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Police and pro-Palestinian demonstrators clash in tense scene at UCLA encampment
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police removed barricades and began dismantling pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ fortified encampment early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles, after hundreds of protesters defied orders to leave, some of them forming human chains as police fired flash-bangs...
As Hamas considers cease-fire, question hangs: Will Israel end war without the group's destruction?
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas on Thursday was considering the latest proposal for a cease-fire with Israel that the United States and other mediators hope will avert an Israeli attack on the Gaza town of Rafah. But chances for the deal are entangled with the question of whether Israel can accept an end to...
Prosecutors seek additional sanctions for Trump in hush money case as key witness resumes testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial viewed a confidential agreement Thursday requiring a porn actor to keep quiet about her claims that she had an extramarital sexual encounter with the former president. The agreement, dated less than two weeks before the 2016...
Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked
Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation's abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation's courts, legislatures and political campaigns — and changing the course of lives. On Wednesday, a...
Biden will speak about student protests over the war in Gaza, White House official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will speak about student protests over the war in Gaza on Thursday, according to a White House official, breaking days of silence as police crack down on campus encampments. The official declined to be identified ahead of Biden's remarks. ...
A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
WASHINGTON (AP) — An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday. Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves...
Faceless people, invisible hands: New Army video aims to lure recruits for psychological operations
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — The video is unsettling, with haunting images of faceless people, fire and soldiers. The voiceover is a cascade of recognizable historical voices as the screen pulses cryptic messages touting the power of words, ideas and “invisible hands.” Hints of...
Senators want limits on the government's use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers' privacy and civil liberties. In a letter on Thursday, the group of 14...
Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse
BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a collapsed highway in southeastern China climbed to 48 on Thursday as searchers dug for a second day through a treacherous and mountainous area. One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a...
A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's biggest outbreak
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is struggling to contain its biggest mpox outbreak, and scientists say a new form of the disease detected in a mining town might more easily spread among people. Since January, Congo has reported more than 4,500 suspected mpox cases and nearly 300...
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Senators want limits on the government's use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers' privacy and civil liberties. In a letter on Thursday, the group of 14...
A fiery crash involving tanker carrying gas closes I-95 in Connecticut in both directions
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Both sides of I-95, the East Coast's main north-south highway, were shut down in southwestern Connecticut — causing “horrendous” traffic jams — following an early morning crash Thursday involving a passenger car, a tractor-trailer and a tanker truck carrying 8,500...
Prince William and Kate mark their daughter Charlotte's 9th birthday by releasing an image of her
LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife, Kate, marked the 9th birthday of their daughter Charlotte on Thursday by posting a picture of her smiling for the camera as she posed near a plant with pink flowers. The photo, taken by Kate, the Princess of Wales, was posted on X,...
Prosecutors seek additional sanctions for Trump in hush money case as key witness resumes testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial viewed a confidential agreement Thursday requiring a porn actor to keep quiet about her claims that she had an extramarital sexual encounter with the former president. The agreement, dated less than two weeks before the 2016...
The Latest | With no immediate ruling on sanctions, testimony resumes in Trump's hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyer Keith Davidson returned to the witness stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial on Thursday following a contempt hearing over whether the former president violated a gag order again. Judge Juan M. Merchan heard from both prosecutors and one of Trump's...
Student journalists are covering their own campuses in convulsion. Here's what they have to say
NEW YORK (AP) — Ordered by police to leave the scene of a UCLA campus protest after violence broke out, Catherine Hamilton and three colleagues from the Daily Bruin suddenly found themselves surrounded by demonstrators who beat, kicked and sprayed them with a noxious chemical. On...
The Latest | Protesters being cleared from library at Portland State
Arrests continue on campuses around the U.S. as police dismantle camps of students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. At UCLA, officers arrested more than 100 people in sometimes violent confrontations. Most protesters left the library at Portland State University, where police say 15 vehicles were...
The Latest | Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo to keep up cease-fire talks
Hamas said Thursday it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt's latest proposal. In a statement, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said he spoke Egypt’s intelligence chief and “stressed the positive spirit of the movement in...
Body of 5th missing worker found more than a month after Baltimore bridge collapse, officials say
BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities said they have recovered the body of a fifth person who was missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge more than a month ago. The collapse shut down the port of Baltimore, one of the busiest ports in the country. On Thursday, the broker...
Biden will speak about student protests over the war in Gaza, White House official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will speak about student protests over the war in Gaza on Thursday, according to a White House official, breaking days of silence as police crack down on campus encampments. The official declined to be identified ahead of Biden's remarks. ...
