No safety in retreat: Ukrainian soldiers say rear defensive lines barely exist amid Russian advance (apnews.com)
Wisconsin school district says active shooter 'neutralized' outside middle school, lockdown ordered (apnews.com)
Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters who occupied administration building (apnews.com)
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion....
Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion, with police carrying riot shields bursting into a building that protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. On the other side of the country, clashes broke out early Wednesday between...
Arizona's Democratic leaders get enough votes to repeal 19th century abortion ban (apnews.com)
4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say (apnews.com)
HBCU Xavier of New Orleans moves closer to establishing a medical school [5th HBCU to do so] (apnews.com)
Fired Google workers ousted over Israeli contract protests file complaint with labor regulators (apnews.com)
Dozens of Google workers who were fired after internal protests surrounding a lucrative contract that the technology company has with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with labor regulators in an attempt to get their jobs back....
Highway collapse in China's southern Guangdong province leaves at least 24 dead (apnews.com)
The ground beneath the highway appeared to have caved in, along with the section of the road that had broken off....
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others (apnews.com)
To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji (apnews.com)
The neighborhood suddenly became a popular spot about two years ago, apparently after a photo taken in a particular angle showing Mount Fuji in the background of a local convenience store, became a social media sensation.
USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow (apnews.com)
The Latest | Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people (apnews.com)
Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children, Palestinian health officials said. One of the children killed in the strikes overnight into Monday was just 5 days old....
Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights (apnews.com)
Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over rising prices and governments’ labor polices and calls for greater labor rights....
The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan (apnews.com)
Terrorists in sneakers taking selfies...
3 law officers killed, 5 others wounded trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, authorities say (apnews.com)
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others (apnews.com)
Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence protests after being locked out of his lab (apnews.com)
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab....
South Dakota governor, a potential Trump running mate, writes in new book about killing her dog (apnews.com)
The Guardian obtained a copy of Noem’s soon-to-be released book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.” In it, she tells the story of the ill-fated Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer she was training for pheasant hunting....
Williams-Sonoma must pay almost $3.2 million for violating FTC's 'Made in USA' order (apnews.com)
Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million for violating a Federal Trade Commission “Made in USA” order....
Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab (apnews.com)
US military ships are working to build a pier for Gaza aid. It's going to cost at least $320 million (apnews.com)
A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation that the Pentagon has said will cost at least $320 million....
Dubai plans to move its busy international airport to a $35 billion new facility within 10 years (apnews.com)
Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state’s second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches “within the next 10 years” in a project worth nearly $35 billion, its ruler said Sunday....
Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads (apnews.com)
South Dakota governor, a potential Trump running mate, writes in new book about killing her dog (apnews.com)
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