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Nashville HBCU Fisk University Launches $900M Campus Transformation — With a Data Center

1:21 PM on Friday, May 15

Fisk University President Agenia Clark has announced a $900 million plan to transform the campus in Nashville, Tennessee

FILE - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 31, 2024, to discuss child safety. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Tech CEOs summoned to Congress for another hearing on social media's risks for children

12:25 PM on Friday, May 15

Social media CEOs have been called to testify before Congress amid growing pressure to protect young users

FILE - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)

Texas high court rejects removal of Democratic lawmakers who led quorum break over redistricting

10:13 AM on Friday, May 15

The Texas Supreme Court has refused to declare that Democratic state lawmakers who briefly left the state last year in a quorum break to stop a vote on new congressional voting maps pushed by President Donald Trump vacated their offices

In this photo released by Belarusian presidential press service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham shake hands during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Belarus authoritarian leader welcomes US evangelist Franklin Graham to hold massive gathering

10:07 AM on Friday, May 15

Belarus’ authoritarian leader has greeted U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham, who arrived in the tightly controlled country to hold the largest evangelical gathering in its history

FILE - Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)

Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastor's case, but freeing activist Jimmy Lai is 'tough'

9:58 AM on Friday, May 15

U.S. President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping is considering the case of detained pastor Ezra Jin Mingri

From left, Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar, Minister of Transport and Innovation David Vitezy and Minister of Interior Gabor Posfai begin to dismantle the barricade surrounding the former Karmelita Palace, which has previously housed the Prime Minister's Office, in the Castle District of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)

Hungary's new PM symbolically removes fences erected around Orbán's former offices

9:32 AM on Friday, May 15

Hungarians Prime Minister Péter Magyar has removed the fences that surrounded a historic building in the capital Budapest while it served as the office of his autocratic predecessor Viktor Orbán

FILE - Voting machines are seen at the Bartow County Election office, Jan. 25, 2024, in Cartersville, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Election denial is a fault line in Republican primary for Georgia secretary of state

8:30 AM on Friday, May 15

The 2020 election continues to haunt Georgia's political landscape, especially in the Republican primary for secretary of state

A chair is seen outside a hotel room where a Colombian woman was deported to from the United States, in Kinshasa, Congo, Saturday, May 10, 2026. (UGC via AP)

Takeaways from AP's interview with Colombian woman deported to Congo by US

8:18 AM on Friday, May 15

The Trump administration has deported 15 Latin Americans to the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite U.S. court orders protecting them from deportation to their homelands

FILE - Pedestrians slalom between traffic to cross the road in Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)

Latin American nationals deported by the US to Congo face an uncertain future

8:16 AM on Friday, May 15

Fifteen people deported from the U.S. to Congo under the Trump administration's policy face difficult conditions

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., greets supporters at a campaign stop at Drago's Restaurant Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Metairie, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana's primaries

6:33 AM on Friday, May 15

Louisiana voters will participate in a revamped and stripped-down state primary Saturday and decide the political fate of an embattled Republican U.S. senator targeted for defeat by President Donald Trump

Map showing where five divers in the Maldives died exploring a cave. (AP Digital Embed)

Search for bodies of Italian divers in Maldives cave suspended due to bad weather

4:54 AM on Friday, May 15

Maldivian authorities have suspended a high-risk operation to recover the bodies of four Italian divers believed trapped inside a deep underwater cave, after one body was recovered the day before

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham meet with school children at a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, north-west England, Monday April 13, 2026. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UK government faces weeks of uncertainty over the prime minister's future

4:35 AM on Friday, May 15

Britain's government faces uncertainty as the Labour Party grapples with internal turmoil

FILE - Dan Osborn, Independent candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during a news conference, May 15, 2024, at his home in Omaha, Neb. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP, File)

Democrats test a new red state strategy: Back independents over their own nominees

4:00 AM on Friday, May 15

Democratic leaders are embracing independent candidates in red states where their party brand struggles

A commuter monitors the meter as an attendant refuels his scooter at a filling station in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Shonal Ganguly)

India raises fuel prices as global energy crisis adds pressure on economy

12:29 AM on Friday, May 15

India has raised fuel prices by 3 rupees per liter to offset losses from higher global oil prices

A pile of furniture is piled in a public housing subdivision in Port Isabel, Texas, on April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)

A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing

11:02 PM on Thursday, May 14

A bungled message from a South Texas housing authority prompted mass flight

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as he is greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Evan Vucci/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump weighs Taiwan arms package after summit aimed at steadying US-China ties

7:00 PM on Thursday, May 14

President Donald Trump says he’s not yet made a decision on whether a major sale of U.S. arms to Taiwan can move forward following his three-day visit to China

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