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FILE - Investigators search for evidences outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022. The children who survived the attack, which killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers, described a festive, end-of-the-school-year day that quickly turned to terror. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Students who survived Texas school attack describe scene

A young survivor of the massacre at a Texas elementary school says she covered herself with a friend’s blood and pretended to be dead while she waited for help to arrive. Miah Cerrillo told CNN … more

5/27/22

Cindy Bruna poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Armageddon Time' at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

May 20-May 26, 2022 While the suffering continued in Ukraine and fallen soldiers were buried both there and in Russia, a celebration of Africa Day brought the continent together. Meanwhile, … more

5/27/22

A person holds a program for the funeral service for Aaron Salter Jr. at The Chapel on Crosspoint on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Getzville, N.Y. Salter Jr. was killed in the Buffalo supermarket shooting on May 14. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

3 more funerals for Buffalo victims in week of goodbyes

A week filled with goodbyes continues for family and friends of victims of the racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket. Funeral services are set for Friday for three of those killed: Geraldine Talley, … more

By CAROLYN THOMPSON | 5/27/22

FILE -In this April 24, 2019, photo, members of South Korean K-Pop group BTS arrive to attend The Fact Music Awards in Incheon, South Korea. BTS will reveal their gradual journey to becoming K-pop superstars through a new Apple Music weekly limited series. The streaming service announced Thursday, May 26, 2022 that BTS will launch their new show “BTS Radio: Past & Present” on Apple Music 1. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

K-pop sensation BTS to launch new show on Apple Music 1

BTS will reveal their gradual journey to becoming K-pop superstars through a new Apple Music weekly limited series. The streaming service announced Thursday that BTS will launch their new show “BTS … more

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. | 5/27/22

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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5/26/22

A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. On Tuesday, top administrative leaders for the SBC, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Holly Meyer)

Southern Baptist leaders release secret accused abuser list

Top Southern Baptists have released a previously secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse. The 205-page database includes both visible and … more

By HOLLY MEYER and DEEPA BHARATH | 5/26/22

Messages are written on a cross honoring Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed in this week's elementary school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Grieving husband dies after wife is slain in Texas rampage

The family of a fourth grade teacher was already reeling from her death in the school shooting that targeted her classroom in Uvalde, Texas. Then, just two days after Irma Garcia was killed, her … more

By STEFANIE DAZIO | 5/26/22

Crosses with the names of Tuesday's shooting victims are placed outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

EXPLAINER: Social media and the Texas shooter's messages

Could Facebook have known about ominous direct-message threats made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school? Could it have warned the … more

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O'BRIEN | 5/26/22

State Sens., from left, Gary Farmer, D-Lighthouse Point, Jason Pizzo, D-North Miami Beach and Lauren Book, D-Plantation confer during debate on Senate Bill CS/SB 2-D: Property Insurance in the Florida Senate Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

DeSantis signs bill addressing safety after condo collapse

Florida will require statewide recertification of condominiums over three stories tall under new legislation Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law. DeSantis signed the bill Thursday as a … more

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON | 5/26/22

This photo provided by Expedia Group shows the company's CEO Peter Kern. At $296.2 million, Kern was the highest-paid CEO for 2021, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (Expedia Group via AP)

How much the top-paid male, female CEOs made in 2021

Expedia's Peter Kern and Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav are among the top paid CEOs in the S&P 500 index. Advanced Micro Devices’ Lisa Su was the highest-paid female CEO. Median compensation … more

The Associated Press | 5/26/22

FILE - Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, May 16, 2021. The sanctions on Russian oligarchs with ties to President Vladimir Putin have shaken up the world of Jewish philanthropy. In March 2022, Yad Vashem said it was suspending a reported donation of tens of millions of dollars from Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea Football Club, citing “recent developments,” after he was sanctioned by the U.K. and European Union. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

How Abramovich was forced to sell Chelsea in fall from grace

Roman Abramovich's ownership of Chelsea is ending in a way unimaginable when he was on the field in February celebrating the team's FIFA Club World Cup triumph. It was only in November that … more

By ROB HARRIS | 5/26/22

FILE - Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the world premiere of Apple's "The Morning Show" in New York on Oct. 28, 2019. At $98.7 million, Cook was the fourth highest-paid CEO for 2021, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

