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FILE - Cashiers process purchases at a Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen, N.J., on Feb. 9, 2023. Retailers, including Walmart and Target, are stepping up discounting heading into the summer of 2024, as they hope to offer frustrated shoppers some relief from higher prices and entice them to open their wallets.(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Major retailers are offering summer deals to entice inflation-weary shoppers

Americans who spend Memorial Day scouting sales online and in stores may find more reasons to celebrate the return of warmer weather. Major retailers are stepping up discounts heading into the summer … more

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | 5/27/24

Demonstrators with Georgian national, U.S. and EU flags rally during an opposition protest against the foreign influence bill and celebrating of the Independence Day in the center of in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, May 26, 2024. The opposition has denounced the bill as "the Russian law," because Moscow uses similar legislation to crack down on independent news media, nonprofits and activists critical of the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Georgian parliament committee rejects presidential veto of the divisive 'foreign agents' legislation

A Georgian parliament committee has rejected the president’s veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has sparked massive protests for weeks. The move Monday by the parliament’s … more

5/27/24

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency forensic anthropologist Carrie Brown looks at objects in a lab at Offutt Air Force Base, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Bellevue, Neb. Generations of American families have grown up without ever knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who served in the military. But a lab tucked away above the bowling alley on Offutt Air Force Base in the Omaha suburbs and a sister lab in Hawaii that are part of the federal DPAA are steadily answering those lingering questions and offering about 200 families a year the chance to honor their relatives with a proper burial. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Military labs do the detective work to identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II

Generations of American families have grown up not knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who died while serving their country in World War II and other conflicts. But a federal lab tucked … more

By JOSH FUNK | 5/27/24

Captured Russian soldiers walk to shelters during an air raid alarm at the prisoner of war detention center in Ukraine's Lviv region, Thursday, April 25, 2024. AP visited the center as part of a small group of journalists on the condition that its exact location be withheld. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russian POWs get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don't. A growing movement wants that to change

For hundreds of Russian soldiers taken prisoner, phone calls home can offer a bit of comfort and hope. It's a lifeline unavailable to Ukrainian POWs, whose families have gone without hearing their … more

By LORI HINNANT and VASILISA STEPANENKO | 5/27/24

Demonstrators with Georgian national US flags rally during an opposition protest against foreign influence bill and celebrating of the Independence Day in the center of in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, May 26, 2024. The opposition has denounced the bill as "the Russian law," because Moscow uses similar legislation to crack down on independent news media, nonprofits and activists critical of the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Georgian PM, president criticize each other over media freedom law on Independence Day

The president and prime minister of Georgia have lashed out at each other at a ceremony marking the country’s independence day. Strong tensions persist over a law that critics say will obstruct … more

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE | 5/26/24

Man throws flaming liquid on New York City subway, burns fellow rider

New York City police say a man set a cup of liquid on fire on the subway and threw it at a fellow rider who suffered burn injuries. The random attack happened on a train in lower Manhattan on … more

5/26/24

Pastor Ruth Schmidt poses for a picture at the Altadena Community Church in Altadena, Calif., on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Schmidt, who now serves as a pastor at Claremont Presbyterian Church and is on track to be ordained in the United Church of Christ, said she would like to see faculty and staff at Fuller get the same protections as students. Fuller Theological Seminary, an evangelical school is deliberating whether to become more open to LGBTQ+ students who previously faced possible expulsion if found to be in a same-sex union. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California evangelical seminary ponders changes that would make it more welcoming to LGBTQ students

An evangelical seminary in Pasadena, California, is considering revisions to its sexual standards. According to a draft of those changes obtained by The Associated Press, these changes could mean … more

By DEEPA BHARATH | 5/26/24

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks before President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his "Investing in America agenda" at Gateway Technical College, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Sturtevant, Wis. Robert Atwell, a conservative University of Wisconsin regent says he won’t step down when his term ends this month. Evers has yet to announce Atwell's successor. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Republican-appointed University of Wisconsin regent refuses to step down when term ends

A conservative University of Wisconsin regent says he won't step down when his term ends this month. Then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, appointed Robert Atwell to the Board of Regents in May 2017. … more

5/25/24

Graduates attend the U.S. Military Academy commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 25, 2024, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden's message to West Point graduates: You're being asked to tackle threats 'like none before'

President Joe Biden has told graduates of the U.S. Military Academy that their class is being called upon to tackle threats across the globe and preserve the country’s ideals at home “like none … more

