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A look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war 05/05/2024 06:18pm • Commencement ceremonies are being held at colleges and universities across the U.S. As many campuses have been roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war, some school administrations have taken steps to contain disruptions during their commencement activities. The University of Michigan's commence 2 women found dead and 5-year-old girl critically injured in New Mexico park, police say 05/05/2024 06:01pm • CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) ��� Two women were found dead and a 5-year-old girl critically injured at a park near Clovis, New Mexico, authorities said Sunday. Meanwhile, police said they are searching for an abducted 10-month-old girl, who is the daughter of one of the victims. No suspect has been identified A truck driver is accused of killing a Utah police officer by driving into him 05/05/2024 05:32pm • SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) ��� A truck driver allegedly killed a police officer during a traffic stop on a Utah highway Sunday by driving his rig into the officer, police said. A Santaquin police officer and a Utah Highway Patrol trooper had stopped the semitrailer around 6:30 a.m. after somebody called 9 $400 million boost in federal funds for security at places of worship 05/05/2024 04:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A $400 million increase in federal funding is available for security in places of worship, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Sunday. The boost in money comes as concerns rise over threats against Jewish and Muslim communities, fueled in part by the Israel-Hamas war. Trump says Biden is running a 'Gestapo' administration. It's his latest reference to Nazi Germany 05/05/2024 03:03pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running a ���Gestapo administration,��� the latest example of the former president employing the language of Nazi Germany in his campaign rhetoric. The remarks Saturday at Mar-a-Lago w 18-year-old held without bond for shooting of Dunbar High School student 05/05/2024 02:57pm • An 18-year-old is being held without bond after new information emerged in a court hearing on Saturday detailing a shooting at Dunbar High School in D.C. that left one student wounded last week. Two Dunbar students have been arrested and charged in the shooting; Azhari Graves, 18, is being held w Trone continues record-setting spending blitz 05/05/2024 02:32pm • U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) dropped another $12.35 million into his U.S. Senate campaign during the first 3 1/2 weeks of April, bringing his total personal investment in the race to a jaw-dropping $54.1 million. Trone is now the second biggest self-funder in a U.S. Senate race, behind U.S. Sen. A milestone reached in mainline Protestant churches' decades-old disputes over LGBTQ inclusion 05/05/2024 02:14pm • The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S., mirroring in many ways the broader fight for LGBTQ+ inclusion in civic life. Within these theologically moderate-to-progressive Protestant groups, t 1 person killed and 23 injured in a bus crash in northern Maryland, police say 05/05/2024 01:49pm • BEL AIR, Md. (AP) ��� One person was killed and 23 others were injured when a bus crashed early Sunday on Interstate 95 in northern Maryland, police said. The bus was carrying 24 people when it lost control and hit a guardrail on I-95 in Harford County at around 6 a.m., the Maryland State Police A driver dies after crashing into a security barrier around the White House complex, authorities say 05/05/2024 01:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A driver died after a vehicle crashed into an outer perimeter gate of the White House complex, and the incident late Saturday was being investigated as a traffic crash, police said. President Joe Biden was spending the weekend in Delaware, and the Secret Service said there was no Madonna's biggest-ever concert transforms Rio's Copacabana beach into a massive dance floor 05/05/2024 11:37am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro's vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans. It was the last show of The Celebration Tour, her first retrospective, which kicked off in Octob German teen turns himself in over attack on European election candidate 05/05/2024 08:04am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A teenager surrendered to police on Sunday over an attack on a candidate from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz that fueled concern about intimidation and violence in the run-up to next month���s election for the European Parliament. The 17-year-old, accompanied by a parent, turned National Women's Half Marathon and 8K to close 5 DC roads 05/05/2024 05:40am • The 2024 National Women's Half Marathon and 8K is slated for Sunday in D.C. and motorists should plan their routes since there will be several road closures. At approximately 6 a.m. on Sunday, the following roads will be closed, according to the United States Park Police: Rock Creek Parkway A British Palestinian doctor was denied entry to France for a Senate meeting about the war in Gaza 05/05/2024 04:29am • PARIS (AP) ��� A well-known British Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals said he was denied entry to France on Saturday to speak at a French Senate meeting about the Israel-Hamas war. Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta was placed in a holding zone in the Charles de Gaulle airport and will be ex Secret Service: 'No threat to White House' after deadly crash into complex barrier 05/05/2024 04:23am • D.C. police said a man has died after crashing a vehicle into a White House complex barrier on Saturday night. The U.S. Secret Service said the crash happened near the intersection of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest, just before 10:30 p.m. First responders said the unidentifie