Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan. ——————————— ONLY ON AP ——————————— COLORADO SPRINGS SHOOTING — The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17, several survivors told The Associated Press. Word of a possible legal resolution of last year’s Club Q massacre follows a series of jailhouse phone calls from the suspect to the AP expressing remorse and the intention to face the consequences at the next scheduled court hearing. By Jim Mustian and Jesse Bedaynsent. SENT: 1,330 words, photos. With COLORADO SPRINGS SHOOTING-TAKEAWAYS. HAJJ-PILGRIMS PREPARE — This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after a daunting period of three years when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest rites. Millions of Muslims from around the world will start converging next week on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to begin several days of rituals. By Fares Akram, Niniek Karmini, Abby Sewell, Mariam Fam and Qassim Abdul-Zahra. SENT: 2,360 words, photos, videos, graphics. An abridged version of 1,090 words is also available. ——————————— TOP STORIES ——————————— MIGRATION-GREECE — Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece. Hundreds of people are still feared missing. At least 78 bodies have been recovered after a fishing boat crammed with migrants seeking to make it from Libya to Italy capsized and sank a day earlier in deep waters off the Greek coast. By Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis. SENT: 670 words, photos, video. With MIGRATION-MEDITERRANEAN-TRENDS-EXPLAINER. TRUMP-CONGRESS-REPUBLICANS — Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Trump’s mounting legal jeopardy has quickly become a political rallying cry as they rush to stand by the indicted former president. By Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 1,310 words, photos. RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR-VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS — The number of people suffering anxiety and other psychological issues in Ukraine is on the rise since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the country last year. But Russia’s frequent missiles barrages and the havoc they wreak are especially challenging for visually impaired people. By Hanna Arhirova. SENT: 880 words, photos. IMMIGRATION-TRANSPORTING-MIGRANTS — A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles were sent from Texas in a move the city’s mayor called a “despicable stunt” by a Republican governor. Forty-two people, including some children, were dropped off at Union Station and were being cared for by city agencies and charitable organizations, a Los Angeles City councilmember said. By Christopher Weber. SENT: 360 words, photos. BILL-COSBY — Nine more women are accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he used his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to victimize them. A lawsuit filed in federal court in Nevada alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between approximately 1979 and 1992 in Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe homes, dressing rooms and hotels. SENT: 510 words, photo. SOUTH ASIA-CYCLONE — A vast swath of western India and neighboring southern Pakistan that suffered deadly floods last year are bracing for a new deluge as fast-approaching Cyclone Biparjoy whirls toward landfall. SENT: 810 words, photos. —————————- SPOTLIGHTING VOICES —————————- PRIDE-MIDWEST SMALL TOWN — Organizers estimate 4,000 people turned out for the first-ever Pride festival in a small Michigan city to enjoy the celebration’s drag show, dance party and vendor-filled streets. The massive turnout over the weekend in Grand Haven, population 11,000, shocked organizers and residents. SENT: 770 words, photos, video. ————————————————————————— MORE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR —————————————————————————- NATO-UKRAINE — NATO defense ministers gathered to discuss future relations with Ukraine as Russia’s war on the country thwarts its hopes of joining the world’s biggest security alliance soon. SENT: 350 words, photos. POLAND-UKRAINE REFUGEES-EDUCATION — Russian forces have destroyed or damaged thousands of Ukrainian schools. But the disruption to education goes far beyond devastated buildings. Experts say schooling is suffering in unprecedented ways, in particular for refugees. SENT: 1,170 words, photos. AUSTRALIA-RUSSIA — Australia’s Parliament passed legislation to prevent Russia from building a new embassy near Parliament House citing threats of espionage and political interference, as tensions grow between Moscow and a major supporter of the Ukraine war effort. SENT: 720 words, photos, video. —————————— MORE NEWS —————————— MEXICO-SAVING-BEES — Let it bee: The women on a mission to save Mexico City’s bees. SENT: 740 words, photos, video. BUD-LIGHT-SALES — Bud Light, top U.S. seller since 2001, loses sales crown to Modelo as beer backlash continues. sent: 410 