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Protesters clash at UCLA after police clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators from Columbia University
Dueling groups of protesters have clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another More »
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Blinken urges Israel and Hamas to move ahead with a cease-fire deal and says 'the time is now'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with Israeli leaders in his push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying “the time is now" for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war More »
Trump returns to campaign facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
Donald Trump will use a one-day break from his hush money trial to rally voters in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan More »
Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy has gone into effect, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care More »
What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug More »
Drone footage shows devastation in Chasiv Yar, an eastern Ukrainian city Russia is assaulting
Drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows months of Russian artillery pounding have devastated a strategic city in eastern Ukraine More »
Workers and activists across Asia and Europe hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights
Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals and European cities are marking May Day with rallies and marches to call for better working conditions and greater labor rights More »
Highway collapse in China's southern Guangdong province leaves at least 24 dead
State media report that a section of a highway in southern China's Guangdong province has collapsed, leaving at least 24 people dead More »
Nearly 50 years later, Asian American and Pacific Islander month features revelry and racial justice
It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments should be recognized annually across the nation More »
Powell likely to signal that lower inflation is needed before Fed would cut rates
After three straight hotter-than-expected inflation reports, Federal Reserve officials have turned more cautious about the prospect of interest rate cuts this year More »
