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Long Island Rail Road Strike
Long Island Rail Road workers walk on the picket line outside of Penn Station on the first day of their strike, Saturday, May 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

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Photos show strike action as North America’s largest commuter rail system shuts down

MAY 18, 2026

America 250 Prayer Gathering
A visually impaired person feels QAnon patches on the outfit of Micki Larson-Olson, who was convicted on a misdemeanor charge for her actions on January 6, 2021, when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, during Rededicate 250, a mostly conservative Christian prayer gathering in honor of the United States' 250th anniversary, on the National Mall, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally

MAY 18, 2026

India Koovagam Festival Photo Essay
Transgender women kiss sacred threads before buying during the Koovagam festival in Kallakurichi district, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

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PHOTO ESSAY: A symbolic marriage ritual and beauty pageant brings India’s trans community together

MAY 18, 2026

Food-Voracious-Greens-Grains-Fried Egg
This image released by Voracious shows a recipe for a fried egg with greens and grains in a garlic herb sauce from the cookbook “Cook90,” by David Tamarkin. (Chelsea Kyle/Voracious via AP)

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David Tamarkin’s recipe for Greens, Grains and Fried Egg works for any meal

MAY 18, 2026

Election 2026 Voter Lists
Anthony Nel poses for The Associated Press on Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Denton, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear a midterm purge

MAY 17, 2026

Italy Old English Poem
A rare, long-lost copy of Caedmon's Hymn — the first poem ever written down in Old English — is visible in the five lines above the final line of a page from an 8th-century manuscript copy of the Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, at Rome's National Library, Thursday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrea Rosa)

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Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

MAY 17, 2026

Voting Rights Bus Ride
Voting rights and democracy activists ride together from Atlanta to Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, May 16, 2026, for a rally against efforts by Republican legislative majorities to reduce Black representation in Congress from Southern states. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

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On the voting rights trail, bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight

MAY 17, 2026

Female Welder
Student Mikala Sposito welds at Washtenaw Community College on Friday, May 1, 2026, in Ann Arbor., Mich. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

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Community college student from Michigan to be 1st woman to represent US at world welding competition

MAY 17, 2026

Immigration Border Wall Sacred Sites
Construction crews work on a new border wall segment on Kuuchamaa Mountain, Friday, April 24, 2026, seen from Tecate, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say

MAY 17, 2026

Election 2026 Voting Rally
Aaron McGuire sings a spirtual song during a voting rally, Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation

MAY 17, 2026

US Energy Crisis
A man fills up his vehicle's gas tank at a gas station in Morton Grove, Ill, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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America In Focus: Hotter inflation doesn’t stop consumers, investors

MAY 16, 2026

Senegal Wrestling Photo Gallery
Wrestlers compete at the national wrestling arena in Dakar, Senegal, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

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In Senegal’s wrestling arenas, rituals share the spotlight with the fight, in photos

MAY 16, 2026

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