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President of Parks and Rec? Trump asserts authority over public spaces in DC

6:37 AM on Saturday, May 9

President Donald Trump is making significant changes to the nation's capital as he focuses on renovations and new projects

EDS NOTE: NUDITY - A performer rings a bell with her body at the Austrian pavilion called 'Seaworld Venice' by artist Florentina Holzinger at the Venice 2026 Biennale Art, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) CORRECTION: name of artist corrected, Florentina Holzinger instead of Ei Arakawa-Nash

Venice Biennale opens without a jury amid strife over Russian and Israeli participation

12:36 AM on Saturday, May 9

Geopolitical tensions have spilled over into the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition

Palestinians Tahseen Abu Assi, left, Khalil Abu Jayyab, center, and Abed Rahim Alostaz warm up before surfing on the beach in Gaza City, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Surfers in war-torn Gaza find rare moments of joy taking to the waves

12:11 AM on Saturday, May 9

Despite the dire situation in Gaza, a few surfers find joy riding the waves

FILE - Members of the LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics

12:08 AM on Saturday, May 9

The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era

Fuel shortages and high prices push adoption of EVs in Africa, led by Ethiopia

10:04 PM on Friday, May 8

Use of electric vehicles in Africa is surging, led by Ethiopia, as soaring prices and fuel shortages compel countries to opt for cleaner and cheaper transport

This document released May 6, 2026, by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, shows a note that Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate said he found after Epstein's reported suicide attempt on July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Handwriting on newly released note matches one found after Epstein's death, experts tell AP

8:23 PM on Friday, May 8

A note that a former cellmate says he discovered after Jeffrey Epstein’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was liked penned by the same person as a note that authorities found in the millionaire sex offender’s cell after he killed himself three weeks later

US military strike on alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific kills 2, leaves a survivor

7:44 PM on Friday, May 8

The U.S. military’s latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean has killed two men while leaving one survivor

Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes

6:18 PM on Friday, May 8

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups

No injuries reported after explosion and fire at New Orleans-area refinery

6:08 PM on Friday, May 8

Officials say there were no injuries reported after an explosion and a fire at a refinery in the New Orleans area

FILE - Metropolitan Police Department officers try to hold back rioters on the West Front at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Federal judge dismisses former Trump supporter’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News

5:52 PM on Friday, May 8

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News

Passengers on the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, scan the horizon with binoculars during their voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo)

On the cruise ship hit by hantavirus, some fear what awaits them at home

4:47 PM on Friday, May 8

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has sparked fear among Spanish passengers, not from illness, but from potential stigma upon returning home

A woman carries a girl on a bicycle in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Rubio defends new US sanctions on Cuba, targeting military-run conglomerate GAESA

4:46 PM on Friday, May 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended the Trump administration's decision to impose new sanctions on Cuba

US authorities cancel cruise ship worker visas as part of child sexual abuse images case

3:46 PM on Friday, May 8

U.S. immigration authorities have canceled the visas of more than two dozen people, including some who worked on a Disney Cruise Line ship, amid allegations they possessed or had viewed child sexual abuse images

FILE - Federal Communication Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)

In legal dispute over 'The View,' ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech

3:11 PM on Friday, May 8

ABC is accusing the Trump administration of trying to chill free speech and hinder open political discussion

FILE - Cypress trees grow in a swamps in the Barataria Preserve, part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Marrero, La., June 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

Trump is lifting restrictions on hunting in national parks, refuges and wilderness areas

1:06 PM on Friday, May 8

President Donald Trump's administration is pushing federal land management officials to lift restrictions on hunting and trapping in national parks, refuges and wilderness areas

FILE - Referee Land Clark annouces a penalty during the second half of an NFL football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

NFL and referees agree on a 7-year collective bargaining agreement, avoiding potential work stoppage

11:54 AM on Friday, May 8

The NFL and the NFL Referees Association have agreed on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement that avoids a potential work stoppage and use of replacement officials

FILE - Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, center, leaves the museum during a ceremony marking the 215th anniversary of revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture's death, at the National Pantheon museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

4 people convicted of conspiracy in US trial tied to 2021 assassination of Haiti's president

11:52 AM on Friday, May 8

A Florida jury has convicted four men of conspiracy in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse

Members of the Cohutta Police Department look on as Mayor Ron Shinnick speaks at Cohutta Town Hall in Cohutta, Ga. on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Small Georgia town reinstates police officers and department 2 days after the mayor fired them all

11:29 AM on Friday, May 8

A town council in a small north Georgia mountain community passed an ordinance reinstating their police department and restoring the jobs of their police officers two days after the mayor violated the town charter by firing them all

A Canvas outage tied to a cyberattack has wreaked havoc on colleges' final exam season

10:53 AM on Friday, May 8

Schools and universities across the country are recovering from an outage tied to a cyberattack that knocked down Canvas

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