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Haiti is seeking a new prime minister. Dozens of candidates jostle for the key job 05/17/2024 11:41am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A weeklong search for a new prime minister of Haiti has flooded the inboxes of a transitional presidential council with dozens of candidates jostling to become the country's next leader. Political parties, business leaders, the diaspora and even religious institutions Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins 05/17/2024 11:31am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law. Planned Parenthood had asked the law be set aside as courts parse thro Mexico's cartel violence haunts civilians as the June 2 election approaches 05/17/2024 11:28am • HUITZILAC, Mexico (AP) — Tailed by trucks of heavily armed soldiers, four caskets floated on a sea of hundreds of mourners. Neighbors peered nervously from their homes as the crowd pushed past shuttered businesses, empty streets and political campaign posters plastering the small Mexican town of H After blaming his 2020 loss on mail balloting, Trump tries to make GOP voters believe it’s OK now 05/17/2024 11:08am • Marta Moehring voted the way she prefers in Nebraska's Republican primary Tuesday — in person, at her west Omaha polling place. She didn’t even consider taking advantage of the state’s no-excuse mail-in ballot process. In fact, she would prefer to do away with mail-in voting altogether. She’ Gunman's family told deputy before Maine's deadliest shooting that they hadn't removed his weapons 05/17/2024 11:00am • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Police have said repeatedly in the aftermath of Maine’s deadliest shooting that officers thought the gunman's family had been taking his weapons away. Testifying before an investigative committee on Thursday, the gunman’s sister-in-law suggested that law enforcement offic ‘The Blue Angels,’ filmed for IMAX, puts viewers in the ‘box’ with the elite flying squad 05/17/2024 10:58am • If you’re looking for a little bit of that “ Top Gun: Maverick ” spectacle and thrill at the movie theater this summer, you’re in luck. A groundbreaking new documentary, “ The Blue Angels,” is flying onto IMAX screens for one week, through May 22. Using IMAX-certified cameras mounted on Music Review: Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' is zealous outsider pop in a league of her own 05/17/2024 10:56am • “Am I acting my age now?” Billie Eilish, 22, wonders aloud on the opening track to her ambitious third album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft.” "Am I already on the way out?” The 10-track release sees a once-in-a-generation pop performer once again rewriting the rules: If Eilish’s first record in Klopp takes a walk down memory lane as he prepares for emotional final match as Liverpool manager 05/17/2024 10:52am • As part of a club documentary offering an inside view of his final days at Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp was asked by the filmmakers to stand alone on The Kop one afternoon and gaze out around Anfield. He did it, and didn’t particularly like it. “I love Anfield to bits,” Klopp said Friday, “but I NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 05/17/2024 10:30am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Replacement of Milwaukee election official unrelated to 2020 electio AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Idaho's state primary and Democratic presidential caucus 05/17/2024 09:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) — When Idaho voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide primaries for the U.S. House and the state legislature, one contest will be noticeably absent from the ballot: the race for the White House. That’s because state lawmakers scrapped the presidential primary last year, prompti 'Greatest of All Time' youth mental health expo is in Maryland this weekend 05/17/2024 09:26am • Mental health continues to be a big priority for young people, with increasing rates of depression and anxiety reported among adolescents in recent years. But accessing resources that can help someone get the help they need can also be extremely difficult. The National Alliance on Mental Illness UK watchdog decides not to investigate Microsoft's AI partnership with France's Mistral 05/17/2024 09:07am • LONDON (AP) — British regulators said Friday they don't need to open a competition investigation into Microsoft's partnership with French artificial intelligence company Mistral, a month after asking for industry feedback on the deal. Microsoft announced earlier this year that it was partnering w GOP advances Garland contempt charges after White House exerts executive privilege over Biden audio 05/17/2024 08:47am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two House committees moved ahead Thursday with contempt charges against Attorney General Merrick Garland for refusing to turn over audio from President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel, advancing the matter after the White House's decision to block the release of th Man kills 2 officers at police station in Malaysia in a suspected Jemaah Islamiyah attack 05/17/2024 08:32am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A man stormed a police station in Malaysia and killed two police officers early Friday in what’s being investigated as a Jemaah Islamiyah terror attack. The man also injured another officer before being shot dead. Material linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, a shadowy Sout RBC Bearings: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 05/17/2024 08:17am • OXFORD, Conn. (AP) — OXFORD, Conn. (AP) — RBC Bearings Inc. (RBC) on Friday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $61.7 million. The Oxford, Connecticut-based company said it had profit of $1.91 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.47 per share. The resul