHAEL PROBST Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Michael Probst has been working as a photographer and editor in Germany for over 40…
Continue Reading Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off international pressure against Gaza offensive
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected international pressure to halt the war in Gaza in a fiery speech marking…
Continue Reading Actor Bernard Hill, of ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings,’ has died at 79
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Actor Bernard Hill who starred in “Titanic,” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy has died.…
Continue Reading 1 person killed and 23 injured in a bus crash in northern Maryland, police say
BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — Police say one person was killed and 23 others were injured when a bus crashed on Interstate 95 in northern Maryland. State…
Continue Reading ‘The Fall Guy’ gives Hollywood a muted summer kickoff with a $28.5M opening
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened with a…
Continue Reading Texas man wants court order to investigate woman’s out-of-state abortion
By Alessandra Freitas and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man is seeking a court order so he can depose a woman he was dating who traveled…
Continue Reading Wisconsin eighth grader takes the wheel of his school bus after driver loses consciousness
By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — It was a normal end to the school day in late April for Acie Holland III, an eighth grader at Glen Hills Middle…
Continue Reading Togo’s ruling party wins a majority in parliament, likely keeping a dynasty in power
By ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — Togo’s ruling party has won a majority of seats in the West African nation’s parliamentary…
Continue Reading Orbán challenger in Hungary mobilizes thousands at a rare demonstration in a government stronghold
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) — A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held what he called the…
Continue Reading Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 60, with 101 people missing
By ELÉONORE HUGHES RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state killed at least 60 people and another 101…
Continue Reading Teen hands himself into police after attack on German politician
By Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old boy handed himself in to police after admitting that he attacked a German politician on Friday.…
Continue Reading Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day
By STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — It’s six months before Election Day, and Joe Biden and Donald Trump…
Continue Reading How to watch the first crewed flight of Boeing’s long-awaited Starliner spacecraft
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s spaceflight program may reach a significant milestone Monday night with the launch of its Starliner…
Continue Reading China’s president arrives in Europe to reinvigorate ties at a time of global tensions
PARIS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Security tactics at protests, Henry Cuellar, Al Jazeera, Canadian assassination, Kentucky Derby winner
CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Today is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday celebrated in some parts of Mexico that’s become a…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Security tactics at protests, Henry Cuellar, Al Jazeera, Canadian assassination, Kentucky Derby winner
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Today is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday celebrated in some parts of Mexico that’s become a marketing…
Continue Reading A milestone reached in mainline Protestant churches’ decades-old disputes over LGBTQ inclusion
The Associated Press The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant…
Continue Reading Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants
By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s…
Continue Reading Israel says a humanitarian crossing into Gaza has come under fire, forcing it to close
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says a major crossing point used to deliver humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has come under fire, forcing it to close.…
Continue Reading Hush money, catch and kill and more: A guide to unique terms used at Trump’s New York criminal trial
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a…
Continue Reading German teen turns himself in over attack on European election candidate
BERLIN (AP) — A teenager has surrendered to police over an attack on a candidate from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz that has fueled concern…
Continue Reading What a judge’s gag order on Trump means in his hush money case
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Virtually every day of his hush money criminal trial, Donald Trump talks…
Continue Reading Biden has rebuilt the refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year?
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The American refugee program long served as a haven for people fleeing violence around…
Continue Reading Police surround pro-Palestine student encampment at University of Southern California
By PHILIP MARCELO and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Police surrounded a pro-Palestinian encampment early Sunday at the University of Southern…
Continue Reading Shooting in Los Angeles area injures 7 people including 4 in critical condition, police say
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police say a shooting in the Los Angeles area injured seven people, including four who were listed in critical condition.…
Continue Reading ‘A better church is possible:’ Methodists celebrate as the church embraces the LGBTQ
By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — On a Sunday morning in 2020, while Rev. Andi Woodworth welcomed her congregation to the Neighborhood Church in…
Continue Reading Israel orders shut down of Al Jazeera in the country, seizes equipment, in ‘dark day for democracy’
By Michael Schwartz, Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s…
Continue Reading Netanyahu’s Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has voted unanimously to shutter the offices of the…
Continue Reading Australian police shoot dead armed teen after stabbing attack that had ‘hallmarks’ of terror
By Angus Watson and Chloe Liu, CNN (CNN) — Australian police shot dead a teenage boy after he stabbed an injured a man in an attack that had…
Continue Reading Ukraine marks its third Easter at war under fire from Russian drones
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east where the…
Continue Reading Police tactics at campus protests reveal disparities in approaches to public order and lessons learned post-George Floyd
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — As universities and colleges turn to police to clear their campuses of protests over Israel’s assault on Gaza…
Continue Reading Driver dies after crashing into White House perimeter gate, Secret Service says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say a driver has died after crashing a vehicle into a gate at the White House. The U.S. Secret…
Continue Reading Many Florida women can’t get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?
