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Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools 05/01/2024 08:39pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — After weeks of nonstop coverage of destruction and death in the Gaza Strip, media across the wider Middle East have latched onto the demonstrations roiling American university campuses over the Israel-Hamas war. For some, the protests and what they described as a heavy-handed poli A retired teacher saw inspiration in Columbia's protests. Eric Adams called her an outside agitator 05/01/2024 07:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Before police officers poured into Columbia University on Tuesday night, arresting more than 100 people as they cleared an occupied school building and tent encampment, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he received a piece of intelligence that shifted his thinking about the campu Authorities say police killed armed student outside Wisconsin middle school, no others hurt 05/01/2024 07:41pm • MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say police killed armed student outside Wisconsin middle school, no others hurt. DC speed cameras at these locations issued 10,000-plus tickets over three months 05/01/2024 06:55pm • D.C.'s busiest speed camera in the last three months of 2023 was also one of its newest, according to Department of Transportation data shared with the D.C. Council. From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, the speed camera located along the northbound Potomac Freeway at 25th Street in Northwest issued 3 A list of mass killings in the United States this year 05/01/2024 06:26pm • The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened Monday, April 29, in Charlotte, North Carolina, where four officers were fatally shot in the deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since 2016. The officers were killed when a task force made up of officers from different agencies arrived in the reside West Virginia GOP County Commissioners removed from office after arrest for skipping meetings 05/01/2024 06:11pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A three-judge panel ordered Wednesday that two county commissioners in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle be removed from office over a month after they were arrested for purposefully jilting their duties by skipping public meetings. Circuit Court Judges Joseph K. Reeder Union Pacific undermined regulators' efforts to assess safety, US agency says 05/01/2024 06:03pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific managers undermined the U.S. government's efforts to assess safety at the railroad in the wake of several high-profile derailments across the industry by coaching employees on how to respond and suggesting they might be disciplined, federal regulators say. The medd House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war 05/01/2024 06:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from lawmakers to a nationwide student protest movement over the Israel-Hamas war. The propos Utah woman arrested on suspicion of murder in uncompleted suicide pact with friend 05/01/2024 06:00pm • SARASOTA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a friend was shot in what police said was an uncompleted suicide pact the women had reached several weeks earlier. Heavenly Faith Garfield, 21, was arrested Tuesday and remains jailed in Utah County on Wednes Man says his emotional support alligator, known for its big social media audience, has gone missing 05/01/2024 05:56pm • BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia. Joie Henney has thousands of social media users following his p AP PHOTOS: Workers rule the streets on May Day 05/01/2024 05:46pm • For one day, workers ruled the world’s biggest streets. Thousands strong marched Wednesday to mark May Day, the first day of the month when workers’ rights are celebrated in demonstrations around the globe. From Seoul to Paris, Istanbul to Berlin, they drew attention to stagnant wages and the h Employer of visiting nurse who was killed didn't protect her and should be fined, safety agency says 05/01/2024 05:28pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety officials said Wednesday. The Occupational Safety and Health Remains of child found in duffel bag in Philadelphia neighborhood identified as missing boy 05/01/2024 05:24pm • A decomposed body found earlier this year in a duffel bag in Philadelphia has been identified as a 4-year-old boy who authorities say was beaten to death. The body of Damari Carter was found March 18 in the city’s Mantua neighborhood by a worker who was cleaning out an alleyway. Authorities initia Police say 5 people died in Mexico from drinking a poison potion in a Santeria 'power' ritual 05/01/2024 05:13pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five people have died after drinking a poison potion in a Santeria ‘power’ ritual, police in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca said Wednesday. Iván García Alvarez, the Oaxaca state police chief, said four men and one woman died after drinking a mix of substances he did n Biden to travel to North Carolina to meet with families of officers killed in deadly shooting 05/01/2024 04:58pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to travel to North Carolina on Thursday to meet with the family members of four officers killed earlier this week in the deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since 2016. The president is scheduled to visit Wilmington across the state that