words, photo. MEDIA-TRUMP — Fox News says it addressed onscreen message that called Biden a “wannabe dictator.” SENT: 710 words, photo. ALEC-BALDWIN-SET-SHOOTING — Experts question prosecutors’ strategy against weapons expert in Alec Baldwin case. SENT: 660 words, photo. STARBUCKS-BLACK MEN ARRESTED — Ex-Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million in suit over firing after 2018 arrests of two Black men. SENT: 610 words, photo. GERMANY-JEWS-COMPENSATION — Germany to give $1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024. SENT: 640 words, photos. BODY-PARTS-THEFT-CHARGES — A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts. SENT: 550 words, photo. FAA-COCKPIT BARRIERS — New airline planes will be required to have secondary barriers to the cockpit to protect pilots. SENT: 380 words, photo. ——————————————————- WASHINGTON/POLITICS —————-————————————— ELECTION 2024-SUAREZ — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez files paperwork to launch his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, jumping into the crowded race just a day after GOP front-runner Trump appeared in court on federal charges in Suarez’s city. SENT: 820 words, photo. HOUSE-SCHIFF-CENSURE — The House rejects an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, turning aside a Republican attempt to fine the Democrat over his comments about former President Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia. SENT: 920 words, photo. ———————— NATIONAL ———————— SUBWAY-CHOKEHOLD-DEATH — A man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold has been indicted by a grand jury, an expected procedural step that will allow the criminal case to continue. SENT: 440 words, photos, video. SOUTHERN-STORMS — Damaging winds and possible tornadoes toppled trees, damaged buildings and blew cars off a highway as powerful storms crossed the South from Texas to Georgia. SENT: 480 words, photo. ARMY-SOLDIERS-AMBUSH-PLOT — A U.S. Army soldier from Ohio has pleaded guilty to trying to aid terrorists in a plot to ambush Army soldiers in the Middle East. SENT: 390 words, photo. OREGON-WILDFIRES-UTILITY-LAWSUIT — An Oregon jury says the electric utility PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in 2020. That’s on top of an earlier verdict expected to amount to billions of dollars. SENT 260 words, photos. CHASING-HORSE-ARREST-NEVADA — Nathan Chasing Horse has been charged in Canada with new sex crimes in the latest case to be brought against the former “Dances With Wolves” actor, who remains jailed in Las Vegas as he awaits trial in a sweeping sexual abuse case. SENT: 470 words, photos. HATE CRIME-SENTENCE — A southwestern Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after being convicted of a hate crime and firearms charges for threatening a woman with violent, homophobic slurs and shooting at her house with an assault rifle as part of a self-described “mission” to rid a small town of its LGBTQ community. SENT: 700 words, photo. ————————————— INTERNATIONAL ————————————— SOUTH ASIA-CYCLONE — A vast swath of western India and neighboring southern Pakistan that suffered deadly floods last year are bracing for a new deluge as fast-approaching Cyclone Biparjoy whirls toward landfall. SENT: 390 words, photos. ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said, the latest death in a spike of violence that has rocked the region. SENT: 200 words, photos. CHINA-ABBAS — Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a drive by Beijing to elevate relations and increase its overall presence in the Middle East. SENT: 460 words, photos. HONG-KONG-PROTEST-SONG — A popular Hong Kong protest song was no longer available Wednesday on several major music streaming sites and social media platforms, after the government sought an injunction to ban the tune. SENT: 390 words, photos. JAPAN-SPRAY ATTACK — Police in the western Japanese city of Osaka said they have arrested a woman on suspicion of spraying an unknown liquid on several women inside a department store, causing pain to their faces and eyes. SENT: 170 words, photos. ——————————————— HEALTH & SCIENCE ——————————————— DEATHS-YOUNG-AMERICANS — The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years, government researchers said. By Medical Writer Mike Stobbe. SENT: 590 words, photo, graphic. ISLE ROYALE-WOLVES — Grey wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan, five years after they nearly died out. SENT: 780 words, photos. ——————————————— BUSINESS/ECONOMY ——————————————— FINANCIAL MARKETS — Asian shares were trading mixed after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 650 words, photos. RETAIL SALES — Economists expect May spending to be flat as Americans continue to struggle to keep up with persistently high inflation. By Retail Writer Anne D’Innocenzio. 