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A woman, cradling a dog, wades through a street flooded by heavy rains in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)

Too much water, or not enough as floods ravage Brazil

At least 90 people dead and more than 130 missing in the country’s south

A woman, cradling a dog, wades through a street flooded by heavy rains in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)
Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before departing Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool)

Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Trump hush money trial

Porn actor who says she was paid to keep quiet about an encounter with former president testifies

Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before departing Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool)
This May 2, 2024 image shows flowers with their stems trimmed on an angle. The practice maximizes the stem’s surface area, allowing flowers to take up more water and preventing blockages that can result when stems lay flat against container bottoms. (AP Photo/Sallee Ann Harrison)

Here’s how to make your cut flowers last well beyond Mother’s Day

Bacteria is one of the main causes of premature bouquet deaths

This May 2, 2024 image shows flowers with their stems trimmed on an angle. The practice maximizes the stem’s surface area, allowing flowers to take up more water and preventing blockages that can result when stems lay flat against container bottoms. (AP Photo/Sallee Ann Harrison)
President of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima reacts after his speech during a presentation event of Nintendo Switch in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Nintendo Co. said Friday that its Nintendo Switch video game console will sell for 29,980 yen (about $260) in Japan, starting March 3. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Nintendo to announce Switch successor in this fiscal year as profits rise

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo said Tuesday that it will make an announcement…

President of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima reacts after his speech during a presentation event of Nintendo Switch in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Nintendo Co. said Friday that its Nintendo Switch video game console will sell for 29,980 yen (about $260) in Japan, starting March 3. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
FILE - Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on May 6, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

The Met Gala was in full bloom with Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Mindy Kaling among the standout stars

The Met Gala and its fashionista A-listers on Monday included Jennifer Lopez,…

FILE - Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on May 6, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Travis Tritt, left, Randy Travis, center left, Mary Travis, center right, and Ricky Traywick, right, appear on stage at the “1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time.: A Heroes and Friends Tribute to Randy Travis” on Feb. 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP, File)

‘What That Came From’: how AI brought back the voice of Randy Travis

Country music star had not released new music since avirus attacked his heart in 2013

FILE - Travis Tritt, left, Randy Travis, center left, Mary Travis, center right, and Ricky Traywick, right, appear on stage at the “1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time.: A Heroes and Friends Tribute to Randy Travis” on Feb. 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP, File)
Former President Donald Trump speaks to media as he returns to his trial at the Manhattan Criminal Court, Friday, May 3, 2024, in New York. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump slapped with $1,000 fine for gag order violation

Judge warns jail time could follow as former president’s hush money trial continues

Former President Donald Trump speaks to media as he returns to his trial at the Manhattan Criminal Court, Friday, May 3, 2024, in New York. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)
People carry Israel’s flags as they march through the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau during the annual Holocaust remembrance event, the “March of the Living” in memory of the six million Holocaust victims in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, May 6, 2024. The event comes amid the dramatic backdrop of the violence of the Israel-Hamas war after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the deadliest violence against Jews since the Holocaust, and as pro-Palestinian protests sweep U.S. campuses. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

War’s shadow hangs over annual Auschwitz memorial march

Pro-Palestinian protesters stood along the road as participants marched with Israeli flags

People carry Israel’s flags as they march through the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau during the annual Holocaust remembrance event, the “March of the Living” in memory of the six million Holocaust victims in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, May 6, 2024. The event comes amid the dramatic backdrop of the violence of the Israel-Hamas war after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the deadliest violence against Jews since the Holocaust, and as pro-Palestinian protests sweep U.S. campuses. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
(Photo courtesy of Grace Luccio)

Zebras gallop through neighborhood in Washington state

It was an unusual wildlife sighting Sunday when four zebras escaped from…

(Photo courtesy of Grace Luccio)
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 28, 2023. Netanyahu pledged Tuesday, April 30 to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, just as cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off pressure against Gaza offensive

Israeli Prime Minister says he remains committed to an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 28, 2023. Netanyahu pledged Tuesday, April 30 to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, just as cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - Britain’s King Charles III meets with staff members during a visit to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Britain, Tuesday,April 30, 2024. King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool photo via AP, File)

King Charles III’s openness about cancer has helped him connect with people

Experts say the diagnosis has made the king more relatable to the average person

FILE - Britain’s King Charles III meets with staff members during a visit to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Britain, Tuesday,April 30, 2024. King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool photo via AP, File)
Judith Tzamir, a Holocaust survivor from Germany, poses for a portrait in the garden of her family home in Kibbutz Meflasim, southern Israel, Friday, May 3, 2024. On Monday, Tzamir will join 55 other Holocaust survivors from Israel and around the world for a memorial march in Poland, called March of the Living. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after Oct. 7 attack

