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The Trump administration expands its use of AI in the hunt for healthcare fraud 05/21/2026 05:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced it is supercharging its use of artificial intelligence to police how states and other recipients of federal health dollars are auditing their programs. The move is intended to tamp down risks of fraud and save t US stocks edge higher following the latest U-turn for oil prices 05/21/2026 05:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Hour-to-hour swings for oil prices keep jerking financial markets around, and U.S. stocks wavered Thursday following the latest reversal. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% and inched closer to its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 276 points, or 0.6%, and Companies join a deep-sea mining rush after Trump executive order, as regulators fast-track permits 05/21/2026 05:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process Woman at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud gets nearly 42-year prison sentence 05/21/2026 05:05pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence — nearly 42 years — to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted in a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Aimee Bock ra Dying star resembles a billowing crystal ball in new telescope photo 05/21/2026 05:02pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A dying star has never looked so lovely. The Gemini North Telescope atop Hawaii’s tallest peak, Mauna Kea, captured the star in its last gasps. The image was released Thursday by the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, which operates the telescope. It’s actua Bowie police officer found guilty on all charges after shooting at man on Md. highway 05/21/2026 05:00pm • The Bowie police officer accused of shooting at a stopped vehicle on Maryland Route 197 in 2024 was found guilty Wednesday of attempted murder. Sgt. Robert Warrington, a 12-year veteran of the Bowie Police Department, was found guilty of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckl Eriksen on verge of relegation with Wolfsburg after 0-0 playoff draw with second-division Paderborn 05/21/2026 04:55pm • WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Christian Eriksen is one game away from Bundesliga relegation with Wolfsburg after a scoreless draw with second-division Paderborn in the first leg of their playoff on Thursday. Eriksen, who signed a two-year deal when he joined Wolfsburg in September, likely didn’t ima What to know about the Japanese-style scalp massages catching on in the US 05/21/2026 04:52pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Getting a scalp or face massage is often a relaxing highlight of getting a haircut or a facial. Now, head spas are popping up across the country offering deep cranial and facial relaxation. “Typically, when you go get a massage, the focus is always like your back, and I alwa Lowe homers, Griffin extends hitting streak and Pirates beat Cardinals 6-2 05/21/2026 04:48pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Lowe homered, Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Thursday. Rookie Konnor Griffin extended his hitting streak to eight games with a double. He also scored a run and stole a base. Griffin went 6 for 13 in the series US defender Chris Richards has ankle ligament damage ahead of World Cup 05/21/2026 04:47pm • LONDON (AP) — United States center back Chris Richards tore ligaments in his ankle, Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner said Thursday, three weeks before the start of the World Cup. The 26-year-old Richards went down in the second half of Palace’s 2-2 draw with Brentford on Sunday in the Premi Wholesale Cash Prices 05/21/2026 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Thursday Wed Thu Foods Broilers The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists 05/21/2026 04:42pm • the-top-photos-of-the-week-by-ap-photojournalists-21 How to cut energy bills? Massachusetts Senate, House disagree 05/21/2026 04:40pm • Reducing Massachusetts residents’ electric and gas bills has been a top priority on Beacon Hill this session. But as pressure mounts to lower energy costs, the House and Senate are eyeing different targets for cuts. In March, the House passed an energy affordability bill that would cut about $1 bi Texas Tech star NiJaree Canady signs NIL partnership with AUSL, will get equity in league 05/21/2026 04:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — NiJaree Canady, a standout pitcher at Texas Tech who was selected by the Texas Volts No. 2 overall in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League draft, has signed a name, image and likeness partnership with the league. The AUSL announced the deal on Thursday. Canady and two other curre Brazilian grieving father says justice still missing after Airbus, Air France guilty verdict 05/21/2026 04:35pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian head of a victims' association for the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris said that justice has yet to be served in France’s worst aviation crash after a Paris appeals court found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter on Thursday. Air France and