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A man takes an image with his phone next to where the border wall separating Mexico and the United States reaches the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

A man takes an image with his phone next to where the border wall separating Mexico and the United States reaches the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Trump suspends asylum system, leaving immigrants to face an uncertain future

Asylum-seekers from around the world face new challenges at the U.S. border. President Donald Trump suspended the asylum system just after his inauguration as part of his wide-ranging crackdown on illegal immigration.

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As Trump targets DEI, Republican-led states intensify efforts to stamp it out

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Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill spans 1,116 pages. Here’s what’s inside it

Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia amid ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip arrive in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia amid ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip arrive in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli strikes kill at least 93 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit

At least 93 people were killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his regional trip.

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An Israeli woman on her way to give birth is killed in a West Bank attack

Live updates: Trump wraps Mideast tour as Gaza is hit with more strikes

Opulence, business deals and a $400M plane from Qatar: Takeaways from Trump’s Mideast tour

Trump’s Mideast trip splashes out on deals and diplomacy but is quiet on human rights

Delegations from U.S, left, led by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, fourth left, Turkey, center, led by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, center, and Ukraine, right, led by Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha, fourth right, and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, second right, gather for a meeting at Dolmabahce palace, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

Russia-Ukraine peace talks end after less than 2 hours

Cassie Ventura wipes tears from her eye while testifying in Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Live updates: Cassie testifies for a 4th day in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Trump administration officials say Secret Service is investigating Comey’s ’86 47' social media post

An empty PATH train platform with an information screen informing commuters of the rail service suspension, due to the strike by Union members from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, inside Newark Penn Station on Friday, May 16, 2025 in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Strike by New Jersey Transit train engineers leaves some 350,000 commuters in the lurch

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What to know about the birthright citizenship case arguments at the Supreme Court

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Jeremy Allen White says Bruce Springsteen seemed happy with his biopic performance

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Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side

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Pope Leo XIV meets tennis champion Jannik Sinner

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Bulls escape ring in Bosnia as spectators run for safety

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Tom Cruise climbs a plane at the ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ premiere

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Jenna Ortega: Wearing Carrie Bradshaw’s iconic dress felt surreal

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Abel Tesfaye says ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ was key inspiration for ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’

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Tips for handling your finances in a time of economic uncertainty

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What to know as Trump brings some white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees

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Robert De Niro arrives at Cannes Film Festival

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Kali Uchis says new album helped her grieve and heal after losing her mother

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What to know about the prospect of Qatar gifting Trump a luxury plane

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as pope

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India and Pakistan don’t fight wars like other countries. Here’s why

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Morris Chestnut hopes Trump’s proposed film tariff brings production back to Hollywood

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Bill Gates pledges remaining fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will close in 20 years

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Pete Townshend says his music career began with a school band — and a punch from Roger Daltrey

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Abel Tesfaye says goodbye to The Weeknd

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Catholic cardinals broke tradition and elected the first North American pope

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Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV

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Tom Cruise emphasizes realism in stunts over CGI in action films

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Mark Carney says Canada ‘won’t be for sale, ever’

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Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the U.S. Here’s what we know

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Natalie Nakase becomes WNBA’s first Asian American head coach, aims to inspire

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Kardashian, Jenner sisters pose on the Met Gala carpet

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Nicki Minaj may or may not be excited for this year’s Met Gala

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Pharrell on this year’s Met Gala theme

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Simone Biles shows off her blue dress on the Met Gala carpet

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Zendaya wears a white suit to the Met Gala

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Starbucks baristas stand on stage, March 20, 2019, during an annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)

Starbucks baristas stand on stage, March 20, 2019, during an annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)

More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code

More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas at 120 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday to protest a new company dress code.

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Japan’s economy shrinks as Trump’s trade war hits exports and shakes confidence

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A rare warning from Walmart during a US trade war: Higher prices are inevitable

Chicago Sky's Angel Reese poses for a portrait during the WNBA basketball team's media day at Intentional Sports on the West Side, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese poses for a portrait during the WNBA basketball team’s media day at Intentional Sports on the West Side, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

WNBA set for new season with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese leading the way

There’s a lot of excitement and buzz around the WNBA as its set to tip off its 29th season on Friday night thanks in large part to last season’s rookie class led by Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.

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Mao Tse-tung is shown in 1966 at the beginning of China's Cultural Revolution. (AP Photo)

1966: China’s Cultural Revolution begins

1929

First Academy Awards presented

1943

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends

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U.S. COVID death toll reaches 1 million

This image provided by BCG shows a sketch by Bob Goodson that included a crude concept of what would become the Like button on May 18, 2005. (BCG via AP)

Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world

The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.

