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Police officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia building, prosecutors say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A police officer who was involved in clearing protesters from a Columbia University administration building earlier this week fired his gun inside the hall, a spokesperson for District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office confirmed Thursday. No one was injured,...
Today's campus protests aren't nearly as big or violent as those last century -- at least, not yet
In a way, the black-and-white Palestinian scarf draped over Hannah Sattler’s shoulders this week and the tie-dyed T-shirts of 1968 are woven from a common thread. Like so many college students across the country protesting the Israel-Hamas war, Sattler feels the historic weight of...
Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call on plan to buy affair story
NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump heard a recording Thursday of him discussing with his then-lawyer and personal fixer a plan to purchase the silence of a Playboy model who has said she had an affair with the former president. A visibly irritated Trump...
Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas said Thursday that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks, in a new sign of progress in attempts by international mediators to hammer out an agreement between Israel and the militant group to end the war in Gaza. After months of...
United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates on Thursday removed a 52-year-old declaration from their official social teachings that deemed “the practice of homosexuality ... incompatible with Christian teaching” — part of a wider series of historic reversals of the denomination’s...
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...
Maui sues cell carriers over wildfire warning alerts that were never received during service outages
HONOLULU (AP) — Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer's deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county officials said in a lawsuit. Alerts the county sent to cellphones...
I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. The tanker truck filled with gasoline burst into flames in a...
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...
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Police detain driver who accelerated toward protesters at Portland State University in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police said Thursday they detained the driver of a white Toyota Camry who briefly accelerated toward a crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Portland State University in Oregon and then ran off spraying what appeared to be pepper spray toward protesters who confronted...
Arkansas lawmakers approve $6.3 billion budget bill as session wraps up
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval to bills outlining the state's $6.3 billion budget for the coming year as they wrapped up this year's legislative session. The House and Senate approved identical versions of the proposed Revenue Stabilization Act, the...
Georgia parliament cancels session after building damaged during huge protests
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The parliament of Georgia cancelled its Thursday plenary session following massive protests against a proposed law that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country’s bid for membership in the European Union. The parliament’s...
Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over the war in Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza while insisting that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face a wave of violence, outrage and fear. “Dissent is...
Gangs in Haiti launch fresh attacks, days after a new prime minister is announced
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime minister was announced. ...
Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas said Thursday that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks, in a new sign of progress in attempts by international mediators to hammer out an agreement between Israel and the militant group to end the war in Gaza. After months of...
Flights to Dubai disrupted as rain hits the UAE 2 weeks after its heaviest recorded rainfall ever
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Several flights to Dubai were cancelled and diverted Thursday, airport authorities announced, as heavy rains hit the United Arab Emirates for the second time in a month. An airport authority spokesperson said five inbound flights were diverted...
Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature completed a last-ditch effort Thursday to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings. Lawmakers pushed the proposal through the House...
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. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said he spoke to Egypt’s intelligence chief and “stressed the positive spirit of the movement in studying the...
Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols
GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden. The announcement came amid heightened tensions surrounding Israel’s participation in the...