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US OPEN-SEASON OF UNCERTAINTY — The U.S. Open is set to tee off into uncharted territory, with the golf world perplexed by the recent shakeup-makeup between Saudi golf interests and the PGA Tour and 156 of the sport’s best players taking on Los Angeles Country Club, a course hardly anyone has seen. By National Writer Eddie Pells. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 6 a.m.; Play begins at 9:45 a.m. KYRGIOS-MENTAL HEALTH — Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has revealed he spent time in a psychiatric ward following a loss at Wimbledon in 2019 because of suicidal thoughts. SENT: 440 words, photo. ———————— HOW TO REACH US ———————— At the Nerve Center, Lorian Belanger can be reached at 800-845-8450 (ext. 1600). For photos, Masayo Yoshida (ext. 1900). For graphics and interactives, ext. 7636. Expanded AP content can be obtained from AP Newsroom. For access to AP Newsroom and other technical issues, contact apcustomersupport@ap.org or call 844-777-2006. 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Erling Haaland has set his sights on history as Manchester City chase the treble. The striker remained focused on City’s finals as he collected the Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year award in London on Thursday. Haaland has scored 52 goals in 51 games for City – ahead of Sunday’s Premier League finale at Brentford – following his £51million move from Borussia Dortmund last summer. City face Inter Milan in Istanbul in the Champions League final on June 10, a week after they play Manchester United in the FA Cup final, having already won the Premier League. They are aiming to emulate their city rivals’ achievement of 1999. Haaland said: “There are two finals left, we have to stay focused even though we won the Premier League. “We have to stay focused to achieve what we can achieve in the next two finals. I will do everything I can to achieve good things in the finals and hopefully win both. “It’s a good thing being favourites (against Inter Milan) because it means we have qualities, we have to attack the game in our way, play our football and in the end we’ll see who wins it.” Haaland earned 82 per cent of the votes to win the FWA award, 75 years after Sir Stanley Matthews won the first trophy, ahead of Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard. “I feel good, it’s a special moment,” he added, speaking to the FWA. “I expected to do good things but, to do this, I didn’t expect.” He has broken the record for the most Premier League goals in a season with 36 as Manchester City wrapped up a third straight title with three games to spare, having trailed Arsenal by eight points at one stage. I expected to do good things but, to do this, I didn't expect. Haaland on being named the FWA Men's Footballer of the Year “It’s really just about taking it game-by-game, to be honest, and to focus on what we can focus about,” said the 22-year-old. “I don’t like to focus on the future or the past. I like to live in moment and I like to take it game-by-game – exactly what he (Pep Guardiola) said we were going to do and that’s what we did. “We focused and we achieved exactly what we wanted to achieve. In then end it’s unreal what we did, being behind all season and we came like a unit together. It was amazing and an amazing feeling.” Chelsea’s Sam Kerr took the women’s award, making the Australian the first player to win the trophy in consecutive seasons. The striker scored the winner in Chelsea’s 1-0 FA Cup final triumph over Manchester United earlier this month. Chelsea, who have a two-point lead over Manchester United, know victory at Reading on Saturday will seal the WSL title on the final day of the season. Kerr said: “It’s amazing. It’s something that I’m very proud of. Off the back of the Euros women’s football has grown a lot. Walking down the street, the crowds are bigger. Everything’s just increased over the last year. “I think to some people it might look easy but every year it gets harder and harder (to win the league). Anyone that’s involved in football knows how hard it is to come back year after year and to stay at the top. So we’re doing everything to win on Saturday.” Read More Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Izzy Christiansen calls it a day – Thursday’s sporting social Ben Earl hopes to make England case by leading Saracens to Premiership glory Dave Challinor always confident Stockport could secure promotion

