Clashes escalate at campus protests nationwide as law enforcement makes mass arrests
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — From New York to Los Angeles, college campus protests against the war in Gaza turned violent Tuesday…
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United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
By PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with…
Continue Reading Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.6 billion after hitting price benchmarks
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has secured an additional $1.6 billion worth of shares in Trump…
Continue Reading Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote…
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Supreme Court declines to block enforcement of age-verification requirements for porn sites
Originally Published: 30 APR 24 12:16 ET By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to…
Continue Reading Tennis legend Boris Becker discharged from bankruptcy court in England
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found…
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Justice Dept plans to reschedule marijuana as a lower-risk drug
Originally Published: 30 APR 24 14:17 ET Updated: 30 APR 24 18:48 ET By Alicia Wallace, Katherine Dillinger, Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Kayla…
Continue Reading 30 people are injured when a trailer overturns in southwestern Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a trailer packed with people celebrating May Day has overturned in southern Germany, leaving 30 injured, 10 of them…
Continue Reading No need to guess: Mom knows best what she wants for Mother’s Day
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Not all moms are the same. They like and do different things. Some, gasp, don’t love the…
Continue Reading Iran files charges over BBC report on teen girl allegedly killed by security forces in 2022 protests
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iranian prosecutors have filed criminal charges against activists and journalists following a BBC…
Continue Reading Experts fear ‘catastrophic’ college declines thanks to botched FAFSA rollout
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The last thing standing between Ashnaelle Bijoux and her college dream is the FAFSA form…
Continue Reading Warsaw synagogue attacked at night with 3 firebombs, no injuries reported
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s chief rabbi says that Warsaw’s main synagogue was attacked with firebombs…
Continue Reading Ford recalls Maverick pickups in US because tail lights can go dark, increasing the risk of a crash
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 243,000 Maverick small pickup trucks in the U.S. because the tail lights may not illuminate. The…
Continue Reading ‘Miss Peregrine’ author Ransom Riggs to launch new fantasy series, ‘Sunderworld’
NEW YORK (AP) — “Sunderworld, Vol. 1 The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry” begins the adventures of a Los Angeles teen who after…
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, Live Active El Paso offers resources to the community
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — May is officially “Mental Health Awareness Month” in El Paso, this was approved by County Commissioners just this past…
Continue Reading Japan’s Kishida will stress rules-based global order, support for emerging nations at OECD meeting
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will stress the need for a rules-based international…
Continue Reading The UN’s nuclear watchdog chief will visit Iran next week as concerns rise about uranium enrichment
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as…
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ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Warm and windy Wednesday
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today will be mostly comfortable as we continue a fair weather pattern. We will see winds pick up slightly today. Overall we…
Continue Reading The Latest | Police tell UCLA protesters to disperse or face arrest
By The Associated Press Announcements broadcasted on the University of California, Los Angeles campus have told demonstrators to disperse or they…
Continue Reading Kremlin parades Western equipment captured from Ukrainian army at Moscow exhibition
MOSCOW (AP) — An exhibition of Western military equipment captured from Kyiv forces during the fighting in Ukraine has opened in the Russian…
Continue Reading Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dies at 77
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive…
Continue Reading F1 champion Ayrton Senna remembered on Imola track 30 years after his death during the San Marino GP
IMOLA, Italy (AP) — The 30th anniversary of three-time F1 champion Ayrton Senna’s death is being commemorated with a memorial on the Imola track…
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5 things to know for May 1: Campus protests, Hostages, Trump trial, Kansas tornado, Walnut recall
KCAL, KCBS, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A controversial abortion law in Florida went into effect at midnight — dropping the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 1: Campus protests, Hostages, Trump trial, Kansas tornado, Walnut recall
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A controversial abortion law in Florida went into effect at midnight — dropping the state’s 15-week…
Continue Reading Accused teen linked to Sydney bishop’s stabbing applies for release from custody
SYDNEY (AP) — A 15-year-old boy who claims to be a friend of the teen accused of stabbing a Sydney bishop recently has applied to be released from…
Continue Reading News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even as many Americans say they learn about the 2024 election campaign from national news outlets,…
Continue Reading EU, UN reschedule launch of anti-human trafficking project in Cambodia after questions about venue
By JACK BROOK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The European Union and United Nations abruptly rescheduled the launch of an anti-human…
Continue Reading A man who failed to get asylum in the UK is said to have voluntarily flown to Rwanda
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan official says an unsuccessful asylum-seeker in the U.K. has arrived in Rwanda.…
Continue Reading Drone footage shows devastation in Ukraine’s strategic eastern city of Chasiv Yar as Russians near
By JILL LAWLESS and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drone footage exclusively obtained by The Associated Press shows months of…
Continue Reading 17-year-old boy charged with attempted murder after assaulting 3 at school in northern England
LONDON (AP) — Police say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after three people were assaulted with a sharp object…
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