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A koala sits in a tree at a koala park in Sydney, Australia, Friday, May 5, 2023. Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in a pioneering field trial in New South Wales. The aim is to test a method for protecting the beloved marsupials against a widespread disease that causes blindness, infertility and death. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

First wild koalas caught and vaccinated against chlamydia

Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in a pioneering field trial in New South Wales. The aim is to test a method for protecting the beloved marsupials against a … more

By CHRISTINA LARSON | 5/9/23

A woman signs a cross that stands by others at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a mass shooting, Monday, May 8, 2023, in Allen, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas mall shooting victims include guard, young sisters

The eight people killed when a gunman opened fire at a mall near Dallas over the weekend represent a multicultural cross-section of the area's increasingly diverse suburbs. They include two … more

By JAMIE STENGLE, VANESSA A. ALVAREZ and REBECCA REYNOLDS | 5/8/23

FILE - People identifying themselves as members of the Proud Boys join supporters of President Donald Trump for pro-Trump marches, Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington. Two supporter in the center are wearing hats with red lettering that read “RWDS,” which is short for “Right Wing Death Squad.” The gunman who killed eight people on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at a Dallas-area mall was wearing a “RWDS” patch. The phrase has been embraced in recent years by far-right extremists who glorify violence against their political enemies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Texas shooter's 'RWDS' patch linked to far-right extremists

The shooter who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall was wearing a patch that read “RWDS," short for “Right Wing Death Squad.” It's a phrase that has been embraced in recent years by … more

By ALANNA DURKIN-RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST | 5/8/23

Sri Lankans shout anti-government slogans while blocking the entrance to president's office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 11, 2022. The image was part of a series of images by Associated Press photographers that was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

AP photos from Sri Lanka, Ukraine were Pulitzer finalists

The Associated Press was a finalist in two Pulitzer Prize categories — for breaking news photography of Sri Lanka's political crisis, and for feature photography of the elderly in Ukraine. That … more

5/8/23

FILE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland Bishop Michael Barber, center, listens to a presentation alongside fellow bishops at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2013. On Monday, May 8, 2023, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland filed for bankruptcy due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so. The San Francisco Bay Area diocese faces more than 330 lawsuits brought under a California law allowing claims that would have otherwise expired, Barber said in a letter posted to the diocese's website. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Oakland 2nd California diocese to seek bankruptcy over abuse

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland has filed for bankruptcy due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so. Bishop Michael C. Barber says the San … more

5/8/23

Ukrainian emergency employees and police officers evacuate injured pregnant woman Iryna Kalinina, 32, from a maternity hospital that was damaged by a Russian airstrike in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. The image was part of a series of images by Associated Press photographers that was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Haunting photos from Ukraine that earned AP a Pulitzer Prize

The Associated Press was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography on Monday in recognition of 15 searing images that rendered in real-time the devastating human toll of the war in … more

5/8/23

Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86

Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival during a career of more than three decades on the world’s top stages, has died. … more

By RONALD BLUM | 5/8/23

This Aug. 16, 2010, image provided by NASA Earth Observatory shows a piece of the Petermann Glacier that cracked in Greenland. A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, May 8, 2023, found that tides and climate change are rapidly melting ice in the grounding line zone of the Petermann Glacier. That’s the point where glaciers go from being on land to floating on water. (Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon/NASA Earth Observatory via AP)

Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier

Scientists now fear increasingly warmer water in daily tides are doing much more damage to one of Greenland's glaciers than they thought. A study published Monday examined the Petermann glacier in … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 5/8/23

FILE - Michael Corey Jenkins stands outside Taylor Hill Church in Braxton, Miss., March 18, 2023. Jenkins and his friend Eddie Terrell Parker said on the night of Jan. 24, six white Rankin County deputies suddenly came into the home where Parker was living and proceeded to handcuff and beat them. They said the deputies stunned them with Tasers repeatedly over roughly 90 minutes and, at one point, forced them to lie on their backs as the deputies poured milk over their faces. Jenkins and Parker say it came to a head when a deputy shoved a gun into Jenkins' mouth and pulled the trigger. (AP Photo/HG Biggs, File)

Deputies in civil rights probe accused of sexual assault

An attorney says Mississippi sheriff's deputies already being investigated for possible civil rights violations after allegedly placing a gun in a Black man's mouth and firing it attempted to … more

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG | 5/8/23

FILE - This photo provided by the Tampa, Fla., Police Department on May 20, 2017, shows Devon Arthurs. Arthurs pleaded guilty Monday, May 8, 2023, to fatally shooting his two Florida roommates in 2017, abruptly avoiding the start of a murder trial in which he had planned to use the insanity defense, according to court records. (Tampa Police Department via AP, File)

