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Biden 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 »
Be the first to comment!Police 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 »
Be the first to comment!Police move in and begin dismantling 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. Police detained a handful of people on campus, tying their wrists with zip ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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