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FILE - This photo shows tanks (in gray, beige and blue) storeing water that was treated but is still radioactive after it was used to cool down spent fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 27, 2021. Officials from Japan and South Korea are discussing a visit for South Korean experts at the Fukushima nuclear plant later this month to see preparation for a controversial plan to release to sea treated but radioactive water, one of their major sticking points between the two sides that are quickly thawing their long-strained ties. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Japan, South Korea eye visit by team of experts as Fukushima nuclear plant prepares water release

Officials from Japan and South Korea are eyeing a potential visit by South Korean experts to the Fukushima nuclear plant before it begins the controversial release of treated but radioactive water to … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 5/12/23

Dr. Catherine Casto, right, talks with Catherine Burns, left, of Millsboro, Del., during a visit to a Chesapeake Health Care office in Salisbury, Md., Thursday, March 2, 2023. Burns has been seeing Dr. Casto for 25 years. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk

Thousands of doctors and nurses signed on to work in the country’s most desperate regions during the COVID-19 pandemic in exchange for forgiveness of medical school debt. But now, with the public … more

By AMANDA SEITZ | 5/12/23

CAPTION ADDITION: CONFIRMED METEORITE: This image provided by Hopewell Township Police Department shows a confirmed meteorite on a hardwood floor at a residence in Hopewell Township, N.J. The meteorite punched a hole in the roof of the central New Jersey home, smashing into a hardwood floor and bouncing around a bedroom. The family who owns the home discovered the black, potato-sized rock in a corner — still warm. (Hopewell Township Police Department via AP)

Experts: Metallic object that crashed into New Jersey home was a meteorite

A metallic object that punched a hole in the roof of a central New Jersey home this week, smashing into a hardwood floor and bouncing around a bedroom, was a meteorite. Scientists with The College of … more

5/11/23

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a northern long-eared bat. The U.S. Senate on Thursday, May 11, 2023, proposed dropping a 2022 federal designation of the northern long-eared bat as endangered. The Fish and Wildlife Service declared the northern long-eared bat endangered last November, raising its status from threatened. It is among 12 bat types hammered by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has reduced its numbers by 97% or more in some areas. (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via AP, File)

Senate votes to limit critical habitat designation for imperiled species and drop bat's protections

The U.S. Senate has voted to overturn two Biden administration policies intended to protect endangered species. Senators narrowly called for reinstating a rule adopted under former President Donald … more

By JOHN FLESHER | 5/11/23

The children of Lt. Gen. Hal and Julia Moore join the command team at what's now Fort Moore during the unveiling the new sign, Thursday morning, May 11, 2023, at Doughboy Stadium in Fort Moore, Ga. The Army's training hub in Georgia was renamed Fort Moore from Fort Benning during a ceremony Thursday, replacing the name of a Confederate officer that had adorned the base for more than a century with that of a decorated Vietnam War commander and his wife. (Mike Haskey/Ledger-Enquirer via AP)

Army officially designates Fort Moore, dropping Confederate name Benning

The Army's training hub in Georgia is now officially called Fort Moore. The Army completed a name change Thursday that's been a year in the making at the base known previously as Fort Benning. The … more

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FILE - Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks during the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade on Commodity Programs, Credit and Crop Insurance hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Tuberville is facing backlash for remarks he made about white nationalists in an interview about his blockade of military nominees, saying that while Democrats may consider such people to be racist, “I call them Americans.” Tuberville's office later said he was expressing skepticism at the idea that white nationalists were in the armed services. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Sen. Tuberville criticized for remarks on white nationalists: 'I call them Americans'

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is facing backlash for remarks he made about white nationalists in an interview about his blockade of military nominees. He said that while Democrats may consider … more

By MEG KINNARD | 5/11/23

FILE - State Sen. Aisha Wahab listens to speakers during a news conference where she proposed SB 403, a bill that adds caste as a protected category in the state's anti-discrimination laws, in Sacramento, Calif., March 22, 2023. On Thursday, May 11, 2023, the California Senate voted 34-1 in favor of legislation outlawing caste discrimination in the state. If it passes, California could become the first state in the nation to make caste bias illegal by adding it as a protected category in the state's anti-discrimination laws. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, File)

Bill to outlaw discrimination based on caste clears California Senate

The California Senate voted 34-1 Thursday in favor of legislation outlawing caste discrimination in California. If it also passes in the state Assembly and is enacted, California could become the … more

By DEEPA BHARATH | 5/11/23

Irina Tsybaneva, 60, stands in a courtroom in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Tsybaneva was charged with desecrating a grave after she left insulting words on the grave of Russian President Vladimir Putin's parents last October. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russian woman who left note on grave of Putin's parents convicted amid dissent crackdown

A Russian court has given a two-year suspended sentence to a St. Petersburg woman who left a note on the grave of President Vladimir Putin’s parents that said they had “raised a freak and a … more

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New Homes dot the landscape in Middlesex Township, Pa., on Thursday, Apr. 19, 2023. Long-term mortgage rates have mostly edged lower in recent weeks, welcome news for prospective homebuyers looking for some relief after years of soaring home values. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 6.35% this week, lowest level in 5 weeks

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week to its lowest level in five weeks, welcome news for house hunters looking for an edge as they navigate a housing market constrained by a … more

