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3:28 PM on Thursday, May 7

The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support

3:00 PM on Thursday, May 7

The Detroit Tigers’ Triple-A manager says he was fired this week after sending an “inappropriate” text message to a female colleague

2:46 PM on Thursday, May 7

French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and X for child sexual images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by Grok

2:33 PM on Thursday, May 7

Shakira is back

1:56 PM on Thursday, May 7

The FBI says the man who killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in a mass shooting at a downtown Austin, Texas, bar in March acted alone and there's no evidence he was supported or directed by a foreign terrorist group

1:37 PM on Thursday, May 7

With the war in Iran and economic concerns putting pressure on consumers and how they spend their money, Whirlpool is having to adjust to Americans delaying big-ticket purchases while also raising prices to help stabilize its North American business

1:31 PM on Thursday, May 7

Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she has long had a condition called an essential tremor

1:28 PM on Thursday, May 7

A clean energy group says the Pentagon is holding up the development of more than 250 new onshore wind farms on private lands by failing to complete its national security reviews

1:21 PM on Thursday, May 7

Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd has had surgery to repair a partial meniscus tear that he suffered in his left knee while playing with his children

1:09 PM on Thursday, May 7

The Trump administration plans to weaken some Biden-era limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water

1:05 PM on Thursday, May 7

U.S. artist Alma Allen had just months to prepare his exhibition for the Venice Biennale after a fraught selection process came down to the wire

11:19 AM on Thursday, May 7

Hamas says the son of its lead negotiator has died after being wounded by an Israeli strike on Gaza

10:01 AM on Thursday, May 7

The International Olympic Committee says athletes from Belarus should once again be able to compete with their full national identity and not be vetted for neutral status

7:11 AM on Thursday, May 7

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is now the second longest-serving justice in history, overtaking someone who was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln

7:04 AM on Thursday, May 7

McDonald’s posted better-than-expected sales in the first quarter but said high gas prices and consumer anxiety could dent sales this spring

6:24 AM on Thursday, May 7

Nigeria's army says that seven children and two women abducted last month in Nigeria have been rescued by troops

4:38 AM on Thursday, May 7

Russia's Defense Ministry reports that air defenses shot down 347 Ukrainian drones overnight

3:23 AM on Thursday, May 7

Kenya's political word of the moment is “goonism," used to describe gang-related political violence

12:07 AM on Thursday, May 7

Three Western intelligence officials from different countries have told The Associated Press that a campaign of targeted killings they blame on Russia has ramped up since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine

6:15 PM on Wednesday, May 6

Detroit Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez was suspended for five games and fined, one day after he was ejected for hitting Boston’s Trevor Story with a pitch during a 10-2 loss in which he allowed a career-high 10 runs