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Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments 05/03/2024 10:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters, fending off possible disruptions of final exams and graduation ceremonies. The agreements at schools including Brown, Northwestern and 3-year-old girl fatally shot in Southeast DC 05/03/2024 10:28pm • A 3-year-old girl has died after being shot in Southeast D.C. on Friday night. D.C. police received reports of the shooting in the area of the 2200-2400 block of Harford Street Southeast��around 9 p.m. According to police, the girl was in a vehicle at the time and was brought to a nearby fire Silver Spring man found guilty of murdering wife 05/03/2024 08:16pm • A Silver Spring, Maryland, man was found guilty of second-degree murder Friday for the death of his wife. A jury found Dennis Hinnant, 30, guilty in the 2023 death of Taresha Pendarvis, 28. He faces 40 years behind bars. According to a news release, Hinnant turned himself in on Feb. 1, 2023 The Latest | Israel's planned invasion of Rafah risks killing hundreds of thousands, UN says 05/03/2024 07:30pm • The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be ���at imminent risk of death��� if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The border city is a critical entry point for humanitarian aid and is filled with displaced Palestinia NYPD body cameras show mother pleading ���Don���t shoot!��� before officers kill her 19-year-old son 05/03/2024 07:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Police officers repeatedly fired their guns at a New York City man who had called 911 during a mental health crisis as his mother and younger brother begged officers not to shoot, bodycam video released Friday shows. Win Rozario's family called on the officers to be fired and charg Slain Charlotte officer remembered as hard-charging cop with soft heart for his family 05/03/2024 07:05pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer remembered him Friday as a hard-charging outwardly stern cop who also peppered friends with ���how's things��� texts and showered love on his wife and young son. Thousands packed the Judge denies pretrial release of a man charged with killing a Chicago police officer 05/03/2024 06:23pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A judge denied pretrial release of a 22-year-old man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Chicago police officer during a court appearance Friday. Xavier L. Tate Jr. is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen fi California man who testified against Capitol riot companion is sentenced to home detention 05/03/2024 06:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A California man who organized a ���group of fighters��� to storm the U.S. Capitol ��� and later testified against one of his companions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack ��� was sentenced on Friday to six months of home detention. Russell Taylor had a knife on his chest and was ca New Hampshire jury finds state liable for abuse at youth detention center and awards victim $38M 05/03/2024 05:45pm • BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) ��� A New Hampshire jury awarded $38 million to the man who blew the lid off abuse allegations at the state���s youth detention center Friday, finding in a landmark case that the state���s negligence allowed him to be beaten, raped and held in solitary confinement as a teen. Da The value of Valeri Nichushkin on display for Avs since his return from player assistance program 05/03/2024 04:59pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Valeri Nichushkin is lifting the Colorado Avalanche after taking the time to help himself. The hard-charging, fast-moving Russian forward was gone for nearly two months of the regular season as he received care from the NHLPA/NHL Player Assistance Program for issues that were not di Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today's campus protests 05/03/2024 04:26pm • KENT, Ohio (AP) ��� Dean Kahler flung himself to the ground and covered his head when the bullets started flying. The Ohio National Guard had opened fire on unarmed war protesters at Kent State University, and Kahler, a freshman, was among them. M1 rifle rounds hit the ground all around him. ���And Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests 05/03/2024 04:06pm • Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism. That may be starting to change. Like many Americans, Jewish students��� views on the Israel Canadian police say they have made three arrests in the June 2023 slaying of a Sikh separatist in suburban Vancouver 05/03/2024 03:36pm • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ��� Canadian police say they have made three arrests in the June 2023 slaying of a Sikh separatist in suburban Vancouver. Columbia University student journalists had an up-close view for days of drama 05/03/2024 03:08pm • Student journalists on the Columbia University campus knew what was coming long before police with riot shields arrived to begin arresting the pro-Palestinian protesters. They had watched the situation spiral as the protesters stood their ground, refusing to abandon Hamilton Hall and using a pulley Court appearance for country star Morgan Wallen in chair-throwing case postponed until August 05/03/2024 03:03pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� An initial hearing for country music star Morgan Wallen was postponed Friday until August in a case in which he's accused of throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-story bar and nearly hitting two police officers. Wallen's attorney, Worrick Robinson, told reporters that