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Amsterdam university cancels classes after violence erupted at a pro-Palestinian rally 05/14/2024 11:25am • THE HAGUE (AP) — The University of Amsterdam canceled classes Tuesday and shut buildings for two days after the latest pro-Palestinian demonstrations over the war in Gaza turned destructive. Protests continued to simmer at several European universities where students faced off with academic author An attack on a prison van in France kills 2 officers. An inmate escapes 05/14/2024 11:23am • PARIS (AP) — Armed assailants killed two French prison officers and seriously wounded three others in an attack on a convoy in Normandy on Tuesday and an inmate escaped, officials said. A search was underway. The convoy was transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra to Évreux jail after a court hearing i Police: 8 dead, at least 40 injured when farmworkers' bus overturns in central Florida 05/14/2024 11:17am • OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Police: 8 dead, at least 40 injured when farmworkers' bus overturns in central Florida. 2 men accused of plotting Islamic State-inspired attack against Jews in England 05/14/2024 11:11am • LONDON (AP) — Two men accused of plotting to gun down Jews in an Islamic State-inspired attack in northwest England were held without bail Tuesday after appearing in a London court. Walid Saadaoui, 36, and Amar Hussein, 50, were accused of planning to use automatic weapons to kill Jews, police and Teen shoots teen in Southeast, DC police say 05/14/2024 11:10am • A 14-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly shooting another teenager in Southeast D.C. last month. The accused shooter turned himself in at a district station on Sunday, according to D.C. police. Officers said they responded to the 1500 block of Alabama Avenue SE on April 26 for a repor Ohio police fatally shoot Amazon warehouse guard who tried to kill supervisor, authorities say 05/14/2024 10:52am • A security guard trainee at an Amazon warehouse in Ohio was fatally shot by police after he tried to shoot his supervisor at close range and later shot an officer who was saved by his bulletproof vest, authorities said. The initial shooting occurred around 4:40 p.m. Sunday at the warehouse in West J France imposes curfew in New Caledonia after unrest by people who have long sought independence 05/14/2024 10:44am • PARIS (AP) — Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced a two-day curfew and banned gatherings on Tuesday after violent unrest on the archipelago with decades of tensions between indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and colonizers' descendants who want to remain part Missile fired by a drone kills 4 members of a family in Pakistan near the Afghan border, police say 05/14/2024 08:20am • DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A missile fired by a drone struck a house in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan along the Afghan border before dawn Tuesday, killing at least four villagers, including children, police said. The strike happened in South Wazirista Takeaways from AP investigation into police training on the risks of handcuffing someone facedown 05/14/2024 07:09am • For decades, police across the United States have been warned that the common tactic of handcuffing someone facedown could turn deadly if officers pin them on the ground with too much pressure or for too long. Recommendations first made by major departments and police associations culminated in a 19 AP Investigation: In hundreds of deadly police encounters, officers broke multiple safety guidelines 05/14/2024 06:09am • In hundreds of deaths where police used force meant to stop someone without killing them, officers violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining and subduing people — not simply once or twice, but multiple times. Most violations involved pinning people facedown in ways that could restrict Billboard that collapsed in Mumbai storms killed at least 14 and injured 75 05/14/2024 05:31am • MUMBAI, India (AP) — A large billboard that collapsed amid raging thunderstorms in Mumbai killed at least 14 people and injured 75 others, reports said on Tuesday. A rescue operation was continuing Tuesday morning, and authorities told the Press Trust of India news agency that 89 people had been r Japan's Sony reports surge in profit on strong sales of movies, games and music 05/14/2024 04:43am • TOKYO (AP) — Profit at Sony surged 34% in the last quarter on strong sales of its video games, music and movies, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said Tuesday. Tokyo-based Sony Corp.’s quarterly profit totaled 189 billion yen ($1.2 billion), up from 141 billion yen the year bef Protesters in Pakistan-held Kashmir end rallies that killed 4 after authorities revoke price hikes 05/14/2024 04:42am • MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protesters in the Pakistan-held part of Kashmir called off rallies over price hikes that have left four people dead after authorities agreed to lower prices of electricity and wheat. The local civil rights alliance, the Awami Action Committee, said it had called off a Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an 'army.' The migrants tell another story 05/14/2024 03:35am • NEW YORK (AP) — It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City's Flushing neighborhood. When a potential employer pulled up near the street corner, home to a Chinese bakery and pharmacy, Wang and dozens of other men swarmed A US museum curator was detained in Turkey on claims of spider smuggling. He says he has permits 05/14/2024 02:43am • ISTANBUL (AP) — A curator at the American Museum of Natural History was detained in Istanbul while allegedly attempting to smuggle spider and scorpion samples, Turkish media reported. The curator said he had permits from the government to conduct his research. Lorenzo Prendini, an expert on arachn