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A US study has revealed that sexual activity in older people is linked to better cognitive function later. The study by sociologists Shannon Shena from Hope College and Hui Liub from Purdue University, published in The Journal of Sex Research looked at attention, memory, language, conceptual thinking, calculations, and orientation and found that sex is linked to better brain health across all age groups. Those aged 75 to 90 were found to have significantly better cognitive function five years on if they were currently having sex at least once a week. For adults aged 62 to 74, on the other hand, the most important factor for future brain health was the quality of sex being had, in terms of both physical and emotional aspects. "As seen in our sample, promoting sexual quality among younger-old couples may be a way to combat the interruptions which people anticipate to come with aging," Shena and Luib said "and these feelings of sexual quality may manifest in their later cognitive health." Shena and Liub think there are several reasons why these results could be the case. Sex involves physical exercise, which means improved cognitive performance may be due to improved cardiovascular health, which, in turn, can increase blood flow to the brain and reduce inflammation. Sex can also reduce stress, and stress is thought to prevent the neuronal growth in some parts of the brain associated with memory. Finally, sex may improve cognitive function through the release of dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter linked to improved memory. "Our findings help to contextualize a multifaceted understanding of healthy aging and speak to clinical practices and policy decisions regarding cognitive health," Shena and Luib wrote, "and in particular how it may be related to sexual life, an often overlooked area for older adults." Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

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A trio of Republican House committee chairs is demanding information from the Department of Justice on the pending plea and diversion agreements between prosecutors and Hunter Biden as part of their ongoing effort to inflict political damage on his father, President Joe Biden. In a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, and Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith said the decision by Delaware US Attorney David Weiss to allow Hunter Biden to plead guilty to two misdemeanour tax charges and enter into a deferred sentencing agreement on a single charge of lying on a gun background check form “raise serious concerns ... that the Department has provided preferential treatment toward Mr. Biden in the course of its investigation and proposed resolution of his alleged criminal conduct”. Mr Biden, who is President Biden’s youngest and only surviving son, has admitted to what have been well-documented struggles with alcohol and drugs, and during an aborted plea hearing last week said he’d been in and out of rehabilitation facilities on numerous occasions over the last few decades. During that court appearance, US District Judge Maryellen Noreika objected to a provision of the diversion agreement which stated that she — not prosecutors — would be responsible for determining whether Mr Biden might have breached the agreement’s terms, which would necessitate new criminal charges. The judge said the provision in question was “not standard” and “different from what I normally see” and suggested it violates the separation of powers in the US Constitution because it would put the judicial branch in the position of making a charging decision that is an executive branch function. Legal experts have opined that the provision at issue was an attempt by the department to protect Mr Biden from a situation in which a future Republican administration would manufacture charges against him. The current GOP frontrunner for the party’s 2024 presidential nomination, Donald Trump, has repeatedly pledged to jail Mr Biden, his father, and numerous other prominent Democrats. The GOP representatives asked Mr Garland to provide them with data on how often, if at all, the Delaware US Attorney’s office and the Justice Department have included similar provisions in diversion agreements. They also demanded information on who — prosecutors or Mr Biden’s defence attorneys — suggested that the agreement should place a final decision on new charges in a judge’s hands, and asked Mr Garland to provide a list of pretrial division agreements for other defendants who’ve been charged with the same gun-related offence as Mr Biden, as well as “all documents and communications referring or relating to each similar pretrial diversion agreement entered into by the Department in the last ten years”. Additionally, the committee chairs asked Mr Garland to provide a “generalized description of the nature of the Department’s ongoing investigation” into Mr Biden and an “explanation of why the Department originally agreed to a plea agreement” with Mr Biden if there are ongoing probes into him. It is unlikely that Mr Garland will provide any response that satisfies the GOP representatives, as the Justice Department’s policy for decades has been to not comment on ongoing investigations, even in response to congressional inquiries. Read More House Oversight chair admits GOP can’t back up Biden bribery accusations Hunter Biden’s ex-business partner testifies to Congress. Here’s what to know Biden acknowledges Hunter’s daughter Navy in public for first time

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