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The ‘ghost of the forest’ makes a comeback in Kenya, in photos

4:47 PM on Saturday, May 9

Hounds runs on the track during the Parade of Mells Foxhounds at the Iroquois Steeplechase in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

At the Iroquois Steeplechase, the foxhounds kick off the horse races with a howling fun dog parade

4:03 PM on Saturday, May 9

At the Iroquois Steeplechase, the horses are competing for the top purses, but the fan favorite is the parade of the hounds

Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) looks to shoot during the first half of an WNBA basketball game against the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)

Caitlin Clark-Paige Bueckers matchup highlights WNBA's big opening weekend

1:59 PM on Saturday, May 9

When Indiana Fever fans returned to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the season opener, it seemed everything was back in place

Passengers on the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, scan the horizon with binoculars during their voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo)

Onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, in photos

1:53 PM on Saturday, May 9

UCLA professors Karen Umemoto, left, and Kelly Fong pose for a picture at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center, in Los Angeles Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

UCLA online textbook gives voice to Asian American, Pacific Islander history and cultures

1:01 PM on Saturday, May 9

A new digital textbook from UCLA aims to change stereotypes about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by teaching their history

Security forces and emergency responders gather around a damaged vehicle at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that hit a car in the coastal town of Saadiyat, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israeli drone strikes near Beirut kill 4 and southern airstrikes kill at least 13

11:42 AM on Saturday, May 9

Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles south of Beirut have killed four people

Youth play ulama, a traditional Mesoamerican ballgame dating to pre-Hispanic times, in Los Llanitos on the outskirts of Mazatlan, Mexico, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

How a 3,400-year-old ballgame survives in Mexico against all odds

11:04 AM on Saturday, May 9

Mexico is embracing its ancient ballgame, ulama, as it prepares to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup

FILE - President Donald Trump addresses the White House Religious Liberty Commission during an event at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Rejecting church and state separation is on the wish list for Trump's religious liberty commission

9:13 AM on Saturday, May 9

President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission is preparing to make recommendations after more than a year of hearings

A Spanish Civil Guard officer inspects the area where passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship

9:06 AM on Saturday, May 9

Public health experts are questioning the U.S. government's response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that involves Americans

FILE - Young people use their phones to view social media in Sydney, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Health advice is all over social media. Here's how to vet claims

8:04 AM on Saturday, May 9

A new survey finds about half of U.S. adults under 50 get health information from social media influencers or podcasts

A cleric speaks on his cellphone holding an Iranian flags for a pro-government campaign in downtown Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran warns the US against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships but ceasefire appears to hold

7:24 AM on Saturday, May 9

Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy has warned of a “heavy assault” on one of the U.S. bases in the region if Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels are attacked

Map showing the location of Mount Dukono in Indonesia. (AP Digital Embed)

Indonesian rescuers find 1 body after volcano eruption as search continues for 2 more

6:45 AM on Saturday, May 9

Rescuers on Saturday recovered the body of an Indonesian woman who was caught in a volcanic eruption at Mount Dukono on Indonesia’s remote island of Halmahera a day earlier, as search operations continued to find the bodies of two Singaporeans

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar applauds in front of the Hungarian Parliament, after taking his oath of office in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungary’s Péter Magyar sworn in as prime minister, ending Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule

4:42 AM on Saturday, May 9

Hungary's Péter Magyar has taken his oath of office to become the country's new prime minister, ending Viktor Orbán’s autocratic 16-year rule

EDS NOTE: NUDITY - A performer rings a bell with her body at the Austrian pavilion called 'Seaworld Venice' by artist Florentina Holzinger at the Venice 2026 Biennale Art, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) CORRECTION: name of artist corrected, Florentina Holzinger instead of Ei Arakawa-Nash

Venice Biennale opens without a jury amid strife over Russian and Israeli participation

1:36 AM on Saturday, May 9

Geopolitical tensions have spilled over into the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition

Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre foreground, attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall inMoscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Moscow marks Victory Day with a scaled down Red Square parade under tight security

12:51 AM on Saturday, May 9

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed confidence in a victory in Ukraine during a military parade in Moscow marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II

FILE- Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong, on July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

Trump's deal making with Xi next week may determine Hong Kong jailed activist Jimmy Lai's fate

12:01 AM on Saturday, May 9

As Donald Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping approaches, the family of Hong Kong's jailed activist Jimmy Lai is hopeful that the U.S. President could help free their father

A person leaves the state Capitol after a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

What to know about the latest wave of changes to congressional districts

12:01 AM on Saturday, May 9

The congressional map appears to be tilting more red amid the latest flurry of redistricting developments across the U.S. Virginia's supreme court this week rejected a new districting plan on procedural grounds

President Donald Trump walks through the Colonnade of the White House as he arrives to attend a luncheon for mothers Friday, May 8, 2026, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a 3-day ceasefire and a prisoner swap

2:26 PM on Friday, May 8

President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners

An American flag is seen as people walk among debris at Gene's Mobile Home Supply, a trailer park in Bogue Chitto, Miss., Thursday, May, 7, 2026, after a tornado cut across the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A faint meow in the rubble of a Mississippi tornado leads to a stunning rescue

4:27 PM on Thursday, May 7

Storm chaser Ashton Lemley was helping search through a Mississippi trailer park destroyed by tornadoes when he heard a kitten meowing from the rubble

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