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President Joe Biden attends his granddaughter Maisy Biden's commencement ceremony with first lady Jill Biden and children Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden is just 'pop' at granddaughter Maisy Biden's graduation from the University of Pennsylvania

Joe Biden took a break from being president on Monday to focus on just being “pop” at his granddaughter Maisy Biden's graduation from the University of Pennsylvania. The president's grandchildren … more

By CHRIS MEGERIAN | 5/15/23

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he goes on a bike ride in Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Sunday, May 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden, congressional leaders to meet Tuesday for talks on raising the debt limit

President Joe Biden says he will resume talks with congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday as a standoff over the debt limit pushes the country closer to its legal borrowing limit with no … more

By SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN | 5/15/23

Former Tallahassee Mayor and Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum arrives at the federal courthouse, April 17, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. Federal prosecutors asked a judge Monday, May 15, 2023 to dismiss the remaining corruption charges against Gillum after a jury deadlocked on all but one count following a trial earlier this month. (Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via AP, file)

US seeks dismissal of corruption charges against Florida 2018 Democratic governor nominee Gillum

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss remaining corruption charges against Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor in 2018. Monday's request came after a jury … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 5/15/23

Lamar Johnson, pictured at a law office in Clayton, Mo., on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, is now free after spending nearly 28 years in prison for the death of a St. Louis man. St. Louis' elected prosecutor is asking the court to set aside the conviction of a man imprisoned 33 years for a murder he has long claimed he didn't commit. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said Monday, May 15, 2023 that there is “clear and convincing evidence” that Christopher Dunn was not involved in the 1990 shooting death of Ricco Rogers. Gardner was successful in February in setting aside the conviction of Lamar Johnson. (AP Photo/ Jim Salter, file)

St. Louis prosecutor seeks to free man imprisoned 33 years for murder, citing evidence of innocence

St. Louis’ top prosecutor has asked a court to set aside the conviction of a man who has spent 33 years in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, after witnesses who testified against him … more

By JIM SALTER | 5/15/23

This cover image released by Liveright shows "Blue Skies" by T. C. Boyle. (Liveright via AP)

Book Review: T.C. Boyle’s dark novel 'Blue Skies' explores world severely impacted by climate change

Novelist T.C. Boyle returns this month with “Blue Skies,” which tells one family’s story in a world severely impacted by climate change. It's a darkly comic novel that is somehow more … more

By ROB MERRILL | 5/15/23

Police and ambulance crews on the scene of a crash on the D2 highway, western Slovakia, Monday, May 15, 2023. Police says a crash between a bus and truck on a major highway in western Slovakia has injured 37 people. They say the accident closed the D2 highway that links the Slovak capital, Bratislava, with the neighboring Czech Republic. (Michal Svítok/TASR via AP)

1 dead, 59 injured in in crash between bus and truck in western Slovakia

Police says a crash between a bus and truck on a major highway in western Slovakia has killed one person and injured dozens. Firefighters say at least 59 people have been injured. Police say the … more

BRATISLAVA | 5/15/23

FILE - The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. By hiring Linda Yaccarino as Twitter’s new CEO, Friday, May 12, 2023, Elon Musk is welcoming a veteran ad executive to the helm of the social media site. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Is Twitter's new CEO heading toward a glass cliff?

Less than two months into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk declared that whoever took over as the company’s CEO “must like pain a lot.” Then he promised he’d step down as soon … more

By BARBARA ORTUTAY | 5/15/23

FILE - Kentucky Attorney General and Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron speaks with supporters during a campaign stop in Richmond, Ky., May 3, 2023. The Kentucky Republican gubernatorial primary is being held on Tuesday, May 16. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

What to Watch: Clues about voter sentiment could emerge from Kentucky, Pennsylvania primaries

Off-year elections Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year’s races for the White House and Congress. Kentucky chooses party … more

By BRUCE SCHREINER | 5/15/23

FILE - In this April 7, 2018, file photo, the raging Bridalveil Fall plummets into Yosemite Valley, while closed to the public due to a flooding Merced River, in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Three popular campgrounds at California's Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed starting Monday, May 15, 2023, due to a forecast of flooding as warming temperatures melt the Sierra Nevada's massive snowpack. Park officials said Sunday that Lower and North Pines Campgrounds and Housekeeping Camp will be shut over fears that waterways could overspill their banks. (Eric Paul Zamora/The Fresno Bee via AP, File)

Campgrounds at California’s Yosemite National Park to close over flood threat as snowpack melts

Three popular campgrounds at California’s Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed starting Monday because of a forecast of flooding as warming temperatures melt the Sierra Nevada’s … more

5/14/23

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, center, drives toward the basket past Philadelphia 76ers guards De'Anthony Melton (8) and Tyrese Maxey (0) during the second half of Game 7 in the NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, Sunday, May 14, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Tatum sets Game 7 record with 51 points, Celtics beat 76ers 112-88

Jayson Tatum scored 51 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-88 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight year. Tatum’s total is the most in a Game … more

By JIMMY GOLEN | 5/14/23

FILE - The Empire State Building glows blue during dusk, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in New York. Around Manhattan and elsewhere in the city, hotels that served tourists just a few years ago have become de facto emergency shelters. The latest is the historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, which shuttered three years ago, is reopening later this week as a welcome center and shelter for asylum seekers. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers

