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  • Smoke rises following Israeli missile strikes on Gaza City, Friday, May 14, 2021. Early Friday, the Israeli military said air and ground troops struck Gaza in what appeared to be the heaviest attacks yet. Masses of red flames illuminated the skies as the deafening blasts from the outskirts of Gaza City jolted people awake. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

    Israel threatens Gaza ground invasion despite truce efforts

  • Authorities respond to the scene where multiple people were wounded in a shooting, Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/William J. Kole)

    Police: 9 wounded, 3 critically, in Providence, Rhode Island

  • Patrons dine as customers wearing face masks walk into Notorious Burgers restaurant in Carlsbad, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

    'Great day for America': Vaccinated can largely ditch masks

  • This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows J. Alexander Kueng, from left, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. They have been charged with aiding and abetting Derek Chauvin, who are charged with second-degree murder of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by the Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

    Trial for 3 ex-cops charged in Floyd's death pushed to March

  • Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on a building in Gaza City, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Gaza residents are bracing for more devastation as militants fire one barrage of rockets after another and Israel carries out waves of airstrikes. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

    'I fear a total collapse': Beset by coronavirus, Gaza's hospitals now struggle with wounded

  • Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan pattens a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    EPA revokes Trump-era policy that loosened clean-air rules

  • Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on a building in Gaza City, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Israeli airstrikes killed multiple senior Hamas military figures Wednesday and toppled a pair of high-rise towers housing Hamas facilities. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

    Weary Gaza marks Muslim feast as violence spreads in Israel

  • Safety cones block access to the fuel pumps at this closed Kroger fuel station, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. State officials warned Tuesday that any shortages seen at individual gas stations are a result of people "panic buying", not the Colonial Pipeline shutdown itself, and call on residents to limit unnecessary travel and only buy as much gasoline as they need. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

    Pipeline hack fuels gas crunch; U.S. suspects Russian origins

  • FILE — In this March 18, 2021, file photo, Andrew Yang, a New York City Democratic mayoral candidate, speaks at the National Action Network in New York. With just under six weeks to go before the June 22 primary, former presidential candidate Yang is clinging to front-runner status. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

    NYC mayoral race heats up with 6 weeks to go before primary

  • FILE- This Aug. 8, 2018, photo shows logos of McDonald's Chicago flagship restaurant. McDonald’s is raising pay at 650 company-owned stores in the U.S. as part of its push to hire thousands of new workers in a tight labor market. The fast food giant is the latest restaurant chain to announce pay raises. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

    McDonald's raising US workers' pay in company-owned stores

  • In this photo released by New Zealand Ministry of Health, Aaron Te Moananua, left, receives a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. New Zealand has opened its first large vaccination clinic as it scales up efforts to protect people from the coronavirus. (New Zealand Ministry of Health via AP)

    Wealthy nations once lauded as successes lag in vaccinations

  • A man wearing a protective mask stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets retreated Wednesday as investors looked ahead to U.S. data they worry will show inflation is picking up. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

    Global stock markets sink as inflation worries mount

  • Drivers wait to race down the quarter-mile track at Bandimere Speedway west of Denver on May 5, 2021. The Colorado State Patrol runs a program called "Take it to the Track" in hopes of luring racers away from public areas to a safer and more controlled environment, even allowing participants to race a trooper driving a patrol car. The program's goals have gained new importance and urgency this year as illegal street racing has increased amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

    U.S. cities see surge in deadly street racing amid pandemic