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A look at the protests of the war in Gaza that have emerged at US colleges 04/30/2024 11:15pm • Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses after being inspired by demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from companies advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza and in some cases from Israel Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall cleared of pro-Palestinian protesters who took over building, police say 04/30/2024 10:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall cleared of pro-Palestinian protesters who took over building, police say. 1 dead, 14 injured after SUV crashed into New Mexico store; driver hit accelerator instead of brakes 04/30/2024 10:46pm • LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — One person died and 14 others were injured Tuesday after a sports utility vehicle crashed through the front glass wall of a thrift store in Las Cruces, authorities said. First responders said 10 of the injured in Tuesday’s crash were taken to hospitals for treatment and a Officers take protesters into custody after Columbia University calls in police to end pro-Palestinian occupation 04/30/2024 10:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Officers take protesters into custody after Columbia University calls in police to end pro-Palestinian occupation. Large numbers of New York City police officers begin entering Columbia University campus 04/30/2024 09:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Large numbers of New York City police officers begin entering Columbia University campus. Metro train collides with bus in downtown Los Angeles, injuring more than 50, 2 seriously 04/30/2024 08:51pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles, officials said. The crash happened shortly before noon along Exposition Boulevard, The Latest | Blinken says Israel will open a major aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza 04/30/2024 08:49pm • Israel plans on opening a major humanitarian aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday. Israel's war against Hamas has flattened huge swaths of Gaza's north, and famine is imminent for the hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain. Blinken How Columbia University's complex history with the student protest movement echoes into today 04/30/2024 08:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — College students taking up space and making demands for change. University administrators facing pressure to get things back under control. Police brought in to make arrests. At other schools: students taking note, and sometimes taking action. Columbia University, 2024. And Columbi 4 officers killed in North Carolina were at disadvantage as shots rained from above, police say 04/30/2024 08:30pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Law enforcement officers with an arrest warrant demanded that a man come out of a house in North Carolina before four were killed by gunfire, the victims unable to survive shots coming from inside the dwelling, a witness and officials said Tuesday. Still reeling from Mond How Republican-led states far from the US-Mexico border are rushing to pass tough immigration laws 04/30/2024 07:55pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican-led states are rushing to give broader powers to local police and impose criminal penalties for those living in the U.S. illegally as the issue of immigration enforcement remains central to the 2024 elections. Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill on Zimbabwe's ZiG is the world's newest currency and its latest attempt to resolve a money crisis 04/30/2024 07:40pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Out with the Zimbabwe dollar, in with the ZiG. Zimbabwe on Tuesday started circulating a new currency to replace one that has been battered by depreciation and often outright rejection by the people. The ZiG was introduced electronically in early April, but people are now a Youth curfew zones in Prince George's Co. likely to expand beyond National Harbor after council action 04/30/2024 06:35pm • The police chief in Prince George's County, Maryland, now has the authority to create and enforce additional youth curfew zones under a resolution passed Tuesday by the county council. Under the resolution, business owners throughout the county can request Chief of Police Malik Aziz to create and Bill that cracks down on 'street meetups' awaits Md. governor's signature 04/30/2024 06:06pm • Among the hundreds of bills passed during Maryland's General Assembly session is one that's designed to crack down on the street meetups that have caused worries over safety and blocked roadways. House bill 601 was sponsored by Maryland Del. Mary Lehman, who told her colleagues the bill would inc The body of a Mississippi man will remain in state hands as police investigate his death, judge says 04/30/2024 06:03pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The body of a Mississippi man who was found dead after vanishing under mysterious circumstances will not be released to family members until law enforcement agencies finish investigating the case, a state judge said Tuesday. At a hearing in Jackson, Mississippi, Hinds County Missouri Supreme Court strikes down 2022 vote on KC police funding, citing faulty fiscal note 04/30/2024 05:35pm • The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday took the unusual step of striking down a 2022 voter-approved constitutional amendment that required Kansas City to spend a larger percentage of its money on the police department, and ordered that the issue go back before voters in November. The ruling overturns