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Passengers on the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, scan the horizon with binoculars during their voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo)

Onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, in photos

10:53 AM on Saturday, May 9

UCLA professors Karen Umemoto, left, and Kelly Fong pose for a picture at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center, in Los Angeles Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

UCLA online textbook gives voice to Asian American, Pacific Islander history and cultures

10:01 AM on Saturday, May 9

A new digital textbook from UCLA aims to change stereotypes about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by teaching their history

FILE - President Donald Trump addresses the White House Religious Liberty Commission during an event at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Rejecting church and state separation is on the wish list for Trump's religious liberty commission

6:13 AM on Saturday, May 9

President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission is preparing to make recommendations after more than a year of hearings

FILE - Young people use their phones to view social media in Sydney, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Health advice is all over social media. Here's how to vet claims

5:04 AM on Saturday, May 9

A new survey finds about half of U.S. adults under 50 get health information from social media influencers or podcasts

President of Parks and Rec? Trump asserts authority over public spaces in DC

4:37 AM on Saturday, May 9

President Donald Trump is making significant changes to the nation's capital as he focuses on renovations and new projects

Map showing the location of Mount Dukono in Indonesia. (AP Digital Embed)

Indonesian rescuers find 1 body after volcano eruption as search continues for 2 more

3:45 AM on Saturday, May 9

Rescuers on Saturday recovered the body of an Indonesian woman who was caught in a volcanic eruption at Mount Dukono on Indonesia’s remote island of Halmahera a day earlier, as search operations continued to find the bodies of two Singaporeans

EDS NOTE: NUDITY - A performer rings a bell with her body at the Austrian pavilion called 'Seaworld Venice' by artist Florentina Holzinger at the Venice 2026 Biennale Art, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) CORRECTION: name of artist corrected, Florentina Holzinger instead of Ei Arakawa-Nash

Venice Biennale opens without a jury amid strife over Russian and Israeli participation

10:36 PM on Friday, May 8

Geopolitical tensions have spilled over into the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition

Palestinians Tahseen Abu Assi, left, Khalil Abu Jayyab, center, and Abed Rahim Alostaz warm up before surfing on the beach in Gaza City, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Surfers in war-torn Gaza find rare moments of joy taking to the waves

10:11 PM on Friday, May 8

Despite the dire situation in Gaza, a few surfers find joy riding the waves

FILE - Members of the LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics

10:08 PM on Friday, May 8

The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era

Sebastien Lai, son of Jimmy Lai, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York, on April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emily Wang Fujiyama)

Trump's deal making with Xi next week may determine Hong Kong jailed activist Jimmy Lai's fate

9:01 PM on Friday, May 8

As Donald Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping approaches, the family of Hong Kong's jailed activist Jimmy Lai is hopeful that the U.S. President could help free their father

Danielle Brown, National Field Co-Director of Black Voters Matter, speaks about redistricting at the South Carolina Statehouse on Friday, May 8, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

What to know about the latest wave of changes to congressional districts

9:01 PM on Friday, May 8

The congressional map appears to be tilting more red amid the latest flurry of redistricting developments across the U.S. Virginia's supreme court this week rejected a new districting plan on procedural grounds

Fuel shortages and high prices push adoption of EVs in Africa, led by Ethiopia

8:04 PM on Friday, May 8

Use of electric vehicles in Africa is surging, led by Ethiopia, as soaring prices and fuel shortages compel countries to opt for cleaner and cheaper transport

This document released May 6, 2026, by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, shows a note that Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate said he found after Epstein's reported suicide attempt on July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Handwriting on newly released note matches one found after Epstein's death, experts tell AP

6:23 PM on Friday, May 8

A note that a former cellmate says he discovered after Jeffrey Epstein’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was liked penned by the same person as a note that authorities found in the millionaire sex offender’s cell after he killed himself three weeks later

US military strike on alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific kills 2, leaves a survivor

5:44 PM on Friday, May 8

The U.S. military’s latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean has killed two men while leaving one survivor

Passengers on the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, scan the horizon with binoculars during their voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo)

On the cruise ship hit by hantavirus, some fear what awaits them at home

2:47 PM on Friday, May 8

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has sparked fear among Spanish passengers, not from illness, but from potential stigma upon returning home

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press conference at the US Embassy in Rome, Friday, May 8, 2026. (Stefano Rellandini/Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio defends new US sanctions on Cuba, targeting military-run conglomerate GAESA

2:46 PM on Friday, May 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended the Trump administration's decision to impose new sanctions on Cuba

FILE - Federal Communication Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)

In legal dispute over 'The View,' ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech

1:11 PM on Friday, May 8

ABC is accusing the Trump administration of trying to chill free speech and hinder open political discussion

Members of the Cohutta Police Department look on as Mayor Ron Shinnick speaks at Cohutta Town Hall in Cohutta, Ga. on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Small Georgia town reinstates police officers and department 2 days after the mayor fired them all

9:29 AM on Friday, May 8

A town council in a small north Georgia mountain community passed an ordinance reinstating their police department and restoring the jobs of their police officers two days after the mayor violated the town charter by firing them all

President Donald Trump walks through the Colonnade of the White House, as he arrives to attend a luncheon for mothers, Friday, May 8, 2026, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Trump says a 3-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire may be 'beginning of the end'

5:18 AM on Friday, May 8

President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners

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