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The Qeshta family is seen in body bags at the morgue of Al Najjar hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 5, 2024. The family was killed in an Israeli bombardment on a residential building in Rafah. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

The Latest | Israeli military orders evacuation of parts of Rafah ahead of possible ground invasion

Israel’s military has ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to begin evacuating, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion could be imminent. The announcement … more

By The Associated Press | 5/6/24

Russia announces nuclear weapon drills after angry exchange with senior Western officials

Russia's Defense Ministry says it plans to hold drills simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons. The announcement Monday came days after the Kremlin reacted angrily to comments by senior … more

By The Associated Press | 5/6/24

Artist Kevin Kresse, is shown with a clay bust of Johnny Cash, April 23, 2024 in Little Rock, Ark. Kresse's full sculpture of Cash will be unveiled at the U.S. Capitol as part of the Statuary Hall collection, later this year. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli)

Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and singer Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US Capitol

Arkansas is set to replace the statues of two obscure figures from its history that have represented the state at the U.S. Capitol with contemporary figures. A statue depicting civil rights leader … more

By ANDREW DeMILLO | 5/6/24

Chinese and Serbian flags fly on lampposts, days before the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Xi will visit France, Serbia and Hungary this week as Beijing appears to seek a larger role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that has upended global political and economic security. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Hungary and Serbia's autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China's Xi during Europe tour

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half. It's a region Beijing has used as a foothold for its … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE and JOVANA GEC | 5/6/24

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron stroll in the garden of the Guandong province governor's residence, in Guangzhou, China, on April 7, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron will seek to press China's Xi Jinping to use his influence to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine during a two-day state visit to France. Both leaders were also expected to discuss trade disputes over electric cars, cognac and cosmetics. (Jacques Witt/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Macron sets Ukraine as top priority as China's Xi Jinping pays a state visit to France

French President Emmanuel Macron is welcoming China's Xi Jinping for a two-day state visit to France. He is seeking to press Xi to use his influence on Moscow to move toward ending the war in … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 5/6/24

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The White House announced new rules in March 2024 for how the federal government should use artificial intelligence, building off an executive order to a create a set of standards in AI development. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AI

The Biden campaign and top Democrats are wrestling with how best to use artificial intelligence, exposing the party’s anxiety over falling behind Republicans in the race to deploy technology that … more

By COURTNEY SUBRAMANIAN | 5/6/24

FILE - Brad Parscale, then-campaign manager for President Donald Trump, speaks during a campaign rally at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Oct. 10, 2019. Parscale, the digital campaign operative who helped engineer Trump’s 2016 presidential victory, vows that his new, AI-powered platform will dramatically overhaul not just polling, but also campaigning. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

What to know about Trump strategist's embrace of AI to help conservatives

Brad Parscale, the digital guru behind Donald Trump's surprise 2016 presidential victory, has become an evangelist about the power of artificial intelligence to transform how Republicans campaign for … more

By ALAN SUDERMAN and GARANCE BURKE | 5/6/24

FILE - People hold their cellphones as they wait for the plane carrying former President Donald Trump to take off after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Waco, Texas. Brad Parscale, the digital campaign operative who helped engineer Trump’s 2016 presidential victory, vows that his new, AI-powered platform will dramatically overhaul how campaigns are run. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelist

Brad Parscale was the digital campaign operative who helped engineer Trump’s 2016 presidential victory with the heavy use of Facebook ads. Now Parscale is back working for Trump and is an … more

By GARANCE BURKE and ALAN SUDERMAN | 5/6/24

FILE - Signage for The Pulitzer Prizes appear at Columbia University, May 28, 2019, in New York. Pulitzer Prizes are due to be announced on Monday, May 6, 2024, traditionally the most-anticipated day of the year for those hoping to earn print journalism's most prestigious honor. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Celebrating excellence in journalism and the arts, Pulitzer Prizes to be awarded Monday

Text journalism's biggest day of the year has arrrived with the annual announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes. The Columbia University-based Pulitzer Board on Monday will reveal winners and finalists in … more

By DAVID BAUDER | 5/6/24

FILE - A Qantas Boeing 737 passenger plane takes off from Sydney Airport, Australia, on Sept. 5, 2022. Qantas Airways agreed to pay 120 million Australian dollars ($79 million) in compensation and fines for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights, the airline and Australia’s consumer watchdog said on Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Qantas agrees to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling seats on canceled flights

Qantas Airways has agreed to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights. The airline and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 5/5/24

Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief

Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a television network news division. The move seemed inevitable after parent Walt Disney Co. earlier this … more

By DAVID BAUDER | 5/5/24

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Plaintiff David Meehan, center, leaves the courtroom with his attorney Rus Rilee, right, and victim specialist Joelle Wiggin during Meehan's trial at Rockingham Superior Court in Brentwood, N.H., April 10, 2024. The jury found the state liable for abuse at its youth detention center and awarded the sum to Meehan, a former resident who says he was beaten and raped as a teen. (David Lane/Pool Photo via AP)

Second juror in New Hampshire youth center abuse trial explains verdict, says state misinterpreted

A second juror who awarded a New Hampshire man $38 million in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at the state's youth detention center has contacted attorneys with concerns about the outcome. Jurors sided … more

By HOLLY RAMER | 5/5/24

Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Greg Abel poses for pictures with shareholders while touring the booths Berkshires companies set up, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb. Abel will succeed Warren Buffett as CEO one day. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

Berkshire Hathaway event gives good view of Warren Buffett's successor but also raises new questions

This year’s Berkshire Hathaway meeting gave shareholders their best chance yet to hear from the man who will one day take over as CEO when Warren Buffett is gone. Buffett said for the first time … more

By JOSH FUNK | 5/5/24

I-95 in Connecticut reopens after flaming crash left it closed for days

Interstate 95 in Connecticut has reopened. Authorities shut the highway down in both directions after a three-vehicle crash Thursday involving a gasoline tanker. The tanker burst into flames and … more

Associated Press | 5/5/24

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping talks to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People, on April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. A new Pew Research Center report shows that more than 40% of Americans now label China as an enemy, up from a quarter two years ago and reaching the highest level in five years. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)

China's president arrives in Europe to reinvigorate ties at a time of global tensions

Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing’s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry. European carmakers … more

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FILE - David Meredith, middle, hugs fellow observers after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. When the United Methodist Church removed anti-LGBTQ language from its official rules in recent days, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in mainline Protestant denominations. The moves sparked joy from progressive delegates, but the UMC faces many of the same challenges as Lutheran, Presbyterian and Episcopal denominations that took similar routes, from schisms to friction with international churches to the long-term aging and shrinking of their memberships. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

A milestone reached in mainline Protestant churches' decades-old disputes over LGBTQ inclusion

The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S. Within these theologically … more

The Associated Press | 5/5/24

Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants

When the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant … more

By PETER SMITH | 5/5/24

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 28, 2023. Netanyahu pledged Tuesday, April 30 to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, just as cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Netanyahu's Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel after rising tensions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has voted unanimously to shutter the offices of the Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera in Israel. Netanyahu announced the decision on X, … more

By TIA GOLDENBERG and JON GAMBRELL | 5/5/24

FILE - College students from various nearby schools march down Commonwealth Avenue in Boston on Oct. 16, 1965 to attend rally on Boston Common protesting U.S. involvement in Vietnam. They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would become the United States to the sights and sounds currently echoing across the landscapes of the nation’s colleges and universities. (AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin, File)

The American paradox of protest: Celebrated and condemned, welcomed and muzzled

They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would become the United States to the sights and sounds currently … more

By DEEPTI HAJELA | 5/5/24