Father Makarios, from France, the librarian of Simonopetra, or the Simonos Petra Monastery, poses for a portrait at the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Meet the Mount Athos monks living at Simonos Petra monastery in northern Greece

Simonopetra, or the Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, stands on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Photos: On Greece’s Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy

This combination of photos shows English author Graham Greene at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France on Feb. 13, 1983, left, and British Author Ian Fleming in New York on Jan. 10, 1962. (AP Photo)

Rare Ian Fleming story features a Londoner named Bone, Caffery Bone

A box outside a house offering free feijoas is seen in Wellington, New Zealand, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)

The unofficial national fruit of New Zealand isn’t native to the country — it’s South American

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Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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Laura Tonke, from left, director Fatih Akin, Diane Kruger, and Matthias Schweighofer pose for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Amrum' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

AP PHOTOS: Highlights from Day 4 of the Cannes Film Festival

A worker places roses in a copper tin before they're boiled to produce rose products, in Kalaat M'Gouna, Morocco, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

AP PHOTOS: The desert blooms, roses perfume the air and a Moroccan town comes to life

US News

Hadi Matar sits in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, file)

Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie faces sentencing in New York

WORLD NEWS

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, during a group photo at the beginning of a summit where the leaders of 47 European countries and organizations will discuss security, defense and democratic standards, in Tirana, Albania, Friday, May 16, 2025. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)

European leaders agree with Trump that Russia’s position on ceasefire talks is unacceptable

Politics

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump’s big bill faces next hurdle in Congress as GOP conservatives warn they may vote against it

Entertainment

Tautumeitas from Latvia performs the song "Bur Man Laimi" during the second semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Eurovision explained as the extravagant pop contest reaches its grand final

SPORTS

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso, left, blocks a shto by Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic in the second half of Game 6 in the Western Conference semifinals of the NBA basketball playoffs Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Nuggets and Thunder set for winner-take-all showdown Sunday in Game 7

BUSINESS

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Student loans have been confusing lately. Here’s a guide to know where you stand

SCIENCE

Vials containing samples of forever chemicals, known as PFAS, sit in a tray, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

What the EPA’s partial rollback of the ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rule means

LIFESTYLE

Winners of the Miss Rose beauty pageant join a parade during the annual Rose Festival in Kalaat M'Gouna, Morocco, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

The desert blooms, roses perfume the air and a Moroccan town comes to life

Technology

This image from the xAI website shows a search field for the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok on Thursday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo)

Elon Musk’s AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa’s racial politics was ‘unauthorized’

Health

Yagana Bulama, a 40 years old woman play with her surviving infant under the dappled light of a thatched shelter in Dikwa, northeastern, Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world’s most malnourished

Climate

Kamala Kadria, third from right, a woman from the Gadaba Indigenous community, points to a spot on a map they made as others look on in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, in India's eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Odisha’s Indigenous women and their ‘dream maps’ seek to protect lands from climate change

Fact Check

Hannah Liu, 26, of Washington, holds up a sign in support of birthright citizenship, Thursday, May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. "This is enshrined in the Constitution. My parents are Chinese immigrants," says Liu. "They came here on temporary visas so I derive my citizenship through birthright." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FACT FOCUS: Trump claims the US is the only country with birthright citizenship. It’s not

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Student loans have been confusing lately. Here’s a guide to know where you stand

South Carolina man convicted of murdering two people gets a June execution date

US consumer sentiment slides to lowest in 3 years as trade war raises anxiety about inflation

Gaza children are sent back to war zone following medical care after Jordan rejects requests to stay

France is tackling a crypto kidnapping wave denting its image and a potential presidential contender

Judge OKs Iowa limits on K-6 gender identity, sexual orientation teaching but not elective programs

Brazil confirms first bird flu outbreak in commercial poultry

The pope’s doctoral thesis drew on St. Augustine’s idea of religious authority as service, not power

CEO of Novo Nordisk, maker of weight loss drug Wegovy, to step down in wake of share price drop

Clash in Indonesia’s restive Papua region kills 18 rebels and 2 police officers

Vietnam approves Trump Organization’s $1.5 billion golf, real estate project

Japan retrieves remains of 1 of 2 service members whose training plane crashed

Chad opposition party says former prime minister Masra ‘abducted’ from his home

Anti-corruption protesters clash with Serbian riot police

Tokyo customs make what is believed to be Japan’s largest bust of ketamine

Takeaways from AP’s report on Afghan refugees in Virginia

Vietnam and Thailand upgrade relations to strategic partnership

Man charged in fires targeting UK prime minister’s properties held in custody

UN agency, Rohingya refugees allege Indian authorities cast dozens of them into the sea near Myanmar

Trump says Iran has a proposal from the US on its rapidly advancing nuclear program

Thai police rescue 2 baby orangutans and arrest a trafficking suspect

Overthrown Gabon President Bongo and his family arrive in Angola, officials say

Fire at a former UK military base kills 2 firefighters and a civilian

Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn has inherent dignity

Expedition organizers say 2 climbers have died on Mount Everest

Nepal hosts environment conference as Himalayan glaciers melt

Philippines Senate race a blow to President Marcos as he feuds with Vice President Duterte

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Romania braces for crossroads presidential runoff viewed as a choice between East or West

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