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Police officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia building, prosecutors say
By Ryan Pearson, Julie Watson And Christopher L. Keller, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
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 spokesman for District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office confirmed Thursday. No one was injured, according to spokesman Doug Cohen, who said there were other officers but no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat
By Stefanie Dazio And Amy Taxin, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel. The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says
By Susan Haigh And Pat Eaton-robb, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
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 three-vehicle crash Thursday on I-95 in southwest Connecticut, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 2,000 people arrested in pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, AP tally shows
By Ryan Pearson, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz And Joseph B. Frederick, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Police have arrested more than 2,000 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, according to an Associated Press tally Thursday. Demonstrations – and arrests – have occurred in almost every corner of the nation. But in the last 24 hours, they’ve drawn the most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arizona’s Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
By Anita Snow And Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a repeal bill Thursday. Hobbs says the repeal, signed Thursday, is just the beginning of a fight to protect reproductive health care in Arizona. But the repeal may not take effect until 90 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners
By Matthew Barakat, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago. The mistrial came in the jury’s eighth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 2,000 people arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, AP tally shows
By Ryan Pearson, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz And Joseph B. Frederick, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – At least 200 people were arrested at UCLA Thursday, bringing the nationwide total of arrests to more than 2,000 at dozens of college campuses since police cleared an encampment at Columbia University in mid-April, according to a tally by The Associated Press. Demonstrations – and arrests – have occurred in almost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police make dozens of arrests at UCLA in tense clashes with Israel-Hamas war protesters
By Ryan Pearson, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz And Joseph B. Frederick, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country overnight, notably at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday as officers in riot gear surged against a crowd of demonstrators. Police removed barricades and began dismantling demonstrators’ fortified encampment at UCLA after hundreds of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over the war in Gaza
By Chris Megerian, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza. “Dissent is essential for democracy,” he said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.” Tensions have been building for ... Read More »
1 responseBiden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over Gaza
By Chris Megerian, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza. “Dissent is essential for democracy,” he said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.” The Democratic president also said ... Read More »
1 responsePolice make arrests at UCLA in tense clashes with Israel-Hamas war protesters
By Ryan Pearson, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz And Joseph B. Frederick, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country overnight, notably at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday as officers in riot gear surged against a crowd of demonstrators and made arrests. Police removed barricades and began dismantling demonstrators’ fortified encampment at UCLA ... Read More »
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