Around Manhattan and elsewhere in New York City, hotels that served tourists just a few years ago have become de facto emergency shelters. The latest is the historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown … more

By DEEPTI HAJELA and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN | 5/14/23

Members of the Nabhan family, including three sisters with special needs, sit in front of the ruins of their home, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 14, 2023. The airstrike left 42 members of the extended family homeless. It also left four children with special needs without their wheelchairs, crutches and medical equipment needed to move about. Israel says the building was used as a command center by the Islamic Jihad militant group. The two sides reached a cease-fire Saturday to end five days of fighting. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Family with disabled children among hundreds of Gaza's homeless after latest fighting with Israel

When the Nabhan family learned their home was about to be bombed by Israel, they rushed to get their four children with special needs out of the building. Everyone was safe, but the three-story … more

By FARES AKRAM | 5/14/23

FILE - Buddy Guy plays with one of his guitar strings after it broke off during his performance on the Festival Stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, May 4, 2023, in New Orleans. Blues mainstays Buddy Guy, Albert Castiglia and John Nemeth each won two awards and Tommy Castro took home the prize of B.B. King Entertainer of the Year at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, May 11. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

Blues Music Awards in Memphis bestows 2 awards each to Guy, Castiglia, Nemeth

Blues mainstays Buddy Guy, Albert Castiglia and John Nemeth each won two awards and Tommy Castro took home the prize of B.B. King Entertainer of the Year at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, … more

5/14/23

Memphis Grizzlies guards Desmond Bane, left, and Ja Morant (12) laugh on the bench during the second half of Game 5 of the team's first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

Grizzlies suspend Ja Morant after another gun video appears on social media

Memphis guard Ja Morant has been suspended by the Grizzlies after another social media video in which he appears to be holding a gun. The NBA is looking into the matter again as well. The Grizzlies … more

By TIM REYNOLDS | 5/14/23

Left to right; actors Vin Diesel, Pom Klementieff, director James Gunn, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan pose for photographers upon arrival at the gala event for the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 at Disneyland Paris Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Chessy Marne La Vallee, east of Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

'Guardians Vol. 3' and 'Super Mario Bros.' top box office again

Several new movies infiltrated theaters nationwide this weekend, from a lighthearted trip to Italy with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen to a Ben Affleck-fronted … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 5/14/23

In this photo provided by the Serbian Presidential Press Service, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, left, inspects weapons collected as part of an amnesty near the city of Smederevo, Serbia, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Serbian authorities on Sunday displayed some of around 13,500 weapons they say have been collected since last week's mass shootings, including automatic weapons, hand bombs and anti-tank grenades. (Serbian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Serbia: 13,500 weapons collected in amnesty, including rocket launchers

Serbian authorities have displayed many of around 13,500 weapons they say have been collected since this month’s mass shootings, including automatic weapons and anti-tank rocket launchers. The … more

By JOVANA GEC | 5/14/23

FILE - Tallia Storm poses for photographers upon arrival at the opening ceremony at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on May 17, 2022. The 76th international film festival kicks off May 16. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Cannes Film Festival readies a blockbuster edition, with Indy, 'Flower Moon,' Depp and more

The 76th Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday with the premiere of “Jeanne du Barry,” a historical drama starring Johnny Depp. Last year’s festival produced three Oscar best-picture nominees: … more

By JAKE COYLE | 5/14/23

FILE - Joe A. Garcia, governor of northern New Mexico's Ohkay Owingeh pueblo, president of the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C., and the chairman of the All Indian Pueblo Council, stands in front of a mural at the All Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday, Aug., 11, 2006. Garcia's family says he has died on Thursday, May 11, at age 70. Based in New Mexico, he was an advocate for tribal sovereignty. Relatives confirmed Garcia died Thursday but did not give a cause of death. A traditional funeral already has been held. (AP Photo/Jake Schoellkopf, File)

Native American leader and advocate for tribal sovereignty Joe A. Garcia dies at 70

Native American leader Joe A. Garcia's family says he has died at age 70. Based in New Mexico, he was an advocate for tribal sovereignty. Relatives confirmed Garcia died Thursday but did not give a … more

5/13/23

People salvage items from a home after a tornado hit Saturday, May 13, 2023, in the unincorporated community of Laguna Heights, Texas near South Padre Island. Authorities say one person was killed when a tornado struck the southernmost tip of Texas on the Gulf coast. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

One killed as tornado hits south Texas near the Gulf coast

Authorities say one person was killed when a tornado struck the southernmost tip of Texas on the Gulf coast. Cameron County Sheriff Eric Garza says 42-year-old Randy Flores died from the EF1 tornado … more

By JULIO CORTEZ, VALERIE GONZALEZ, and KEN MILLER | 5/13/23

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, left, and Planned Parenthood South Atlantic CEO Jenny Black speak with doctors at a forum about new abortion restrictions, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches override showdown

North Carolina’s Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have banned nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The veto came Saturday, during a public rally. Hundreds of … more

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and GARY D. ROBERTSON | 5/13/23