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FILE - Kids are silhouetted against a pond at a park in Lenexa, Kan., on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world. In May 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said they are now looking into 180 possible cases across the U.S. More than 20 other countries have reported hundreds more cases in total, though the largest numbers have been in the U.K. and U.S. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in children

Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world. The best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug. That … more

By MIKE STOBBE | 5/23/22

Pool noodle fight over the name Josh again attracts hundreds

A couple hundred people grabbed their pool noodles and headed to a Nebraska park again this weekend to battle over the right to the name Josh. The event started as an online joke when Josh Swain from … more

5/23/22

FILE - Few visitors walk inside the GUM department store in Moscow, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 4, 2022. Three months after the Feb. 24 invasion, many ordinary Russians are reeling from those blows to their livelihoods and emotions. Moscow's vast shopping malls have turned into eerie expanses of shuttered storefronts once occupied by Western retailers. (AP Photo, File)

After 3 months of war, life in Russia has profoundly changed

When Vladimir Putin announced Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war seemed far away from Russian territory. Yet within days the conflict came home — not with cruise missiles and mortars but in the … more

The Associated Press | 5/23/22

Justin Thomas holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament in s playoff against Will Zalatoris at Southern Hills Country Club, Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Justin Thomas takes PGA from uninspiring to unforgettable

For nearly four full days, the PGA Championship had been a snooze, the cast of characters atop the leaderboard a list mostly made up of also-rans searching for a moment stardom. The golf itself was … more

By DAVE SKRETTA | 5/23/22

FILE - In this May 25, 2020, file pool photo from police body camera video, George Floyd responds to police after they approached his car outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Police Department is expected to face the intense scrutiny of a federal program credited with significant reform in some places, but scorned by critics in others as ineffective and a waste of taxpayer money. An investigation spurred by the killing of Floyd found that Minneapolis officers stopped and arrested Black people at a higher rate than white people, used force more often on people of color and maintained a culture where racist language was tolerated. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Are police consent decrees an asset? Depends on who you ask

The Minneapolis Police Department will face the scrutiny of a federal program after a state investigation concluded that its officers stop and arrest Black people more than white people, use force … more

By JIM SALTER | 5/22/22

FILE - This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 file photo shows the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Leaders of the SBC, America's largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Report: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims

Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to a scathing investigative report issued Sunday. The Southern Baptist Convention is … more

By DEEPA BHARATH, HOLLY MEYER and DAVID CRARY | 5/22/22

Resident Stephanie Kerwin, center, holds her baby Octavius in one arm and dog Pixie in the other as she and her family carry what they could salvage from her home in Nottingham Forest Mobile Home Park, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Gaylord, Mich., following a tornado the day before. "This morning is when it first hit me...I could have lost people that I really love. I am so grateful," Kerwin said. (Jake May/MLive.com/The Flint Journal via AP)

Police: Nearly all power restored in Gaylord after tornado

Nearly all of the power lost following a deadly tornado that killed two people and flattened parts of a northern Michigan community has been restored. The state police said Sunday that everyone has … more

5/22/22

Actor Johnny Depp waves as he leaves the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, May 19, 2022. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo via AP)

Heard's lawyers try to poke holes in Depp's libel lawsuit

Attorneys for actor Amber Heard have been trying to portray Johnny Depp in a Virginia courtroom as a jealous and drunken abuser. And they say he is the only one to blame for his nose-diving Hollywood … more

By BEN FINLEY | 5/22/22

Pastor Albany Lee addresses congregants and community members on Saturday, May 21, 2022, as survivors and church leaders join in prayer and thank community members for their support nearly a week after a deadly shooting at a Taiwanese American church congregation in Laguna Woods, Calif. The community is reeling after the attack on a luncheon of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church that killed one and wounded five. Lee said trauma specialists will be available to assist community members. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

California church leaders, shooting survivors join in prayer

Survivors and church leaders are joining in prayer nearly a week after a deadly shooting at a Taiwanese American church congregation in California. They are also thanking community members in Laguna … more

By AMY TAXIN | 5/21/22

Snow covers columbines after a spring storm swept over the intermountain West and blanketed the region with up to two feet of snow Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Denver. The storm brought freezing temperatures and wet, heavy snow to a region that has been in severe drought for months. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Late spring Colorado snowstorm knocks out power for 210,000

A late spring Colorado snowstorm that dumped several inches in the Denver metro area knocked out electricity for about 210,000 customers. The KUSA television station reported Saturday that that the … more

5/21/22

Police investigate the scene of a deadly shooting late Friday, in San Bernardino, Calif., on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Police say one person was killed and eight people were wounded following a shooting at a large party in Southern California. (Terry Pierson/The Orange County Register via AP)

1 killed, 8 wounded in shooting at Southern California party

Southern California police say a man was killed and eight people were wounded during a shooting at a large party held at a strip mall hookah lounge. San Bernardino police said Saturday that officers … more

5/21/22

Enrique Owens, a cousin of Roberta Drury, wears a t-shirt with her photograph on it before her funeral service, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Syracuse, N.Y. Drury was one of 10 killed during a mass shooting at a supermarket last week in Buffalo. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca)

Youngest of 10 Buffalo shooting victims laid to rest

A 32-year-old woman who was the youngest of the 10 Black people killed at a Buffalo supermarket was remembered at her funeral for her love of family and friends and “smile that could light up a … more

5/21/22

Adam Atnip, who is homeless and lives in his car, accepts money from a driver as he panhandles on May 10, 2022, in Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee is about to become the first U.S. state to make it a felony to camp on local public property such as parks. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

With public camping a felony, Tennessee homeless seek refuge

A rise in homeless encampments across America has prompted a growing demand for solutions. Tennessee is about to become the first U.S. state to make it a felony to camp on local public property such … more

By TRAVIS LOLLER | 5/21/22

Theresa Haske sorts through debris from what was her garage after a tornado tore through Gaylord, Mich., Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/John Russell)

Police report 2nd death from tornado in northern Michigan

Police say a second person died in a rare tornado that hit a small community in northern Michigan. Lt. Derrick Carroll says the person was in their 70s and lived in a mobile home park. No other … more

5/21/22

Alabama Republican Senate candidate Katie Britt speaks to a GOP club meeting on March 1, 2022, in Opelika, Ala., on May 16, 2022. Alabama’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby is a bitter high-dollar fight between three frontrunners battling for a spot in an anticipated runoff. U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks who won _ and then lost _ former President Donald Trump’s backing in the race faces  Katie Boyd Britt, the former leader of Business Council of Alabama and Shelby’s former chief of staff and Mike Durant, the owner of an aerospace company but best known as the helicopter pilot shot down and captured in in the events that inspired “Black Hawk Down.” (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

GOP primary race for Alabama Senate seat turns bitter

Alabama’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby is a bitter high-dollar fight between three candidates. U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks who won _ and … more

By KIM CHANDLER | 5/21/22

Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steel plant, near a penal colony, in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo)

EXPLAINER: Who were Mariupol's last defenders?

The Ukrainian forces who made a determined last stand in a Mariupol steel mill against Russian troops were a mixture of seasoned soldiers, border guards, a controversial national guard regiment and … more

The Associated Press | 5/21/22

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