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FILE - Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at an event, Aug. 2, 2025, in Fancy Farm, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Kentucky Republicans race to replace McConnell while carefully keeping him at arm’s length

9:27 PM on Thursday, May 14

Kentucky’s Republican Senate primary to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell is becoming a test of the Republican Party’s transformation under President Donald Trump

U.S.-born Buddhist lama Jalue Dorje walks out of a prayer hall during a series of rituals and prayers bestowed by the spiritual leader of Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Takeaways from AP's report on Jalue Dorje, the US-born teenage Buddhist lama

9:22 PM on Thursday, May 14

A teenage Buddhist lama recently blessed thousands of people at a monastery in the Himalayan foothills

A protestor stands outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Supreme Court voting rights ruling fuels a new push to defend Black representation

9:06 PM on Thursday, May 14

A new generation of civil rights leaders is rallying against efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act

Hawaii Sen. Karl Rhoads speaks at a news conference about a bill that seeks to limit corporate money in politics in Honolulu on Thursday, April 23, 2026 (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling

7:36 PM on Thursday, May 14

Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics

FILE - Workers unload gas cylinders from a truck at a distribution depot in New Delhi, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Iran war energy shock drives interest in ethanol and other biofuels across hard-hit Asia

7:04 PM on Thursday, May 14

Nations across Asia are pushing for the use of more biofuels in transportation in order to slash dependence on imported fossil fuels, which have been disrupted by the Iran war

FILE - Edward Busby Jr., left, confers with attorney Steve Gordon on the second day of his capital murder trial, Nov. 10, 2005, in Fort Worth, Texas. (Rodger Mallison/Star-Telegram via AP, Pool, File)

Texas puts man to death for a retired professor's killing in its 600th execution since 1982

3:19 PM on Thursday, May 14

A man who experts said was intellectually disabled has become the 600th person executed in Texas since the state resumed carrying out the death penalty in 1982

This image taken from video provided by Thomas A. Tatum shows smoke rising after a plane crashed into a house in Akron, Ohio, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Thomas A. Tatum via AP)

2 people found dead inside a plane that crashed into an Ohio home

2:30 PM on Thursday, May 14

Fire officials say two people were found dead in a plane after it crashed into a house in Ohio and exploded into flames

FILE - CIA Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, April 6, 2026, File)

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro's grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say

2:21 PM on Thursday, May 14

Cuban and U.S. officials say that CIA Director John Ratcliffe has met with Cuban officials including Raul Castro’s grandson during a high-level visit to the island

Takeaways from Fed chair Jerome Powell's legacy

1:48 PM on Thursday, May 14

When Jerome Powell was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve eight years ago, economists worried that inflation and interest rates were too low and that too few Americans had jobs

Smoke rises after a small medical plane crashed in a mountain range outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (KOAT via AP)

Small medical plane crashes in New Mexico mountains, killing all 4 people aboard

9:12 AM on Thursday, May 14

A small medical plane crashed in a mountain range outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing all four people aboard and sparking a wildfire in the surrounding forest

Pope Leo XIV visits the Città Universitaria (University City) at Sapienza University of Rome to meet with faculty and students at the institution's primary campus, one of the world's oldest and largest universities, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope decries the rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation

5:32 AM on Thursday, May 14

Pope Leo XIV has denounced investments in AI and high-tech weaponry, warning they lead to a “spiral of annihilation.”

This combination of file photos shows Iowa State Sen. and candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate Zach Wahls speaking in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept, 11, 2025, left, and Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek speaking in Des Moines, Iowa, April 8, 2026, right. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP, File)

Two Democrats seeking US Senate nomination in Iowa debate who can flip a GOP seat

3:51 AM on Thursday, May 14

Two Democrats competing to become Iowa's next senator each say they're the best candidate to flip a GOP seat in the U.S. Senate

FILE - Madonna arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Costume Art" exhibition on May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

FIFA announces Super Bowl-style World Cup final halftime show featuring Madonna, Shakira and BTS

1:59 AM on Thursday, May 14

The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy band BTS

Map showing where a vessel was seized off the UAE coast. (AP Digital Embed)

Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk

12:33 AM on Thursday, May 14

Tensions are escalating again near the Strait of Hormuz after a ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another was attacked and sank near the coast of Oman

Rescue workers clear the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia hammers Ukraine for a 3rd straight day, flattening a Kyiv apartment block and killing 9

7:31 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Authorities say a massive Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine has demolished an apartment block in Kyiv, killing nine and wounding dozens

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