By ZEKE MILLER | 5/25/24

ADDING IDs OF PEOPLE IN PHOTOGRAPHS Director Mohammad Rasoulof holds up photographs of actors Soheila Golestani, right, and Missagh Zareh alongside Soheila Golestani, left, upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 24, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

What will win the Palme d'Or? Cannes closes Saturday with awards and a tribute to George Lucas

The 77th Cannes Film Festival draws to a close Saturday with the presentation of its top award, the Palme d’Or, along with an honorary tribute for George Lucas. Any of the 22 films that premiered … more

By JAKE COYLE | 5/25/24

FILE - Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry addresses members of the House and Senate on opening day of a legislative special session, Feb. 19, 2024, in the House Chamber at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. Landry has signed a first-of-its-kind bill Friday, May 24, classifying two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP, File)

Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a first-of-its-kind bill to classify two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances. The Republican governor announced his signing of the … more

By KEVIN McGILL | 5/24/24

Megan Red Shirt-Shaw speaks at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, on Jan. 17, 2023. Two University of South Dakota faculty members, Megan Red Shirt-Shaw and her husband, John Little, have long included their gender pronouns and tribal affiliations in their work email signature blocks. But both received written warnings from the university in March that doing so violated a policy adopted by the South Dakota Board of Regents in December. (Ryan Pagelow/Dominican University via AP)

Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails

A new South Dakota Board of Regents policy keeps employees from including their gender pronouns in school email signatures and other correspondence. That was adopted after Gov. Kristi Noem railed … more

By MARGERY A. BECK | 5/24/24

Police prepare to enter an encampment occupied by pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

UCLA police arrest young man for alleged felony assault in attack on pro-Palestinian encampment

An 18-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in a violent attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, last month. UCLA police say the man … more

5/24/24

This image contained in the criminal complaint against Alexander Yuk Ching Ma shows a screenshot made from a video by an FBI undercover employee taken of Ma in January 2019 during a meeting. Ma, the former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of giving China classified information, must remain detained because the trained spy is an "extreme flight risk," U.S. prosecutors said. (U.S. Justice Department via AP)

Ex-CIA officer accused of spying for China expected to plead guilty in a Honolulu courtroom

A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of spying for China for at least a decade is expected to plead guilty in a federal courtroom in Honolulu. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma … more

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER | 5/24/24

FILE - A body is wheeled out on a stretcher at Schemengees Bar and Grille, Oct. 26, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to hear more testimony from law enforcement sources on communications and coordination problems. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

The leak of a police bulletin complicated the response to Maine mass shooting, official testifies

Maine’s top law enforcement official says a bulletin about the deadliest mass shooting in state history sent to police agencies had been leaked onto social media early on. Maine State Police Col. … more

By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE | 5/24/24

A Buddhist devotee offers prayers during Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima festival at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

AP Week in Pictures: Global

May 17-23, 2024 Iranians attended the funeral of the late President Ebrahim Raisi and others killed in a helicopter crash. Police tried to stop a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, and Buddhists … more

By The Associated Press | 5/24/24

FILE - This photo taken and released by Basmanny District Court press service on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, shows Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov standing in a defendants' cage in court in Moscow, Russia. Ivanov was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe. (Basmanny District Court press service via AP, File)

Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening?

The arrests began last month when a Russian deputy defense minister was detained. Then the head of the ministry’s personnel directorate was hauled into court. This week, two more senior military … more

By EMMA BURROWS | 5/24/24

FILE -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, California, on May 10, 2024. Newsom signed a law on Thursday, May 23, 2024, temporarily allowing Arizona doctors come to California to perform abortions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Arizona doctors can come to California to perform abortions under new law signed by Gov. Newsom

Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. California’s law is meant to circumvent an Arizona law first … more

By ADAM BEAM | 5/23/24

A woman looks at the damage caused by fallen bricks from a building wall in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston, after thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas on Thursday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

AP Week in Pictures: North America

May 17-23, 2024 Severe weather caused damage in Houston and Iowa this week. Boys held candles in a Catholic church in Connecticut at the start of a pilgrimage route to Indianapolis. The World … more

By The Associated Press | 5/23/24

Researchers climb General Sherman, the world's largest tree, in Sequoia National Park, Calif. on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. They inspected the 275-foot tree for evidence of bark beetles, an emerging threat to giant sequoias. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

General Sherman passes health check but world's largest trees face growing climate threats

Researchers climbed the world’s largest tree to inspect for bark beetles and descended the giant sequoia with good news this week. Anthony Ambrose of the Ancient Forest Society led the team up the … more

By TERRY CHEA | 5/23/24