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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

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

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

President of Parks and Rec? Trump asserts authority over public spaces in DC

7:37 AM on Saturday, May 9

President Donald Trump is making significant changes to the nation's capital as he focuses on renovations and new projects

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

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

Surfers in war-torn Gaza find rare moments of joy taking to the waves

1:11 AM on Saturday, May 9

Despite the dire situation in Gaza, a few surfers find joy riding the waves

Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics

1:08 AM on Saturday, May 9

The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era

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

Fuel shortages and high prices push adoption of EVs in Africa, led by Ethiopia

11:04 PM on Friday, May 8

Use of electric vehicles in Africa is surging, led by Ethiopia, as soaring prices and fuel shortages compel countries to opt for cleaner and cheaper transport

Handwriting on newly released note matches one found after Epstein's death, experts tell AP

9:23 PM on Friday, May 8

A note that a former cellmate says he discovered after Jeffrey Epstein’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was liked penned by the same person as a note that authorities found in the millionaire sex offender’s cell after he killed himself three weeks later

US military strike on alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific kills 2, leaves a survivor

8:44 PM on Friday, May 8

The U.S. military’s latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean has killed two men while leaving one survivor

On the cruise ship hit by hantavirus, some fear what awaits them at home

5:47 PM on Friday, May 8

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has sparked fear among Spanish passengers, not from illness, but from potential stigma upon returning home

Rubio defends new US sanctions on Cuba, targeting military-run conglomerate GAESA

5:46 PM on Friday, May 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended the Trump administration's decision to impose new sanctions on Cuba

Small Georgia town reinstates police officers and department 2 days after the mayor fired them all

12:29 PM on Friday, May 8

A town council in a small north Georgia mountain community passed an ordinance reinstating their police department and restoring the jobs of their police officers two days after the mayor violated the town charter by firing them all

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands

3:41 AM on Friday, May 8

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands

The American pope: Pope Leo XIV’s first year in photos

1:36 AM on Friday, May 8

Alabama lawmakers pass plan for new US House primary if courts allow different districts

12:02 AM on Friday, May 8

Alabama lawmakers have approved a plan for new U.S. House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections

Today in History: May 9, FDA approves first birth control pill

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