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FILE - Suzanne Morrison, mother of Matthew Perry, leaves the court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, after a federal judge handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to Jasveen Sangha, who pleaded guilty to selling "Friends" star Perry the ketamine that killed him in a 2023 overdose. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Matthew Perry's family trusted his assistant to help keep him sober. He instead helped him overdose

6:01 AM on Friday, May 22

Matthew Perry's assistant is set to become the last defendant sentenced in the investigation of the drug death of the “Friends” star

Daily life around the world, in photos

5:09 AM on Friday, May 22

FILE - President Donald Trump arrives at Leesburg Executive Airport on Marine One in Leesburg, Va., Thursday, April 24, 2025, en route to Trump National Golf Club Washington DC in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump immunity from IRS audit shocks experts, who warn it could undermine trust in tax system

5:06 AM on Friday, May 22

Donald Trump has a reputation for slashing his taxes using techniques that some experts find aggressive

FILE -Slow Food movement founder Carlo Petrini speaks at the funeral of Italian playwright and 1997 Nobel for literature winner Dario Fo, outside Milan's Duomo gothic cathedral, Italy, Oct. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Slow Food founder and advocate of clean eating Carlo Petrini dies in Italy at 76

4:57 AM on Friday, May 22

Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement, has died at 76 in Italy's Piedmont region

Explosion at Hungary petrochemical plant kills 1, injures 7

4:41 AM on Friday, May 22

An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Hungary has killed one person and injured several others

A person walks past a mural promoting Guadalupe, Ariz., May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Trump won over more Latino voters in 2024. Can he keep them?

4:04 AM on Friday, May 22

President Donald Trump made inroads with Latino voters in 2024, earning support that helped propel him to a second term in the White House

FILE - Muslim pilgrims offer prayers on the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

A look at the Hajj pilgrimage and Eid al-Adha and their significance to Muslims around the world

1:25 AM on Friday, May 22

Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year in Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that is one of the pillars of Islam

FILE - Britain's Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, looks round as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

UK police renew call for witnesses as they broaden inquiry into former Prince Andrew

1:06 AM on Friday, May 22

British police are appealing for witnesses as they expand their investigation into potential offenses by the former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Staff from Sudan's Forensic Medicine Corporation exhume the body of Mohammed Alsawi, 73, who was killed in 2023 by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, in Omdurman, Sudan, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Sudan's war has left thousands missing. Many are buried in unmarked graves

12:01 AM on Friday, May 22

Fahmy al-Fateh never made it home from war in Sudan

President Donald Trump attends an event about loosening a federal refrigerant rule, in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, May 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says he's sending 5,000 more troops to Poland, stirring confusion about US presence in Europe

6:01 PM on Thursday, May 21

President Donald Trump has stirred confusion by saying the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 American troops to Poland

Images of Raul and Fidel Castro adorn the wall of a building that houses an art installation on the Cuban Revolution, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump raises new threat of military action

1:47 PM on Thursday, May 21

President Donald Trump has again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2016, file photo, heavy equipment is seen at a site where sections of the Dakota Access pipeline were being buried near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D. A federal judge on Monday, July 6, 2020, ordered the pipeline to shut down until more environmental review is done. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)

A decade after Standing Rock protests, contentious segment of Dakota Access oil pipeline gets OK

11:13 AM on Thursday, May 21

Federal officials have given final approval for a controversial segment of the Dakota Access oil pipeline that crosses the Missouri River

FILE - Kyle Busch is introduced during the NASCAR All-Star auto race at Dover Motor Speedway, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton, File, File)

2-time NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41 after being hospitalized with a 'severe illness'

9:58 AM on Thursday, May 21

Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR’s three national series, has died

Air France flight to US diverted to Montreal due to Ebola travel restrictions

9:06 AM on Thursday, May 21

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said an Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., center, speaks as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, Vice Chair Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., right, listen during a news conference, Thursday, May 21, 2026, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Republicans call off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing

6:04 AM on Thursday, May 21

Republicans are struggling to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran

A woman mourns her child, who died of Ebola, at the General Hospital in Bunia, Congo, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak

5:47 AM on Thursday, May 21

People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain

FILE - Britain's Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, looks round as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Queen Elizabeth II was eager for ex-Prince Andrew to become trade envoy, documents show

5:18 AM on Thursday, May 21

Documents reveal Queen Elizabeth II was eager for her second son, Andrew, to become Britain's trade envoy in 2001

Photo highlights from Cannes 2026

8:34 PM on Wednesday, May 13

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