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Stock market today: Wall Street rallies to close out a bloom-filled May 05/31/2024 05:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An already verdant May for Wall Street finished with another push higher as stocks rallied Friday after a report showed inflation is at least not worsening. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% to close its sixth winning month in the last seven. The main measure of the U.S. stock market���s h Trump Media shares swing wildly and then tumble a day after former president was convicted 05/31/2024 04:30pm • Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group closed lower Friday after swinging wildly over the course of the day following the conviction of former President Donald Trump in his hush money trial. After the U.S. stock markets closed Thursday, a New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business Italy's migrant jails are squalid and chaotic. A young man from Guinea was desperate to escape 05/31/2024 04:06pm • ROME (AP) ��� It was still dark and quiet outside when Ousmane Sylla performed his last prayer in the courtyard of an Italian migrant jail. ���I miss my Africa very much and my mother too,��� read a scribble in French on the wall nearby. ���May I rest in peace." A few moments later, the silence of d Family of Utah man held in Congo coup attempt has no proof he's alive 05/31/2024 03:10pm • WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) ��� A Utah family whose son was implicated in a thwarted coup in Congo said they���re unsure if he's alive as they struggle to get U.S. officials to make contact with him and two other Americans two weeks after their arrest. Tyler Thompson Jr., 21, flew to Africa in April with Air National Guard unit that was suspended after classified documents leak will restart mission 05/31/2024 02:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Air National Guard intelligence unit involved in the massive classified documents leak by an airman last year has been recertified and will return to its mission on Saturday after months of investigations, improvements and inspections, the Air Force said. The 102nd Intelligen The Latest | Biden speaks after Donald Trump's conviction in hush money case 05/31/2024 02:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held a press conference Friday where he spoke publicly about the conviction and his White House bid. Following his conviction Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political leaders 05/31/2024 09:42am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� As high-stakes elections approach in the U.S. and European Union, publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily weaponized to churn out convincing election lies in the voices of leading political figures, a digital civil rights group said Friday. Researchers at the Shares in Trump Media slump after former president convicted in hush money trial 05/31/2024 07:23am • Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, slumped before the opening bell Friday after former President Donald Trump was convicted in his hush money trial. A New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally US and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks 05/31/2024 03:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden over the Israel-Hamas war, three U.S. officials said. The Houthi rebels said In Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a hidden underground world is under threat by the Maya Train 05/31/2024 03:05am • AKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, Mexico (AP) ��� Rays of sunlight slice through pools of crystal water as clusters of fish cast shadows on the limestone below. Arching over the emerald basin are walls of stalactites dripping down the cavern ceiling, which opens to a dense jungle. These glowing sinkhole lak The Latest | Slovenia moves to recognize a Palestinian state as Israel fights in Rafah 05/30/2024 11:12pm • Slovenia���s government endorsed a motion Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state and asked the parliament to do the same. It comes just two days after Spain, Norway and Ireland recognized a Palestinian state, a move that was condemned by Israel. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in the border city 7 of the Best Ways to Invest $5,000 05/30/2024 08:00pm • When you keep a significant amount of cash in a checking account, you might think it's safe, but in reality, your money could be slowly losing value. This isn't about the risk of theft or volatility; it's about the silent thief known as inflation. Essentially, even though the dollar amount in your a How to Negotiate With Debt Collectors 05/30/2024 08:00pm • More than a quarter of Americans have a debt in collections, according to the Urban Institute. If you're one of them, you may experience an unpleasant barrage of letters and calls from a debt collector. While it can be tempting to decline the calls or toss the letters in the recycle bin, that can wo Last swing: Birmingham-Southern's baseball team keeping closing school's spirt alive in World Series 05/30/2024 07:37pm • EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) ��� They're playing for each other, a community dealing with a different kind of grief and a school that united them but is now closing ��� for good. Birmingham-Southern's baseball team is making one last run. The final swing. There's no waiting 'til next year. On Friday, the Pan Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say 05/30/2024 07:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Defense experts who have reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians questioned why Israel did not use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby. They said the bombs used were likely U.S.-