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Police break up another protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam 05/08/2024 11:27pm • AMSTERDAM (AP) ��� In sometimes violent confrontations, police broke up a protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam Wednesday in a second straight day of unrest over the war in Gaza. After police ended a blockade on university grounds, hundreds of demonstrators moved to a n Powerful storms kill 3 as tornadoes tear through central and southeastern US 05/08/2024 11:08pm • COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) ��� Severe storms tore through parts of the U.S. again Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes, producing massive hail, and killing two people in Tennessee and one person in North Carolina. A storm that rumbled across northeastern Tennessee brought high winds that knocked down po Palestinians flee chaos and panic in Rafah after Israel's seizure of border crossing 05/08/2024 08:11pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Tens of thousands of displaced and exhausted Palestinians have packed up their tents and other belongings from Rafah, dragging families on a new exodus. The main hospital has shut down, leaving little care for people suffering from malnutrition, illnesses and wounds. And w 2 young children die after being swept away by fast-flowing California creek 05/08/2024 07:45pm • MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) ��� Two young siblings died after being swept away by a rapidly flowing creek in Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains, authorities said. The tragedy occurred Tuesday when a mother took her 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son to spend the afternoon at T Fans are following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there 05/08/2024 07:01pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Thousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her U.S. concert tour last year or didn't want to buy exorbitantly priced tickets to see her again found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe. The pop star is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record- Why the US paused the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel ahead of a possible Rafah attack 05/08/2024 06:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As it targets Hamas��� underground tunnels in Gaza, Israel has relied on powerful 2,000-pound bombs provided by the United States. But now those deliveries are on hold. The U.S. is pausing a shipment of 1,800 of the bombs, as well as 1,700 500-pound bombs, U.S. officials said. Th Nicaragua cancels a controversial Chinese interoceanic canal concession after nearly a decade 05/08/2024 03:04pm • MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) ��� After nearly a decade, Nicaragua's congress finally canceled on Wednesday a controversial canal concession granted to a Chinese businessman that critics said endangered the environment and threatened to displace rural communities. Despite a symbolic ���groundbreaking��� Movie Review: A radiant teenage road trip in 'Gasoline Rainbow' 05/08/2024 02:32pm • In sibling directors Bill and Turner Ross ��� latest, ���Gasoline Rainbow,��� five Oregon teens just out of high school make their meandering way some 500 miles to reach the coast for what���s been billed as the ���End of the World��� party. They are like countless young protagonists before them: on Dozens still missing after South African building collapse; 7 confirmed dead 05/08/2024 01:45pm • GEORGE, South Africa (AP) ��� Rescue teams used underground cameras and sniffer dogs Wednesday to search for nearly 40 construction workers still missing in rubble two days after the collapse of an apartment building under construction in coastal South Africa. Seven workers have been confirmed dead, Iowa facility that mistreated residents with intellectual disabilities nears closure 05/08/2024 12:54pm • GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) ��� An Iowa facility for people with intellectual disabilities is set to permanently close after federal investigators said patients��� rights were violated there. The 28 residents at the state-run Glenwood Resource Center will be moved out by the end of June and 235 staff member Thomas takes biggest road win of his career on Giro stage 5 as Pocagar keeps leader's pink jersey 05/08/2024 12:32pm • LUCCA, Italy (AP) ��� Benjamin Thomas of France got the biggest victory of his career on the road as he won the fifth stage of the Giro d���Italia while Tadej Pogacar kept the leader���s pink jersey on Wednesday. In a surprising result, Thomas won from a breakaway, sprinting to edge out Michael Valg Fans are following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there 05/08/2024 11:04am • LONDON (AP) ��� Thousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her U.S. concert tour last year or didn't want to buy exorbitantly priced tickets to see her again found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe. The pop star is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record- A scorching, rocky planet twice Earth's size has a thick atmosphere, scientists say 05/08/2024 11:02am • DALLAS (AP) ��� A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that���s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported Wednesday. The so-called super Earth ��� known as 55 Cancri e ��� is among the few rocky planets outside our solar system with a significant atmosphere, Disney receives another key approval to expand Southern California theme parks 05/08/2024 09:43am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ��� Disney has received another key approval to expand its Southern California theme parks in its first push to make major changes to its iconic Disneyland in decades. The Anaheim City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the plan to transform Disney's 490-acre (488-hect Wood scores 11:03 in OT as Avalanche finish off 3-goal comeback to beat Stars 4-3 to open 2nd round 05/08/2024 08:52am • DALLAS (AP) ��� Miles Wood screamed for the puck, and delivered the game-winner in overtime for the Colorado Avalanche once he got it. Wood scored on a hard-charging backhander 11:03 into OT after getting the puck from Andrew Cogliano, and the Avalanche, after trailing by three goals in the first p