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Police begin removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators' encampment at UCLA

Police begin removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators' encampment at UCLA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have begun removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment on the UCLA campus.
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Death toll jumps to at least 48 as the search continues in southern China highway collapse

Death toll jumps to at least 48 as the search continues in southern China highway collapse

BEIJING (AP) — The death toll climbed to 48 on Thursday as search efforts continued in southeastern China after a highway section collapsed in a mountainous area, sending more than 20 cars down a steep slope.
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Solomon Islands lawmakers elect former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister

Solomon Islands lawmakers elect former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as new prime minister

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China .
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Highway collapse in southern China kills at least 36 people

Highway collapse in southern China kills at least 36 people

BEIJING (AP) — A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in a mountainous area in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said Thursday.
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Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says

Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says

MOUNT HOREB, Wis.
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Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign

Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions Wednesday, advancing the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it.
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Violence, chaos erupts on campuses as protesters and counter-protesters clash over the war in Gaza

Violence, chaos erupts on campuses as protesters and counter-protesters clash over the war in Gaza

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A brawl erupted at UCLA after a pro-Palestinian encampment was “forcefully attacked,” the school's chancellor said Wednesday, while activists at the University of Wisconsin in Madison clashed with police officers who destroyed thei
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Tennis legend Boris Becker discharged from bankruptcy court in England

Tennis legend Boris Becker discharged from bankruptcy court in England

LONDON (AP) — German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found Wednesday he had done “all that he reasonably could do” to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds.
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Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest

Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest

BEIJING (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside , sitting in protest.
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Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall

Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall

NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, streaming in through a window late Tuesday and arresting dozens of people.
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