Sunday evening marks Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel

Judith Tzamir, a Holocaust survivor from Germany, poses for a portrait in the garden of her family home in Kibbutz Meflasim, southern Israel, Friday, May 3, 2024. On Monday, Tzamir will join 55 other Holocaust survivors from Israel and around the world for a memorial march in Poland, called March of the Living. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
At 93, William Shatner would entertain boldly going where no man has gone before — again. Shatner arrives for the world premiere of “You Can Call Me Bill” during the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, in Austin, Texas, Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Invision, Jack Plunkett

William Shatner says he would consider ‘Star Trek’ return

93-year-old says there would have to be a genuine reason for Captain Kirk to come back

At 93, William Shatner would entertain boldly going where no man has gone before — again. Shatner arrives for the world premiere of “You Can Call Me Bill” during the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, in Austin, Texas, Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Invision, Jack Plunkett
FILE - Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, May 3, 2024. Just six months before Election Day, President Joe Biden and Trump are locked into the first presidential rematch in 68 years that is at once deeply entrenched and highly in flux. Trump is in the midst of the first of potentially four criminal trials and could well be a convicted felon by November. Still, nothing prevents him from assuming the presidency if convicted, or even if he is in prison. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch

It’s 6 months out from election day

FILE - Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, May 3, 2024. Just six months before Election Day, President Joe Biden and Trump are locked into the first presidential rematch in 68 years that is at once deeply entrenched and highly in flux. Trump is in the midst of the first of potentially four criminal trials and could well be a convicted felon by November. Still, nothing prevents him from assuming the presidency if convicted, or even if he is in prison. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 28, 2023. Netanyahu pledged Tuesday, April 30 to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, just as cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israel orders Al Jazeera to close its local operation

It’s believed to be the first time Israel has ever shuttered a foreign news outlet

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 28, 2023. Netanyahu pledged Tuesday, April 30 to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, just as cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Priest Ivan, blesses Ukrainian servicemen of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service Donetsk region, Ukraine, early Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ukraine marks its 3rd Easter at war as it comes under fire from Russia

Officials in Kyiv told residents to follow Easter services online due to safety concerns

Priest Ivan, blesses Ukrainian servicemen of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service Donetsk region, Ukraine, early Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Yemeni students carry anti-Israel and anti-U.S. banners during a march organized by Houthis, to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, May 5, 2024. The Arabic reads, “God is great, Death to Israel, Death to America”. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Israel closes Gaza crossing after Hamas attack, vows fresh military operation

Crossing point is the primary way humanitarian aid has been getting to Palestinians

Yemeni students carry anti-Israel and anti-U.S. banners during a march organized by Houthis, to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, May 5, 2024. The Arabic reads, “God is great, Death to Israel, Death to America”. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
FILE - A Lufthansa flight arrives from Munich, Germany at Miami International Airport, on Nov. 8, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Snakes almost on a plane – TSA discovers bag of snakes in passenger’s pants

TSA said the snakes were turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

FILE - A Lufthansa flight arrives from Munich, Germany at Miami International Airport, on Nov. 8, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
This drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows the village of Ocheretyne, a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s military has acknowledged the Russians have gained a “foothold” in Ocheretyne, which had a population of about 3,000 before the war, but say fighting continues. No people could be seen in the footage, and no building in Ocheretyne appeared to have been left untouched by the fighting. (Kherson/Green via AP)

Drone footage shows Ukrainian village battered to ruins

Russian troops have been advancing in the area

This drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows the village of Ocheretyne, a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s military has acknowledged the Russians have gained a “foothold” in Ocheretyne, which had a population of about 3,000 before the war, but say fighting continues. No people could be seen in the footage, and no building in Ocheretyne appeared to have been left untouched by the fighting. (Kherson/Green via AP)
Aerial view of flooded Maasai Mara National Reserve, that left dozens of tourists stranded in Narok County, Kenya, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Kenya, along with other parts of East Africa, has been overwhelmed by flooding. (AP Photo/Bobby Neptune)

Death toll passes 200 in flooding, Kenya postpones school reopening

More than 150,000 displaced people living in camps, cyclone possibility in the forecast

Aerial view of flooded Maasai Mara National Reserve, that left dozens of tourists stranded in Narok County, Kenya, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Kenya, along with other parts of East Africa, has been overwhelmed by flooding. (AP Photo/Bobby Neptune)