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More than 2,100 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses 05/02/2024 11:11pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, sometimes using riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings. One officer accidentall Today's campus protests aren't nearly as big or violent as those last century ��� at least, not yet 05/02/2024 10:02pm • In a way, the black-and-white Palestinian scarf draped over Hannah Sattler���s shoulders this week and the tie-dyed T-shirts of 1968 are woven from a common thread. Like so many college students across the country protesting the Israel-Hamas war, Sattler feels the historic weight of the anti-Vietnam Indianapolis police fatally shoot male who pointed a weapon at others and threatened them 05/02/2024 09:44pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Indianapolis police fatally shot a male pointing a weapon at other people and threatening to shoot them Thursday afternoon. Officers were sent to the scene on the city's north side on a report of a person armed with a weapon, Officer William Young of the Indianapolis Metropoli 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 Georgia parliament cancels session after building damaged during huge protests 05/02/2024 08:47pm • TBILISI, Georgia (AP) ��� The parliament of Georgia cancelled its Thursday plenary session following massive protests against a proposed law that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country���s bid for membership in the European Union. The parliament���s announcement said the can Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over the war in Gaza 05/02/2024 08:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza while insisting that ���order must prevail��� as college campuses across the country face a wave of violence, outrage and fear. ���Dissent is essential for democracy, 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 The Latest | Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo to keep up cease-fire talks 05/02/2024 08:33pm • Hamas said Thursday it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt's latest proposal. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said he spoke to Egypt���s intelligence chief and ���stressed the positive spirit of the movement in studying the cease- TV report says Dallas police won't pursue criminal case against Dak Prescott over sex assault claim 05/02/2024 08:31pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Police in Dallas won't pursue criminal charges from a seven-year-old sexual assault claim against Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, according to a television report Thursday. Dallas police said there wasn't any evidence to support the woman's claim, and the Dallas County District Att Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols 05/02/2024 08:29pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden. The announcement came amid heightened tensions surrounding Israel���s participation in the annual music competit 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, Biden, after meeting with families of officers killed in NC, says the nation is grieving with them 05/02/2024 08:04pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden said Thursday he was praying for loved ones and all those left behind after he met privately with the families of law enforcement officers shot to death on the job. The visit came just a week after he sat down with the grieving relatives of two cops kille The Latest | Arrests top 2,000 as protests against Israel-Hamas war roil college campuses 05/02/2024 07:58pm • The number of people arrested in connection with protests on college campuses against the Israel-Hamas war has now topped 2,000. The Associated Press has tallied arrests at 35 schools since a tent encampment began at Columbia University on April 17. Student protests have popped up at many college an Police officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia University building, Manhattan prosecutors say 05/02/2024 07:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Police officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia University building, Manhattan prosecutors say. 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