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Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steel plant, near a penal colony, in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo)

EXPLAINER: Who were Mariupol's last defenders?

The Ukrainian forces who made a determined last stand in a Mariupol steel mill against Russian troops were a mixture of seasoned soldiers, border guards, a controversial national guard regiment and … more

The Associated Press | 5/21/22

Aishwarya Rai poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "Armageddon Time" at the 75th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

AP Week in Pictures: Global

May 14-20, 2022 From the glamour of Indian actress Aishwarya Rai arriving at the premiere of the film “Armageddon Time” at the 75th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, to … more

5/21/22

Tornado wreaks havoc in northern Michigan community

A tornado has torn through a small community in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, flipping vehicles, tearing the roofs off buildings and causing other damage. There were no immediate reports of … more

By JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE | 5/20/22

Chicago police work at the scene of a shooting near East Chicago Avenue and North State Street in the Near North Side neighborhood, Thursday, May 19, 2022 in Chicago. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Police: Chicago shooting leaves 2 people dead, 8 wounded

Authorities say two people are dead and another eight wounded following a shooting in Chicago. The shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. Thursday near a McDonald’s restaurant on the city’s Near … more

5/20/22

A man sweeps rubble next to a shopping and entertainment mall in Odessa, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022, destroyed after Russian missiles strike on May 9. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

AP PHOTOS: Shattered lives and recovery in Ukraine war

An 11-year-old boy pushes his sister in a swing outside a hospital in Lviv, her dangling legs wrapped in bandages where they end. Their mother, too, has lost a leg and comforts the girl in her … more

5/20/22

This undated image shows the late comedian George Carlin, star of the HBO documentary "George Carlin's American Dream," airing May 20 on HBO. (George Carlin Estate/HBO via AP)

George Carlin's comedic journey takes the stage in HBO doc

For comedians of a certain age, there was one album that was worn out on the turntable, dutifully memorized and acted out. That was George Carlin’s signature “Class Clown.” Judd Apatow and … more

By MARK KENNEDY | 5/20/22

FILE - Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., crowds into an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The Democratic incumbent of 30 years, now Georgia’s senior congressman, is likely to face his toughest reelection campaign in a decade, with six Republicans running in the May 24 primary in hopes of winning the party’s nomination to challenge Bishop. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Georgia's senior congressman facing toughest race since 2010

Georgia's senior congressman is facing his toughest challenge from Republicans in more than a decade. Rep. Sanford Bishop has represented southwest Georgia's 2nd Congressional District for three … more

By RUSS BYNUM | 5/20/22

FILE- A smashed car sits on the corner of Broadway and 45th Street in New York's Times Square, May 18, 2017, after the car was driven into a crowd of pedestrians. Prosecutors are largely relying on the testimony of victims to make a case against Rojas that could put him behind bars for decades. His lawyers are saying he had a mental breakdown that day and had no capacity to understand what he was doing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

At Times Square rampage trial, victims recount day's horrors

The screaming people, car tires screeching and an engine revving are sounds that still haunt them. Those recollections are central to victims' testimony at the ongoing trial of Richard Rojas, the man … more

By TOM HAYS | 5/20/22

A woman uses a plastic Kalashnikov rifle to shoot balls at a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a street attraction in the centre of Lviv, Ukraine on Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

May 13-May 19, 2022 As Russian attacks continued across Ukraine this week, dominating the news, the 75th international film festival at Cannes began and Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest in … more

5/20/22

A girl stands in her home in Quilombo Mesquita, a community of descendants from slaves, during its traditional cultural-religious festival "Folia do Divino Espirito Santo", in Cidade Ocidental, 50 km from Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 12, 2022. The festival, held for more than 100 years, represents the cultural resistance of the community and the eve of the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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5/20/22

FILE - Lindy Blanchard announces her campaign for governor of Alabama in Wetumpka, Ala., on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)

Ivey, challengers race to right in Alabama GOP primary

Alabama’s Republican primary has become a race to the right, with candidates staking out extreme positions on abortion, immigration and LGBTQ issues. The race was supposed to be a cake walk for … more