By ALEX VEIGA and MELISSA WINDER | 5/11/23

This image provided by European Southern Observatory shows the L1688 region in the Ophiuchus constellation. Astronomers have created a stunning mosaic of stellar nurseries hiding in our galactic backyard. The montage, published Thursday, May 11, 2023, reveals five vast star-forming regions less than 1,500 light-years away. T(European Southern Observatory/Meingast via AP)

Stunning mosaic of baby star clusters created from 1 million telescope shots

Astronomers have created a stunning mosaic of baby star clusters hiding in our galactic backyard. The montage, published Thursday, reveals five vast stellar nurseries less than 1,500 light-years … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 5/11/23

This undated image provided by Roots of Peace shows Heidi Kühn and her son Christian. The California peace activist, who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions and replace them with grapes, fruit trees and vegetables, was named the 2023 World Food Prize laureate on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at a ceremony in Washington. (Roots of Peace via AP)

For turning 'mines to vines,' founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize

A California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions and replace them with grape vines, fruit trees and vegetables has been named the 2023 World Food Prize laureate. … more

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE | 5/11/23

A man rests on a bench by a mural reading ''Boulevard Ratko Mladic" in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The avenue is not officially named after the Bosnian Serb general who was convicted of genocide by an international court for war crimes committed by his troops during the clashes in the Balkans in the 1990s. It carries the name of Serbia's first pro-Western Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic who was gunned down by a sniper bullet in front of his government's offices in Belgrade on March 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia's mass shootings prompt national reckoning for war-scarred nation

When a 13-year-old boy last week opened fire on his fellow students in a school in Belgrade, and a day later a man killed people at random in villages south of the Serbian capital, the country came … more

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC | 5/11/23

This cover image released by Callaway Arts & Entertainment shows “Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,” a 600-page book of images from the archives of singer-songwriter. The book, expected in the fall, will include dozens of essays, with novelist Michael Ondaatje, critic Greil Marcus and former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo among the contributors. (Callaway Arts & Entertainment via AP)

New book on Bob Dylan will feature hundreds of rare images

Hundreds of rare photos and other images from the archives of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be featured in “Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,” coming out this fall. The new release also will … more

5/11/23

FILE - Syrians walk in a camp for internally displaced people in al-Bab, northern Syria, on May 29, 2018. The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to a record high of 71.1 million last year, according to a report released Thursday May 11, 2023. Syria had 6.8 million displaced by conflict after more than a decade of civil war. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

War, natural disasters left record 71 million people internally displaced in 2022, report says

A new report says the war in Ukraine helped push the number of people left internally displaced across the world last year to a record high of 71.1 million. The report for 2022 released Thursday by … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 5/11/23

Glenda Starke wears a transgender flag as a counter protest during a rally in favor of a ban on gender-affirming health care legislation, March 20, 2023, at the Missouri Statehouse in Jefferson City, Mo.

Missouri lawmakers ban gender-affirming care, trans athletes; Kansas City moves to defy state

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers approved two bills Wednesday that ban gender-affirming health care for minors, and prevent transgender girls and women from participating on female … more

By Summer Ballentine and John Hanna / The Associated Press | 5/11/23

Kansas physician admits to role in telemedicine fraud scheme

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A doctor from Kansas admitted Tuesday to a role in a telemedicine fraud scheme for unnecessarily ordering genetic testing and orthotic braces, defrauding Medicare of about $16 … more

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FILE - University of Wisconsin-Madison students, from left, Marisa Skelley, Martin Jarzyna, Sam Broadnax and Morgan Menke hold up signs protesting racism on campus during a meeting for the UW System Board of Regents on campus in Madison, Wis., Dec. 11, 2015. The debate over free speech and racial equity on Wisconsin's college campuses is intensifying. In a span of days after a student posted racial slurs, a top Republican proposed eliminating campus diversity offices and a medical college cancelled a diversity symposium. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Free speech, racial equity battles play out on Wisconsin campuses

The debate over free speech and racial equity on Wisconsin’s college campuses is intensifying. It's mirroring a national battle as Republicans work to close campus diversity offices and demand … more

By TODD RICHMOND | 5/11/23

ChatGPT user in China detained for creating and spreading fake news, police say

A ChatGPT user was recently detained by Chinese police for allegedly using the artificial intelligence chatbot to fake a news story reporting a nonexistent train crash. It's one of the first … more

By DAVID HAMILTON | 5/10/23

This undated photo released by the Marion County Sheriff's Office whos Deputy Tamieka White. White died Tuesday, May 9, 2023, after being attacked in her Indianapolis home by a dog that also bit and wounded her 8-year-old son, authorities said Wednesday, May 10. (Marion County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Indiana sheriff's deputy killed in dog attack that left her son, 8, wounded

Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy died after being attacked in her Indianapolis home by a dog that also bit and wounded her 8-year-old son. Officials say 46-year-old Tamieka White was pronounced … more

5/10/23

This combo of photos provided by Chicago Police Department shows from left, Trevell Breeland, Joseph Brooks, and Jakwon Buchanan. Four teenagers have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was slain last weekend as she was heading home from work, authorities said Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Nineteen-year-olds Joseph Brooks and Trevell Breeland, Jakwon Buchanan, 18, and a 16-year-old boy face charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery in Saturday's killing of Officer Aréanah Preston, 24. (Chicago Police Department via AP)

4 teens charged with murder in slaying of Chicago police officer who was returning home from work

Authorities say four teenagers have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was killed last weekend as she headed home from work. Nineteen-year-olds Joseph Brooks and … more

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