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By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump on Tuesday lamented the possibility that Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, marking the second time in a week the former president has invoked the ongoing campus protests to downplay

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until it has “greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2% target. The Fed issued its decision in a

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has launched a double-barreled antitrust attack on Google’s dominant search and Apple’s trendsetting iPhone. The legal offensive is reviving memories of the epic battle that hobbled Microsoft before it roared back to yet again become the world’s most valuable company. The

By DAKE KANG BEIJING (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China says he has been allowed back into his lab after days of protest. Zhang Yongzhen posted online early Wednesday that authorities had “tentatively agreed” to allow him and his team to return to his laboratory and

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in Georgia’s capital have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters who rallied outside the country’s parliament to protest a bill that would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they get over 20% of their funding from abroad. Thousands of demonstrators

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says over 7 million people in South Sudan are expected to face acute food insecurity or worse during “the lean season”  between now and July. The report released Tuesday by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organizations said the highest prevalence of acute hunger, ranging between 65% and 75%

WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say one person died when a tornado ripped through the small northeastern Kansas city of Westmoreland and destroyed houses, RVs and outbuildings. Pottawatomie County officials say a tornado struck the city Tuesday evening, destroying 22 homes, three RVs and five outbuildings. First responders were conducting grid searches in Westmoreland to

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s main opposition coalition says it won’t take part in the upcoming presidential election unless political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored. More than 20 political opponents have been charged or imprisoned since President Kais Saied consolidated power in 2021 by suspending parliament and

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both, in the latest flareup in an increasingly tense territorial conflict. There were no immediate reports of injuries in the incident Tuesday off Scarborough Shoal, one of two

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Some 40,000 meals will be served each day during the Paris Games to over 15,000 athletes from 200 different countries housed at the Olympic village. Fresh bread, select cheeses and a broad veggie offer will be among the meals to be offered during the 2024 Paris Olympics

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine has escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers, or 6 miles, alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane. Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to leave the frontline town of Ocheretyne last week after Russian

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden has made a number of election year moves intended to appeal to younger voters. The latest is a proposal by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, which is under review at the White House Office of

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts will begin limiting how long homeless families can stay in shelters as the state continues to grapple with an influx of homeless migrants. Beginning June 1, the total length of stay will be limited to nine months, at the end of which families will be eligible

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by leaders in the Republican-led Mississippi Legislature could struggle for bipartisan support because it includes a work requirement that is unlikely to receive federal approval, the state House Democratic leader said Tuesday. Approving the plan could create false hope among

By WILL WEISSERT and LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee’s rulemaking arm has voted to seat New Hampshire’s full slate of delegates at the party’s convention this summer, ending a bitter feud with the state over its presidential primary no longer being the first in the nation. The move on

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new Louisiana congressional map giving the state a second majority-Black House district has been rejected by a panel of federal judges. Tuesday’s 2-1 decision fuels new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. Challengers of the new map said it

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills are unlawful. A U.S. district judge granted a partial victory Tuesday to a physician who performs abortions and last year sued state and local prosecutors and state health and

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press The U.S. House voted to end federal protection for gray wolves in 48 states, though the bill’s ultimate prospects are uncertain. The GOP-controlled House passed the bill 209-205 on Tuesday, sending it to the Senate for consideration. In 2011, Congress removed wolves from the list of endangered species in the

By DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles, officials said. The crash happened shortly before noon along Exposition Boulevard, near the USC

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say one person has died and 14 others were injured after a sports utility vehicle crashed through the front glass wall of a thrift store in Las Cruces. First responders said 10 of the injured in Tuesday’s crash were taken to hospitals for treatment and a 67-year-old woman was