Ex-Neo-Nazi guilty in 2017 slayings of Florida roommates

A former neo-Nazi has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his two Florida roommates in 2017. The plea avoids a murder trial in which Devon Arthurs had planned to use the insanity defense. Court … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 5/8/23

E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Closing arguments start for columnist's claims against Trump

A jury is hearing closing arguments from a lawyer for the advice columnist who says Donald Trump sexually attacked her in a department store in 1996. Attorney Roberta Kaplan told a Manhattan federal … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 5/8/23

A police officer guards the Vladimir Ribnikar school in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 8, 2023. Police on Monday deployed in schools throughout Serbia in an effort to restore a shaken sense of security following two mass shootings last week - including one in a primary school in Belgrade - that left 17 people dead and 21 wounded, many of them children. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Police deploy in schools in Serbia as opposition plan march

Police have deployed in schools throughout Serbia in an effort to restore a shaken sense of security following two mass shootings last week — including one in a primary school — that left 17 … more

By JOVANA GEC | 5/8/23

FILE - An iPhone displays the Facebook app in New Orleans, Aug. 11, 2019. Facebook says it is not dead. It’s not even just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years. The social media platform born before the iPhone is approaching two decades in existence. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Facebook has 3 billion users. Many of them are old.

Facebook says it is not dead. It’s not even just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years. The social media platform born before the iPhone is approaching two decades in … more

By BARBARA ORTUTAY | 5/8/23

FILE - Norway's King Harald V leaves the hall after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2022. Norway's aging king, Harald V, has again been admitted to a hospital due to an infection and is being treated, the Norwegian palace said in a brief statement Monday, May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Norway's aging king hospitalized with an infection

Norway’s aging king, Harald V, has been admitted to a hospital due to an infection. The Norwegian palace said Monday that "the king has been diagnosed with an infection that needs to be treated, … more

5/8/23

Russian soldiers march toward Red Square to attend a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 7, 2023. The parade will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 78 years of the victory in WWII. (AP Photo)

War shadows Victory Day, Russia's integral holiday

Victory Day is Russia’s most important secular holiday, and it lauds two tenets that are central to the country’s identity: military might and moral rectitude. But the war in Ukraine undermines … more

By The Associated Press | 5/8/23

FILE - A sign for the Pulitzer Prize is shown at Columbia University, Tuesday May 28, 2019, in New York. The Pulitzer Prizes will be awarded Monday, May 8, 2023 and honor outstanding journalism during a violent year that included Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, mass shootings that targeted an elementary school and supermarket and communities beset with climate change-fueled flood and flames. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

It's Pulitzer Prize day, honoring journalism's best work

The Pulitzer Prizes will be awarded Monday to honor outstanding journalism during a violent year that included Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, mass shootings that targeted an elementary school … more

5/8/23

FILE - In this May 21, 2013, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert congratulates his son, Nick Gilbert, after the team won the NBA basketball draft lottery in New York. Nicolas “Nick” Gilbert, who became the team's good luck charm at NBA draft lotteries, has died. He was 26. A funeral announcement posted by the Ira Kaufman Chapel said Gilbert died Saturday, May 6, 2023 “peacefully at home surrounded by family.” (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Nick Gilbert, son of Cavaliers owner, dies at 26

Nicolas “Nick” Gilbert, the son of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert who became the team’s good luck charm at NBA draft lotteries, has died. He was 26. A funeral announcement posted by the … more

By TOM WITHERS | 5/7/23

FILE - Tony Ferguson poses during a ceremonial weigh-in for the UFC 229 mixed martial arts fight, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in Las Vegas. UFC fighter Ferguson was arrested on a DUI charge in Hollywood early Sunday, May 7, 2023, after his truck slammed into several parked cars. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

UFC's Tony Ferguson arrested following Hollywood crash

Police in Los Angeles have arrested UFC veteran Tony Ferguson for suspicion of drunken driving following after he allegedly crashed his truck into parked cars. Police arrested Ferguson at around 2 … more

5/7/23

This photo provided by Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society shows the Truesdell Bridge in Dixon, Ill., in 1873. It's been 150 years since the bridge collapsed, remaining the worst road-bridge disaster in American history. On May 4, 1873, a crowd of more than 200 gathered on the bridge to watch a baptism when it toppled over, trapping dozens of victims just inches below the river's surface. The disaster claimed 46 lives and injured dozens of others. (Charles Keyes/Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society via AP)

150 years later, Dixon bridge tragedy among nation's worst

It's been 150 years since a bridge in Dixon, Illinois, collapsed. It remains the worst vehicular-bridge disaster in American history. The Truesdell bridge over the Rock River opened in 1869. It was … more

By JOHN O'CONNOR | 5/7/23

Shiite women attend Eid al-Fitr prayer at Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

AP Month in Pictures: Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan in March 2023. This selection shows … more

Associated Press | 5/7/23