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Police make multiple arrests as Penn students attempt to launch a new encampment
PHILADELPHIA — Penn students launched a new, short-lived, pro-Palestinian encampment Friday night, leading to multiple arrests. The encampment inside the school’s Fisher-Bennett Hall came one week after Philadelphia ...Read more
Texas Storms Leave 800,000 Without Power While Flights Grounded
A line of dangerous storms and flooding rains rolled over the US Gulf Coast, killing at least four people and leaving more than 800,000 customers in Texas — about 6% of the total — without power while grounding ...Read more
Croatia seals tilt to right as prime minister's Cabinet approved
ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatian lawmakers approved a coalition government that gives Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic a third term after he made a deal to include a right-wing nationalist party known for anti-immigration ...Read more
Maduro Bets He Can Crush Venezuela's Opposition in an Open Vote
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is convinced he can win July’s presidential elections without resorting to fraud.
But, if he’s wrong, he also has backup plans to cling on to power, according ...Read more
SpaceX booster flies for 21st time in Cape Canaveral launch
SpaceX lined up and knocked out another Starlink launch from the Space Coast on Friday night using a first-stage booster for a fleet-leading 21st time.
A Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-59 mission carrying 23 Starlink ...Read more
Donald Trump talks inflation, Biden and bacon to Minnesota GOP donors, leaders and activists
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former President Donald Trump headlined the state Republican Party's annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Friday in St. Paul, repeatedly ripping President Joe Biden and promising to fight to turn Minnesota ...Read more
Colorado voters will decide abortion rights question after constitutional amendment qualifies for ballot
DENVER — Colorado voters in November will decide whether to make abortion a state constitutional right after the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday that backers of a ballot initiative had gathered ...Read more
'Kidnapped': Family at center of Bundy-led protests sues St. Luke's Health System, police, Idaho agency
BOISE, Idaho — The parents of the baby at the center of a child welfare case that prompted protests at hospitals led by far-right activist Ammon Bundy have filed a lawsuit naming St. Luke’s Health System, the Idaho ...Read more
Sonoma State president retires after being placed on leave for supporting anti-Israel boycott
LOS ANGELES — The president of Sonoma State University has retired from his role after being placed on leave for issuing a controversial campus-wide message on the Israel-Hamas war.
California State University ...Read more
Auraria Campus closes, CU Denver classes move online amid ongoing pro-Palestine encampment
DENVER — The University of Colorado Denver will move to remote classes and work “until further notice” because of the ongoing anti-war encampment on the Auraria Campus, university officials said in a message Friday ...Read more
Donald Trump's claim in New Jersey that Democrats want to 'execute babies' is one of many GOP abortion falsehoods
Former President Donald Trump recently told a crowd of thousands in Wildwood, New Jersey, the baseless claim that Democrats want to pass an abortion law that enables doctors to “execute” newborns.
“If the radical ...Read more
UCLA academic senate rejects censure and 'no confidence' vote on Chancellor Gene Block
LOS ANGELES — Representatives of the University of California, Los Angeles academic senate have voted against censuring or making a “no confidence” statement against UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, rejecting a call to ...Read more
Econometer: Is raising the tariff on Chinese EVs a good move?
The Biden administration quadrupled tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles this week in order to protect American automakers.
The tariffs are expected to rise to 100 percent from 25 percent for EVs. There are additional ...Read more
Pro-Palestinian group takes over UC Berkeley building; university calls it 'crime scene'
Even after the University of California, Berkeley officials struck a deal with student leaders of the university's long-standing pro-Palestinian encampment, a group of protesters took over an abandoned building on campus ...Read more
Pro-Palestinian students protest during Sen. Ben Cardin's speech at UMB graduation
BALTIMORE — The nationwide collegiate discord with the ongoing war in Israel came to Baltimore Friday when a group of University of Maryland, Baltimore social work students waved Palestine flags and held “ceasefire now...Read more
A push to bring wolverines back to California fizzles amid budget woes
Those who want to see wolverines reintroduced to California were dealt a setback this week.
Proposed legislation to explore what it would take to reintroduce the rugged and elusive apex predator to the state’s high ...Read more
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett died by suicide, coroner rules
Boeing whistleblower John “Mitch” Barnett took his own life on March 9, South Carolina authorities reiterated in two reports released Friday. All findings suggest he died from a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Lawmakers move bills aimed at addressing opioid crisis
CHICAGO — Illinois lawmakers are considering several measures aimed at addressing the opioid overdose crisis and putting a greater emphasis on harm reduction, though some of the more controversial proposals with that ...Read more
As political storms stir Boeing, board sticks to course -- and Calhoun
Boeing’s conspicuous manufacturing woes and the resulting scrutiny from regulators, Congress and the flying public cast a shadow Friday over the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
In his opening speech, Steve ...Read more
Kenya property, dreams of becoming 'multimillionaires' highlight texts in Feeding Our Future trial
MINNEAPOLIS — As a couple men responsible for more than two dozen federally subsidized food aid sites in Minnesota mused how to manage the government money coming their way, one preached patience.
"In 7 months if things...Read more
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