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FILE - Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud introduces Vice President Joe Biden at the Robin Toner Prize celebration dinner in Washington, March 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

University of Michigan's next president has brain cancer so won't take job

10:57 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The next president at the University of Michigan says he can’t take the job because of brain cancer

Secretary of State Marco Rubio smiles during a meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

What to know about the new direct talks between Lebanon and Israel

10:07 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Lebanon and Israel have started direct talks for the first time in decades, driven by the recent war involving Hezbollah

FILE - The Ravenswood Generating Station, which uses natural gas to support the city's electricity needs, is seen in the Queens borough of New York, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals

9:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future

FILE - Ground up plastics that Alterra Energy receives from recycling facilities, move along a conveyor at the start of their process that transforms the material into a liquid that is then used in the manufacturing of plastic in Akron, Ohio, Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry

9:01 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators

People stand at the courtyard of a secondary school where an assailant opened fire, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, (IHA via AP)

Student kills 9 in Turkey's second school shooting in 2 days

7:16 AM on Wednesday, April 15

A student has opened fire on two classrooms at a middle school in Turkey, killing nine people and wounding 13 others

FILE - This April 19, 1994 file photo shows in the front row; Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, left, President F.W. de Klerk, middle, and African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela, right, exchanging words at a news conference, while in the back row at center South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha looks over them, in Pretoria, South Africa. Next to Botha, second from right is Roelf Meyer, chief government negotiator, and ANC's Secretary General Cyril Ramaphosa, right. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Veteran negotiator Roelf Meyer appointed as South Africa's ambassador to the US

7:00 AM on Wednesday, April 15

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer as the country's ambassador to the United States

A woman holds a candle during a vigil for people killed in Lebanon during the Iran war, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump promised peace in the Middle East. In Dearborn, Michigan, it feels farther away

6:15 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, Kanye West, who changed his name to Ye in 2021, appears at the WSJ. Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Nov. 6, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Ye postpones Marseille concert after French authorities say they will seek a ban

4:42 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has postponed his upcoming show in Marseille

See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP photojournalists

3:16 AM on Wednesday, April 15

This grab from video shows traffic backed up after a multi-vehicle pile up on a section of a snowy highway in Clear Creek County, Colorado, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (KMGH/Denver7 via AP)

Pileup of about 70 vehicles on Interstate 70 in Colorado sends 8 to the hospital

1:39 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Officials say crashes involving about 70 vehicles have bottlenecked a section of a snowy Colorado highway and sent eight people to the hospital

Raul Servin, whose son disappeared eight years prior, inspects an area where the Guerreros Buscadores group of serarchers suspects bodies may be buried, in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

They scour the Mexican cartel lands for the missing — and for closure

1:02 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The Guerreros Buscadores and dozens of other groups in Mexico scour the country for people who are missing

Raul Servin, whose son disappeared eight years prior, inspects an area where the Guerreros Buscadores group of serarchers suspects bodies may be buried, in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

They scour the Mexican cartel lands for the missing — and for closure

1:01 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The Guerreros Buscadores and dozens of other groups in Mexico scour the country for people who are missing

China's President Xi Jinping holds a talk with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Iori Sagisawa/Pool Photo via AP)

Xi calls China-Russia ties 'precious' in current international context

12:38 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations, calling them precious in the face of an international landscape intertwined with changes and chaos

FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home Screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Why many Americans are turning to AI for health advice, according to recent polls

12:14 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Many Americans are turning to artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT for health advice

Andrea "Mama" Avaloz holds up the package of fajita meat, beef sticks and pork chops that she won in a meat raffle April 10, 2026, at American Legion Post 150 in Waconia, Minn. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Hot dogs and steaks and bacon, oh my! Meat raffles keep a beloved Midwest tradition alive

12:05 AM on Wednesday, April 15

They're called meat raffles, and they're a tradition in a few pockets of the U.S. They're featured mainly at neighborhood bars or at American Legion or VFW posts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York state

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center in Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

As Vance rallies with Turning Point, some supporters bristle at Trump's war, memes and feuds

12:03 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Vice President JD Vance used a Turning Point USA event to defend President Donald Trump’s aggression in Iran and play down the resulting tensions between Washington and the Vatican

FILE - The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys

5:30 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol over five years ago

Festivalgoers are seen during the first weekend of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Photo highlights from the Coachella Music and Arts Festival

8:05 PM on Saturday, April 11

Today in History: April 15, the Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

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