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Police detain driver who accelerated toward protesters at Portland State University in Oregon 05/02/2024 09:23pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police said Thursday they detained the driver of a white Toyota Camry who briefly accelerated toward a crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Portland State University in Oregon and then ran off spraying what appeared to be pepper spray toward protesters who confronted him Gangs in Haiti launch fresh attacks, days after a new prime minister is announced 05/02/2024 08:37pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime minister was announced. The attacks beg Flights to Dubai disrupted as rain hits the UAE 2 weeks after its heaviest recorded rainfall ever 05/02/2024 08:34pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Several flights to Dubai were cancelled and diverted Thursday, airport authorities announced, as heavy rains hit the United Arab Emirates for the second time in a month. An airport authority spokesperson said five inbound flights were diverted overnight, while n Man found guilty of murder in 2020 fatal shooting of Missouri officer 05/02/2024 08:13pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man charged with killing a St. Louis police officer in 2020 was found guilty of murder Thursday. After a nearly two-week trial, a St. Louis jury convicted Thomas Kinworthy, 46, of first-degree murder and eight other charges in the death of 29-year-old Officer Tamarris Bohannon, Robert Kiyosaki's Track Record on Predicting Stock Market Crashes 05/02/2024 08:00pm • Robert Kiyosaki is a popular figure in the world of personal finance. Kiyosaki is the author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad," a book he self-published back in 1997 that went on to spend more than six years on the New York Times bestseller list. In the book, Kiyosaki argues that it's extremely difficult to bu AP Week in Pictures: North America 05/02/2024 07:18pm • April 26 - May 2, 2024 Police move against student demonstrators protesting the Israel-Hamas war across the country, people walk past a car lying on its side after a tornado in Oklahoma, and a horse is bathed after practicing for the Kentucky Derby. This gallery highlights some of the most compelli I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says 05/02/2024 07:06pm • 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 F1 paddock watches to see if Verstappen leaves Red Bull with car builder or if Hamilton lands Newey 05/02/2024 06:19pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The jostling for superstar technical director Adrian Newey was rampant through the Formula 1 paddock on Thursday, a day after the champion car builder announced he will leave Red Bull early next year. Among those undisturbed by the speculation was Max Verstappen, the th A visit from 'Papa Yaz' and a home run makes for a memorable day for Giants OF Mike Yastrzemski 05/02/2024 05:47pm • BOSTON (AP) — A visit from “Papa Yaz” before the game and a home run during it made for a memorable afternoon for Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski. The grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski hit a solo homer to right field — not far from where the former Boston outfielder’s retired N Review: Nature and human nature mingle in the beguiling 'Evil Does Not Exist' 05/02/2024 05:18pm • The films of Ryusuke Hamaguchi unspool with elegant everyday ease and yet anything can happen. Lives take sudden detours. Seemingly minor characters become primary ones. People are brought together by mysterious connections. There are even, as in the case of his “Asako I & II,” doppelgangers Qualcomm, Carvana rise; DoorDash, Qorvo fall, Thursday, 5/2/2024 05/02/2024 04:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: Qualcomm Inc., up $15.99 to $180.10. The chipmaker gave investors an encouraging earnings and revenue forecast. DoorDash Inc., down $13.15 to $114.31. The delivery company's first-quarter loss was bigger than Non-white pedestrians more often end up in the ER for vehicle-related injuries, report shows 05/02/2024 03:02pm • Pedestrians who are not white ended up in the emergency room for traffic-related injuries at higher rates than white people, according to a new federal report published Thursday. There were more than 137,000 emergency room visits involving a pedestrian injury between January 2021 and December 2023. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. signs multiyear extension with JTG Daugherty Racing for NASCAR Cup Series 05/02/2024 02:31pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has signed a multiyear contract extension with JTG Daugherty Racing, which he took to victory lane in the Daytona 500 two years ago, to continue driving the No. 47 car in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team announced the deal on Thursday. No details were pr Tiger Woods gets special exemption to US Open at Pinehurst 05/02/2024 01:53pm • Tiger Woods accepted a special exemption for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, the first time the three-time champion has needed an exemption to play. Woods has been exempt for every U.S. Open since he first played in 1995 as the reigning U.S. Amateur champion. His five-year exemption from winning t Companies shift profits into record dividends, but show more caution on stock buybacks 05/02/2024 08:10am • NEW YORK (AP) — Companies continued rewarding investors with healthy dividends in 2023 even as they tread more cautiously with returning profits through stock buybacks. Dividends hit a record $1.66 trillion globally last year, while stock buybacks eased. Investors can likely expect more dividend g