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The Latest | Gaza families bid a tearful goodbye to critically ill kids leaving for treatment abroad 06/27/2024 05:38pm • Families bid a tearful goodbye to over a dozen critically ill children who left Gaza for treatment abroad on Thursday. It’s the first medical evacuation since the territory’s sole travel crossing shut down in early May after Israeli forces captured it, Palestinian officials say. Kamela Abukweik Harvard looks to combat antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias after protests over war in Gaza 06/27/2024 05:33pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian bias and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered preliminary recommendations to the school's interim president Alan Garber. The recommendations issued Wednesday foc Thousands caught speeding, hundreds more on phones during latest wave of Fairfax Co. Road Shark campaign 06/27/2024 05:14pm • Thousands of drivers received tickets or warnings as part of the third wave of Fairfax County police and Virginia State Police's Road Shark campaign, authorities said in a news release. The initiative, which police said aims to improve safety across county roads, led to over 8,500 tickets and war Baltimore police officers face discipline over lackluster response to shooting 06/27/2024 04:28pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Two Baltimore Police Department employees could lose their jobs and another 10 face lesser disciplinary actions for their responses to a July 2023 shooting at a neighborhood block party. Two people died and 28 others were injured when gunshots tore through a large crowd in the cou Suburban Seattle officer found guilty of murder in first conviction under law lowering bar for prosecutions of police 06/27/2024 04:22pm • KENT, Wash. (AP) — Suburban Seattle officer found guilty of murder in first conviction under law lowering bar for prosecutions of police. Michigan woman to stand trial in crash that killed young brother and sister at birthday party 06/27/2024 03:59pm • A Michigan woman has been ordered to stand trial in a crash that killed two siblings and injured several other people who were at a boat club to celebrate a child's birthday. Marshella Chidester, 66, was bound over Thursday to Monroe County Circuit Court on two counts of second-degree murder and oth Man charged with threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict 06/27/2024 03:59pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man charged with threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings Thursday. The jury began weighing the case against Tyler Anderson, 30, of Dover on Tuesday after a The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases 06/27/2024 03:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday stripped the Securities and Exchange Commission of a major tool in fighting securities fraud in a decision that also could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies. The justices ruled in a 6-3 vote that people accused of fraud by the SE Years after Idaho college students were stabbed to death, judge eyes 2025 trial for suspect 06/27/2024 02:56pm • It could be another year or more before a man accused in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students goes to trial. A judge and attorneys discussed Thursday starting Bryan Kohberger’s trial sometime in June 2025, nearly three years after the killings shocked the small university Killer Mike will likely avoid charges after Grammys arrest 06/27/2024 02:28pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killer Mike is expected to avoid charges over a physical altercation that led to his arrest at the Grammys earlier this year after the rapper recently completed community service. The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office said in a statement Thursday that Mike “successfully compl Serbian police ban cultural festival with Kosovo as pressure mounts on liberal voices 06/27/2024 02:17pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police on Thursday banned a festival that promotes cultural exchange with Kosovo in a sign of growing nationalism and government pressure on liberal voices in the Balkan country. A police statement cited security concerns as the reason to ban the Mirdita, dobar dan Former Chattanooga police chief indicted on illegal voter registration, perjury charges 06/27/2024 01:32pm • CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A former Chattanooga police chief has been indicted on charges that she illegally registered to vote in Tennessee and falsely filled out government documents, state investigators announced Thursday. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations, a grand jury in Hami Spain arrests four Colombians rescued from submarine suspected of transporting drugs 06/27/2024 12:27pm • MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities intercepted another submarine suspected of transporting drugs to Europe from South America and arrested four Colombian nationals who were crewing the vessel, officials said Thursday. Police rescued the occupants after they had scuttled the 20-meter (65-foot) long Police clash with protesters in Kenya as the military patrols the streets 06/27/2024 12:22pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya’s capital hurled tear gas Thursday to break up anti-tax protesters who continued to gather despite President William Ruto’s repudiation of unpopular tax legislation that prompted deadly unrest earlier in the week. The finance legislation has drawn fierce r TOUR 2024: How well do you know the Tour de France? Try the AP's quiz 06/27/2024 11:18am • How well do you know the Tour de France? Try this quiz ahead of cycling's biggest races, which starts on Saturday: ___ 1. From which city does the 2024 Tour de France start? a. London b. Florence, Italy c. Duesseldorf, Germany ___ 2. Where does the race finish? a. Paris b. Nice, France c. Brussels,