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Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA
By Jake Offenhartz, Joseph B. Frederick And Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion, with police carrying riot shields bursting into a building that protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. On the other side of the country, clashes broke out early Wednesday between dueling groups at the University of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Highway collapse in China’s southern Guangdong province leaves at least 19 dead
By The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – A section of a highway collapsed early Wednesday in southern China leaving at least 19 people dead, local officials said, after the area had experienced heavy rain in recent days. Eighteen cars fell down a slope after a 17.9-meter- (58.7-foot) -long section of the highway collapsed, according to a statement from authorities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Highway collapse in China’s southern Guangdong province leaves at least 19 dead, state media says
By The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – A section of a highway collapsed in southern China leaving at least 19 people dead, state broadcaster CCTV reported Wednesday. The area has been experiencing heavy rains in recent days, and rescue workers have taken 30 people to the hospital, the report said... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall
By Jake Offenhartz, Joseph B. Frederick And Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, streaming in through a window late Tuesday and arresting dozens of people. The protesters had seized the administration building, known as Hamilton Hall, more than 20 hours earlier in a major escalation as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest
By The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post early Wednesday that authorities had “tentatively agreed” to allow him and his team to return ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1 person dead, homes destroyed after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas
By The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) – One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city of about 700 people Tuesday evening, destroying 22 homes, three RVs and five outbuildings and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall after occupation
By Jake Offenhartz, Cedar Attanasio And Jonathan Mattise, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Police cleared 30 to 40 people from inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall late Tuesday after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the administration building in New York earlier in the day. NYPD officers acted after the school’s president said there was no other way to ensure safety and restore order on campus and sought ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1 person dead, buildings damaged after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas
By The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) – One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city Tuesday evening, damaging multiple structures. First responders were conducting grid searches in Westmoreland to survey damage and to search for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Protesters in custody after Columbia University calls in police to end pro-Palestinian occupation
By Cedar Attanasio, Jake Offenhartz And Jonathan Mattise, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Officers took protesters into custody late Tuesday after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus. The scene unfolded shortly after 9 p.m. as police, wearing helmets and carrying zip ties and riot shields, massed at the Ivy League university’s entrance. Officers breached Hamilton ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democrats retain upstate New York congressional seat in special election
By Carolyn Thompson, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election Tuesday for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins. Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson for the upstate New York seat, helped by a 2-to-1 Democratic registration advantage in the district, which includes Buffalo, Niagara Falls and several suburbs. Kennedy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Louisiana won’t immediately get a new majority-Black House district after judges reject it
By Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A new congressional map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in January by the Legislature ... Read More »
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