By MAKIYA SEMINERA and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several…
Continue Reading ‘Full-blown famine’ happening in Gaza, WFP warns, amid fresh push for truce
By Kathleen Magramo, Mitchell McCluskey and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Northern Gaza is experiencing a “full-blown famine” which is…
Continue Reading With a vest and a voice, helpers escort kids through San Francisco’s broken Tenderloin streets
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood is notorious for its open-air drug use and…
Continue Reading The American paradox of protest: Celebrated and condemned, welcomed and muzzled
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They…
Continue Reading As Putin begins another 6-year term, he is entering a new era of extraordinary power in Russia
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will put his hand on…
Continue Reading A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KIBBUTZ MEFLASIM, Israel (AP) — When Hamas fighters invaded southern Israel on Oct. 7, the militant group that…
Continue Reading China’s Xi Jinping is visiting Europe for the first time in five years – his goodwill tour will be an uphill struggle
By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — When Xi Jinping arrived in Italy for a state visit in 2019, he was given a lavish welcome, with private tours…
Continue Reading As US spotlights those missing or dead in Native communities, prosecutors work to solve their cases
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was a frigid winter morning when authorities found a Native American man dead…
Continue Reading Panamanians vote in election dominated by former president who was banned from running
By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanians head to the polls to vote in an election that has been consumed by unfolding drama…
Continue Reading What we learned from local votes ahead of looming UK general election
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in England have voted in local elections, the last big test before a looming U.K.…
Continue Reading Hundreds rescued from Texas floods as forecast calls for more rain and rising water
By JUAN A. LOZANO and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy…
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch…
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By ZELIPHA KIROBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Students at a school next to Kenya’s largest dumpsite are on a mission to try to…
Continue Reading Anger mounts as Kenyans left homeless and searching for loved ones swept away in floods
By Larry Madowo and Laura Paddison, CNN Mai Mahiu, Kenya (CNN) — When Julia Wanjiku put her son Isaac to bed after a day celebrating his third…
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By ROD McGUIRK Asspciated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian officials say a 16-year-old boy armed with a knife has been shot dead by…
Continue Reading Juro Kara, rebel playwright behind Japan’s modern underground theater, dies at 84
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully…
Continue Reading Developing Taiwan’s own ‘Starlink’ crucial for island-wide emergency, space agency says
By Eric Cheung, CNN Hsinchu, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s leaders are working on an ambitious new satellite system to keep the island online in…
Continue Reading University of Mississippi opens student conduct probe after confrontation between Black student and counterprotesters
By Sara Smart, Dianne Gallagher, Sarah Dewberry and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — The University of Mississippi has opened a student conduct…
Continue Reading Frank Stella, artist renowned for blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works served as landmarks of the minimalist and…
Continue Reading Jury foreperson in New Hampshire youth center abuse trial ‘devasted’ that award could be slashed
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Attorneys for a New Hampshire man who prevailed in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at a…
Continue Reading Orthodox Russians mark Easter with night-time service in Moscow cathedral
MOSCOW (AP) — Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin have packed Moscow’s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a night-time…
Continue Reading Georgian protesters against ‘Russia-style’ media law mark Orthodox Easter with candlelight vigil
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Several thousand Georgians have marked Orthodox Easter with a candlelight vigil outside Parliament in the capital, Tbilisi.…
Continue Reading Warren Buffett’s company rejects proposals, but it faces lawsuit over how it handled one last year
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shareholder proposals are usually uneventful at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, but…
Continue Reading Dick Rutan, who set an aviation milestone when he flew nonstop around the world, is dead at 85
By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing…
Continue Reading ‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet
By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Tom Booth, CNN Great Barrier Reef, Australia (CNN) — As the early-morning sun rises over the Great Barrier…
Continue Reading Fans pack the track for the 150th Run for the Roses
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When Lori Hennesy imagined her outfit for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, she…
Continue Reading In Botswana, 44 victims of an Easter bus crash in South Africa are laid to rest
By SELLO MOTSETA Associated Press MOLEPOLOLE, Botswana (AP) — At least 44 people who died in a horrific bus crash during Easter weekend in South…
Continue Reading 3 bodies recovered likely those of 2 Australians and American who went missing, prosecutors say
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The state prosecutor’s office says three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico’s Baja California are likely to be those…
Continue Reading Angel Reese, Cardoso debuts watched widely on fan’s livestream after WNBA is unable to broadcast
By The Associated Press The WNBA debuts of Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso were widely watched on a social media livestream from a fan who stepped in…
Continue Reading I-95 overpass in Connecticut scorched during a fuel truck inferno has been demolished
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Workers have demolished a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker…
Continue Reading Japan and India reject Biden’s comments describing them as xenophobic countries
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and India have decried remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden describing them as…
Continue Reading Berkshire’s profit plunges 64% on portfolio holdings as Buffett sells Apple
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway says its first quarter profit plummeted on the paper value of its…
Continue Reading Musk just slashed Tesla’s Supercharger team. What does that mean for America’s EV network?
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The news this week that Elon Musk laid off Tesla’s entire Supercharger team sent shockwaves of uncertainty…
Continue Reading Escaped zebra captured near Seattle after gallivanting around Cascade mountain foothills for days
SEATTLE (AP) — A zebra that has been hoofing through the foothills of western Washington for days was recaptured Friday evening, nearly a week…
Continue Reading Rio de Janeiro set for Madonna’s massive Copacabana beach concert that will be her biggest ever
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Madonna will give a free concrete on Copacabana beach, turning its vast stretch of sand…
Continue Reading Investigators say student killed by police outside Wisconsin school had pointed pellet rifle
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had…
Continue Reading Boeing locks out its private firefighters around Seattle over pay dispute
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Boeing has locked out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle…
Continue Reading What exactly goes into closing costs?
By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Elevated interest rates and pricier listings have made it even harder to afford a new home. But there is an…
Continue Reading Small anti-war protest ruffles University of Michigan graduation ceremony
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s…
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