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Columbia University president hit with no-confidence vote from faculty group over handling of pro-Palestinian campus protests

May 17, 2024 12:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Palestinian encampments have been cleared from more US college campuses as school officials have called in law enforcement in recent weeks to quell mounting demonstrations over the institutions’ ties to Israel amid its military action in Gaza. Here are the latest developments: Arts and sciences faculty at Columbia University have passed

Stock market today: Wall Street lets off the accelerator after setting records

May 16, 2024 6:53 AM Associated Press

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Thursday as momentum cools following their jumps to records the day before. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 36 points, or 0.1%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq

Key House committees vote to advance contempt proceedings against Garland over Biden audio files

May 16, 2024 6:52 AM CNN

CNN By Annie Grayer, Holmes Lybrand and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — A pair of Republican-led House committees voted on Thursday to advance contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland for his refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The move is a major escalation in a

Greek defense team says 9 Egyptians accused of causing deadly shipwreck were misidentified as crew

May 16, 2024 6:47 AM Associated Press

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwrecks say they will argue Greece has no jurisdiction in the case. The lawyers also insisted on Thursday that their

Slovak authorities charge ‘lone wolf’ with assassination attempt on the prime minister

May 16, 2024 6:45 AM Associated Press

By BELA SZANDELSZKY, PETR DAVID JOSEK and PHILIPP JENNE Associated Press BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak authorities charged a man Thursday with attempting to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying the suspect acted alone in a politically motivated attack that laid bare the extreme polarization that has gripped the small central European country.

Army reservist’s family describes struggle to get help before mass shooting in Maine

May 16, 2024 6:43 AM Associated Press

By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The family of an Army reservist responsible for killing 18 people in Maine has tearfully apologized for the deadly rampage. An independent commission investigating the mass shooting in Lewiston heard public testimony from Robert Card’s family for the first time. James Herling said

UN’s top court opens hearings on the Israeli military’s incursion into Rafah

May 16, 2024 6:42 AM Associated Press

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — South Africa told the United Nations’ top court on Thursday the situation in Gaza has reached “a new and horrific stage” as it sought emergency measures to halt Israel’s military operation in the enclave’s southern city of Rafah. It was the third time the International Court

The Latest | Trump grumbles again about his hush money trial

May 16, 2024 6:35 AM Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has returned to court in his hush money trial and once again is complaining about it. He told reporters before entering the courtroom Thursday that “the crime is that they’re doing this case.” Trump was flanked by a large group of congressional allies. Trump folded papers in his hand

Shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sends shockwaves across Europe

May 16, 2024 6:17 AM Associated Press

The Associated Press Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life after he was shot by an assailant following a political event. The shooting sent shockwaves across Europe a few weeks before EU parliament elections are scheduled to be held. Leaders from across the political divide are denouncing the apparent assassination attempt against

The top UN court opens hearings on the Israeli military’s incursion into Rafah

May 16, 2024 6:09 AM Associated Press

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The United Nations’ top court on Thursday opened two days of hearings into a request from South Africa to press Israel to halt its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population has sought shelter. It is the

Pakistan’s Imran Khan appears via video link before a top court, for 1st time since his sentencing

May 16, 2024 6:06 AM Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has appeared before a top court via video link, his first such appearance since he started serving his sentence for corruption last August. Thursday’s hearing was about Khan’s appeal in another case, dealing with graft laws. His party says he did not get

RFK Jr. running mate Shanahan announces $8 million donation to campaign

May 16, 2024 9:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has given the campaign $8 million to help with its efforts to make the ballot in all 50 states and Washington, DC. The wealthy Silicon Valley patent attorney announced the donation during a comedy show fundraiser

The Latest | Trump’s GOP surrogates prepare to join him at court

May 16, 2024 5:58 AM Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The chair of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Bob Good, of Virginia, appeared Thursday morning with Rep. Matt Gaetz, of Florida, outside Trump Tower to support Donald Trump shortly before the indicted former president left for court for his hush money trial. Gaetz is not a member of the Freedom

White House blocks release of Biden’s special counsel interview audio, says GOP is being political

May 16, 2024 5:55 AM Associated Press

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, COLLEEN LONG and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has blocked the release of audio from President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel about his handling of classified documents, arguing Thursday that Republicans in Congress only wanted the recordings “to chop them up” and use them

At least 56 people dead in Sudan’s North Darfur state, Doctors Without Borders says

May 16, 2024 5:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Louis Mian and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — At least 56 people died in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, between last Friday and Wednesday, as “deadly fighting escalates,” Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a statement. At the city’s South Hospital, 454 casualties have arrived since last Friday, of whom

US applications for jobless benefits come back down after last week’s 9-month high

May 16, 2024 5:48 AM Associated Press

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels even as other signs that the labor market is cooling have surfaced. Jobless claims for the week ending May 11 fell by 10,000 to 222,000, down from 232,000 the week before, the Labor Department

Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago

May 16, 2024 5:38 AM Associated Press

By TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago. The move on Thursday comes less than a week after the school’s president said public safety was at risk. The chief of patrol for the Chicago Police Department says all the protesters “voluntarily left” the encampment

Mosque attack in northern Nigeria leaves 8 people dead. Police say the motive was a family dispute

May 16, 2024 5:31 AM Associated Press

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say at least eight worshippers were killed and 16 others injured in northern Nigeria’s Kano state after a man with a locally made explosive attacked the mosque where they were praying early Wednesday morning. A police spokesman said the suspect, a 38-year-old local

Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba

May 16, 2024 5:22 AM Associated Press

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans. But 65 years later, religion seems omnipresent in Cuba, in dazzling diversity. The bells toll on Catholic churches and the call

What to know about the history of presidential debates

May 16, 2024 5:22 AM CNN

CNN By Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — The decisions by President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday to agree to two presidential debates will ensure the continuation of a tradition that dates back to 1960. But it might look a little different this year: the candidates will first debate on June

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