By KIM CHANDLER | 5/19/22

FILE - A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, right, and a vial of the vaccine for adults, which has a different colored label, at a vaccination station in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. U.S. regulators authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again are on the rise. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

CDC advisers urge Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11

U.S. health advisers are urging a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will consider the advice. If the CDC agrees as … more

By LAURAN NEERGAARD | 5/19/22

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday, deepening a slump for major indexes as persistently high inflation continues to weigh on the economy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

EXPLAINER: ESG investing and the debate surrounding it

After starting as a niche corner of the finance world, ESG investing has since exploded to become a major force on Wall Street _ and the latest front in the nation’s cultural schism. To use an ESG … more

By STAN CHOE | 5/19/22

FILE - Nayla Fair, an intern at The Hampton University Cancer Research Center, examines cancer cells through a microscope on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Cancer death rates have steadily declined among Black people but remain higher than in other racial and ethnic groups, according to a U.S. government study released Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Daniel Linhart/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)

Cancer deaths in Black people drop; still higher than others

A new study says cancer deaths rates have steadily declined among Black people but remain higher than in other racial and ethnic groups. Cancer deaths have been dropping for all Americans for the … more

By LINDSEY TANNER | 5/19/22

Gabe Kipers, a neighbor of Dr. John Cheng, kneels at a memorial for him outside his office building on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Cheng, 52, was killed in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Alleged gunman sent diary to newspaper before church attack

The man accused of opening fire on a Southern California church congregation because of his political hatred for Taiwan sent a newspaper a seven-volume diary before the attack. The Chinese-language … more

By AMY TAXIN and STEFANIE DAZIO | 5/19/22

FILE - Flowers sit outside crime scene tape at Geneva Presbyterian Church on May 17, 2022, in Laguna Woods, Calif., where a shooting at the church on Sunday left one dead and five injured. Officials in California's Orange County are still trying to determine why a gunman opened fire in the church. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, FILE)

Gunman targets Taiwanese faith with long pro-democracy link

Officials in California's Orange County are still trying to determine why a gunman opened fire in a Taiwanese Presbyterian church in Laguna Woods. They say 68-year-old David Chou, who has links to … more

By DEEPA BHARATH | 5/19/22

Roommate: No warning signs before deadly church attack

Prosecutors are calling the man charged in a deadly California church shooting a crafty monster but his Las Vegas roommate says he seemed to be kind and generous — if it wasn't all just an act. … more

By AMY TAXIN and STEFANIE DAZIO | 5/18/22

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Butte County District Attorney shows Ryan Scott Blinston. Blinston, a tree trimmer in rural Northern California was found guilty in a series of throat-slashing attacks that left three people dead, prosecutors announced Wednesday, May 18, 2022. A jury in Butte County on Tuesday found Blinston, 37, guilty of murder, attempted murder and arson, the Tehama County District Attorney's office said.(Butte County District Attorney via AP)

California tree trimmer guilty in deadly throat-slashings

Prosecutors say a tree trimmer in rural Northern California was found guilty in a series of throat-slashing attacks that left three people dead. The Tehama County District Attorney’s office said … more

5/18/22

Pedestrians walk by the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in New York. Stocks closed sharply lower on Wall Street Wednesday as dismal results from Target renewed fears that inflation is battering U.S. companies. The S&P 500, the benchmark for many index funds, fell 4%. Target lost a quarter of its value, dragging other retailers down with it, after saying its profit fell by half in the latest quarter as costs for freight and transportation spiked. That comes a day after Walmart cited inflation for its own weak results. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

EXPLAINER: Why is Wall Street close to a bear market?

The bears are rumbling toward Wall Street. The stock market’s skid this year has pulled the S&P 500 close to what’s known as a bear market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in … more

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA | 5/18/22

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a monkeypox virion, obtained from a sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, Massachusetts has reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently had traveled to Canada, and investigators are looking into whether it is connected to recent cases in Europe. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP)

US case of monkeypox reported in Massachusetts man

Massachusetts has reported a case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada. Health officials said Wednesday they are looking into whether the case is connected to small outbreaks in … more

By MIKE STOBBE | 5/18/22