As CEO pay grows even bigger, so does its complexity

Within the eight- and even nine-figure sums trumpeted for CEOs each year, just a small portion is actual cash. Last year, only a little more than a quarter of compensation for the typical CEO came … more

By STAN CHOE | 5/26/22

A state trooper escorts a group of family onto the campus of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Desperation turned to heart-wrenching sorrow for families of grade schoolers killed after an 18-year-old gunman barricaded himself in their Texas classroom and began shooting, killing at least 19 fourth-graders and their two teachers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Live updates | 19 kids, 2 adults slain in school shooting

Authorities in Texas are providing more details about the law enforcement response to the killings of 19 children and two adults at an elementary school. Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas … more

The Associated Press | 5/25/22

In this photo provided by Nate Sink, a newborn elk calf rests alone in a remote, fire-scarred area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Mora, N.M., on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Sink says he saw no signs of the calf's mother and helped transport the baby bull to a wildlife rehabilitation center to be raised alongside a surrogate gown elk. (Nate Sink via AP)

Firefighters rescue 'Cinder' the elk calf from fire's ashes

Firefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf from the ashes of the nation’s largest wildfire as calving season approaches its peak in early June and fires rage across the American … more

MORGAN LEE | 5/25/22

Twitter shareholders to meet amid Elon Musk's takeover drama

Twitter’s regularly scheduled shareholder meeting Wednesday won’t include a vote on Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for the social platform. That vote will take place at a … more

By BARBARA ORTUTAY | 5/25/22

First lady Jill Biden speaks after a Fedex cargo plane arrived with 100,000 pounds of baby formula at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jill Biden, Murthy welcome 2nd mass delivery of baby formula

Jill Biden and the U.S. surgeon general are empathizing with parents across the country who have been scrambling to find infant formula for their children. Both say President Joe Biden and his team … more

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | 5/25/22

This photo released by the Casa Grande Police Department, shows a collagen supplement bottle that concealed approximately 500,000 fentanyl pills that were found in an SUV pulled over for speeding on Interstate 10 in Pinal County, Arix., on Monday May 23, 2022. Two women, Martha Lopez, 31, and Tania Luna Solis, 30, were arrested Monday after about 500,000 fentanyl pills were found collagen supplement bottles in an SUV pulled over for speeding on Interstate 10 in Arizona, police said.(Casa Grande Police Department via AP)

Cops: 500,000 fentanyl pills found in Arizona traffic stop

Arizona police say two women were arrested after about 500,000 fentanyl pills were found in an SUV pulled over for speeding. A statement from police in the small city of Casa Grande south of … more

5/25/22

Fire damages Wyoming abortion clinic ahead of June opening

A fire in Wyoming has damaged a building that was being renovated to house a new abortion clinic in the conservative state where opposition to abortion is widespread. No one was hurt in the blaze in … more

By MEAD GRUVER | 5/25/22

Parkland parent Tom Hoyer, speaks during to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission as his wife Gena, right, looks on, April 10, 2019, in Sunrise, Fla. Hoyer stood outside the Fort Lauderdale courtroom Wednesday, May 25, 2022 where jury selection is underway in the penalty phase of the gunman who killed his son Luke and 16 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. He said it's “heartbreaking" to think about what happened Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Texas school shooting invades trial of Parkland murderer

The mass shooting at a Texas elementary school has invaded jury selection at the penalty trial of Florida’s campus killer. Lawyers in the trial of Nikolas Cruz argued Wednesday over whether … more

By TERRY SPENCER | 5/25/22

FILE - Nancy Rose, who contracted COVID-19 in 2021 and continues to exhibit long-haul symptoms including brain fog and memory difficulties, pauses while organizing her desk space, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Port Jefferson, N.Y. Rose, 67, said many of her symptoms waned after she got vaccinated, though she still has bouts of fatigue and memory loss. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, found that up to a year after an initial coronavirus infection, 1 in 4 adults aged 65 and older had at least one potential long COVID health problem, compared with 1 in 5 younger adults. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Long COVID affects more older adults; shots don't prevent it

Research in U.S. veterans provides fresh evidence that long COVID-19 can happen even after breakthrough infections following vaccination. In the study published Wednesday, about 1% who had COVID-19 … more

By LINDSEY TANNER | 5/25/22