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Police move in and begin dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment at UCLA
By Krysta Fauria, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz And Joseph B. Frederick, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Police removed barricades and began dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ fortified encampment early Thursday at the UCLA campus after hundreds of protesters defied police orders to leave, about 24 hours after counter-protesters attacked a tent encampment on the campus. The law enforcement action comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loud ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police begin removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment at UCLA
By Krysta Fauria, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz And Joseph B. Frederick, The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Police have begun removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment on the UCLA campus. Thursday morning’s law enforcement effort comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loud speakers if people did not disperse. Hundreds of people had gathered on campus, both inside a barricaded tent encampment and outside of it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Death toll jumps to at least 48 as the search continues in southern China highway collapse
By The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – The death toll climbed to 48 on Thursday as search efforts continued in southeastern China after a highway section collapsed in a mountainous area, sending more than 20 cars down a steep slope. Officials in the city of Meizhou said three other people were unidentified, pending DNA testing. It wasn’t immediately clear ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Death toll jumps to at least 48 in southern China highway collapse as search continues
By The Associated Press on May 2nd, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – The death toll climbed to 48 as search efforts continued in southern China on Thursday after a highway section collapsed in a mountainous area, sending more than 20 cars down a steep slope. Officials in the city of Meizhou said three other people were unidentified, pending DNA testing. It wasn’t immediately clear ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Solomon Islands lawmakers elect former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister
By Rod Mcguirk, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Solomon Islands lawmakers on Thursday chose former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as the new prime minister of the South Pacific island nation that has grown closer to China in recent years. The withdrawal of pro-Beijing former Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare from the contest to make way for Manele as their party’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Solomon Islands lawmakers elect former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manale as new prime minister
By The Associated Press on May 1st, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Solomon Islands lawmakers on Thursday chose former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manale as the new prime minister of the South Pacific island nation that has grown closer to China in recent years. The withdrawal of pro-Beijing former Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare from the contest to remain head of the government made way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Highway collapse in southern China kills at least 36 people
By The Associated Press on May 1st, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The Meizhou city government said that 23 vehicles have been found in a pit after a 17.9-meter (58.7-foot) long section of the highway gave ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says
By Todd Richmond, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2024
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) – Police shot and killed a Wisconsin student outside a middle school after receiving a report of someone with a weapon while class was in session Wednesay, the state’s attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on the incident that sent children fleeing amid gunshots. Authorities in Mount Horeb ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police shot and killed armed student outside Wisconsin school, authorities say
By Todd Richmond, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2024
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) – Police shot and killed a Wisconsin student outside a middle school after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, the state’s attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on an incident that sent children fleeing amid gunfire. Authorities in Mount Horeb had previously said an active shooter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Violence, chaos erupts on campuses as protesters and counter-protesters clash over the war in Gaza
By John Antzak, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz And Joseph B. Frederick, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A brawl erupted at UCLA after pro-Israel protesters tried to remove barricades at a pro-Palestinian encampment, and activists at the University of Wisconsin in Madison clashed with police officers who destroyed their tents, in a day of escalating violence on some college campuses over the war in Gaza. The chaotic scenes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign
By Anita Snow And Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – The Arizona Legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions Wednesday, advancing the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it. Two Republicans joined with Democrats in the Senate on the 16-14 vote in favor of repealing a Civil War-era ban on abortions that ... Read More »
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