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'We will not stop, we will not rest!' USC students join national pro-Palestinian camps
LOS ANGELES — More than 100 University of Southern California students and off-campus supporters erected tents, banners and signs in the center of campus Wednesday, joining a growing national sit-in movement across college campuses as pro-Palestinian activists demand that universities call for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and...Read more
House Speaker Johnson calls for Shafik resignation over Columbia Gaza protests, says National Guard may be needed
NEW YORK — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign over her handling of the Gaza protests and said the national guard may be needed to restore order, as he met with Jewish students feeling unsafe and targeted amid the campus unrest.
“My intention is to call President ...Read more
Connecticut Senate approves bill to regulate artificial intelligence and criminalize 'deepfake' pornography
HARTFORD, Conn. — Trying to regulate the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, the Connecticut state Senate approved a sweeping bill Wednesday night that creates a framework designed to help consumers and avoid the downsides of AI.
Lawmakers have struggled for months in a balancing act to try to foster regulation at the same time as ...Read more
The law is 'clear,' Idaho AG Labrador says. Supreme Court hears case on abortion ban
WASHINGTON — Outside the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, anti-abortion groups and abortion rights advocates battled to make their stances known, each wielding signs, stickers and blaring PA systems.
Inside the court’s cool marble walls, the tension over abortion access — specifically whether Idaho can enforce ...Read more
Trump is a co-conspirator in Michigan's 2020 false electors plot, state investigator says. Meanwhile, Arizona announces its own indictments
LANSING, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump and some of his top aides were co-conspirators in the plot to submit a certificate falsely claiming he won Michigan's 2020 election, an investigator for Attorney General Dana Nessel's office testified Wednesday, as new details of the effort to prosecute the alleged scheme took shape in two ...Read more
Archdiocese of Chicago sued over priest accused of sexually abusing altar boy at elementary school and parish on Lower West Side in '90s
CHICAGO — The Archdiocese of Chicago is facing a lawsuit in connection with a former priest accused of sexually abusing and exploiting an altar boy at a now-closed elementary school and parish on the city’s Lower West Side.
The lawsuit, filed earlier this month in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges that the Rev. John Keehan repeatedly ...Read more
Blinken lands in China for tense talks as US sanctions loom
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in China on a mission to press Beijing on thorny issues including its support for Russia and industrial overcapacity, with the threat of new U.S. sanctions looming over his visit.
The top U.S. diplomat will hold talks with senior Communist Party officials in the economic hub of Shanghai on Thursday...Read more
Family of Dexter Reed files lawsuit against Chicago and police officers involved in shootout that killed him
CHICAGO — The family of Dexter Reed on Wednesday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and five officers involved in the March 21 shooting in Humboldt Park that left Reed dead and a Chicago police officer wounded.
The 81-page, 17-count lawsuit was announced by Reed’s family’s attorneys at a news conference outside the ...Read more
Mark Meadows, Trump's chief of staff, indicted in Arizona election interference case
WASHINGTON — An Arizona grand jury has indicted Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff and a former congressman, over his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election using a fake slate of electors from the state.
He is among 18 people charged, though his name does not appear in the indictment. Trump is not ...Read more
California's Latino lawmakers choose priority bills for 2024. Here are their top issues
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Latino Caucus gathered Tuesday morning to announce its legislative priorities for 2024 — highlighting a package of bills which concentrates on the state’s undocumented immigrants.
The caucus, consisting of 35 members, is influential in the Legislature and has championed a series of wins over the last ...Read more
Supreme Court set to hear arguments over Trump immunity in Jan. 6 election interference case
The conservative Supreme Court is poised to hear oral arguments on Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s explosive claim that former presidents have blanket immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken while in office.
The hearing marks a critical milestone as the nation waits to see if Trump will face accountability for the ...Read more
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More than 150,000 Republicans voted for Nikki Haley in Pa. primary
PHILADELPHIA — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley dropped out of the Republican presidential race in early March but still received more than 16% of the vote in Pennsylvania’s Republican presidential primary Tuesday, a sign of discontent with former President Donald ...Read more
Sharks 'adapting their movements and routines,' great white researchers discover
Do great white sharks change their behaviors in different environments, or do the apex predators follow the same routines regardless of location?
Researchers recently set out to solve this shark puzzle, as they reportedly discovered great white behaviors by attaching smart tags and cameras to their fins.
Great whites adapt their movements and ...Read more
Marine killed during 'routine military operations' at Camp Pendleton
SAN DIEGO — A Marine was killed at Camp Pendleton Tuesday evening during what military officials described as "routine military operations."
The Marine was a member of the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, which is part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing's ...Read more
North Carolina parent fails in effort to ban video of Native Americans talking about Thanksgiving
CARY, N.C. — A Wake County parent is trying to get a video about the Native American perspective of Thanksgiving banned from schools because she claims it’s filled with lies and is racist to white people.
The YouTube video from Cut.com shows Native Americans using words like “horror beyond measure,” “massacre,” “slaughtered,” �...Read more
Harvard students rush Harvard Yard for Palestine tent encampment; Emerson students protesting too
BOSTON — Harvard students are the latest college kids to set up a tent encampment for Palestine, as they reportedly rushed Harvard Yard to create a “liberated zone” on the Cambridge campus Wednesday.
Meanwhile in Boston, Emerson College officials were warning students of “imminent law enforcement action” because the pro-Palestine ...Read more
Navy sailor formerly stationed in Norfolk found guilty of attempted espionage
NORFOLK, Va. — A Navy chief was convicted of attempted espionage last week in a San Diego military court after he was accused of providing classified documents to a foreign contact while stationed in Norfolk and Japan.
Chief Fire Controlman Bryce S. Pedicini was found guilty of attempted espionage, failure to obey a lawful order and attempted...Read more
Arizona House votes to repeal near-total abortion ban from 1864
Arizona lawmakers Wednesday voted to repeal an unpopular near-total abortion ban that was enacted in 1864.
The Republican-controlled state house voted 32-28 to approve repealing the draconian, 160-year-old law after a handful of GOP lawmakers defected to join Democrats.
The bill now moves on to the state Senate. The GOP also narrowly controls ...Read more
Hidden ancient phallus carving discovered at Roman fort in United Kingdom -- again
Since the age of the Romans, a lot has changed.
Aqueducts have been replaced with sewer systems and indoor plumbing. Gladiator battles have been replaced by the National Football League. Even the earliest medical tools, like scalpels and forceps have, thankfully, been updated in the past few millennia.
What hasn’t changed is the desire to ...Read more
Man busted in misogynistic Manhattan attacks raved, 'You have to check women sometimes,' prosecutors say
NEW YORK — A Bronx man charged with eight random punching attacks on women since February, ranted to cops that he sometimes had to “check” women in order to keep them in line, officials say.
“It’s different with men,” Daquan Armstead, 31, told a detective after he was arrested and charged with assaulting random women in Manhattan, a...Read more
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