Pennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or possibly lethal insulin doses gets life in prison (apnews.com)
Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature (apnews.com)
Medicaid expansion efforts fizzled and died Thursday in Republican-led Mississippi because top lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal to send to the House and Senate....
Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols (apnews.com)
Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden....
Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison (apnews.com)
A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection....
A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say (apnews.com)
United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues (apnews.com)
House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war (apnews.com)
‘If passed by the Senate and signed into law, the bill would broaden the legal definition of antisemitism to include the “targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.’"...
At least 2,000 people arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, AP tally shows (apnews.com)
No safety in retreat: Ukrainian soldiers say rear defensive lines barely exist amid Russian advance (apnews.com)
Arizona's Democratic leaders get enough votes to repeal 19th century abortion ban (apnews.com)
Wisconsin school district says active shooter 'neutralized' outside middle school, lockdown ordered (apnews.com)
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....
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...
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....
HBCU Xavier of New Orleans moves closer to establishing a medical school [5th HBCU to do so] (apnews.com)
Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads (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.
2 men are charged with cutting down famous 150-year-old tree near Hadrian's Wall in England (apnews.com)
Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday....
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....
US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say (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....
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others (apnews.com)
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...
These cities raised taxes — for child care. Parents say the free day care 'changed my life' (apnews.com)
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