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Nahla Al-Arian visits the pro-Palestinian protesters encampment on the campus of Columbia University, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in New York. (Laila Al-Arian via AP)

A retired teacher saw inspiration in Columbia’s protests. Eric Adams called her an outside agitator

Before and after police officers arrested more than 100 people at Columbia University who were protesting the war in Gaza, New York Mayor Eric Adams blamed “outside agitators” for leading the demonstrations.

Demonstrators wave flags on the UCLA campus, after nighttime clashes between Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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

Students walk on the campus of Boston College, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Boston. While many colleges and universities in the Boston area have been scenes of encampments and arrests, Boston College has been relatively quiet. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Student protests take over some campuses. At others, attention is elsewhere

Arizona state senator Jake Hoffman, R-District 15, motions as he speaks to the Senate President, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at the Capitol in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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

Law enforcement personnel respond to a report of a person armed with a rifle at Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The school district said a person it described as an active shooter was outside a middle school in Mount Horeb on Wednesday but the threat was “neutralized” and no one inside the building was injured. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

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

Violent clashes break out at UCLA after counter-protesters storm pro-Palestinian encampment

Pro-Israel counter-protesters clashed on Wednesday morning with demonstrators in the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. (AP video by Ethan Swope)

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Worker rights groups demand higher pay during May Day march in San Francisco

Federal Reserve chair Powell says interest rates will stay at high until inflation further cools

Abortion

Dr. Leah Roberts, a reproductive endocrinologist-fertility specialist, looks through a microscope while discussing Florida’s six-week abortion ban, which took effect Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in her office and laboratory in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, April 29. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)

Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care

LGBTQ+

Angie Cox, left, and Joelle Henneman hug after an approval vote at the United Methodist Church General Conference Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy

Shootings

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings wipes away tears as he speaks at a press conference in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 30, 2024, regarding the shooting that killed four officers during an attempt to serve a warrant on April 29. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

Immigration

FILE - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to members of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce regarding the beating death of nursing student Laken Riley on Feb. 26, 2024, in Athens, Ga. Kemp on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, signed a law that requires jailers to check the immigration status of inmates, a move he says could help prevent crimes by people who entered the United States illegally. (Nell Carroll /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, file)

Georgia governor signs law requiring jailers to check immigration status of prisoners

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Arkansas lawmakers approve new restrictions on cryptocurrency mines after backlash over ’23 law

Arkansas lawmakers have approved new restrictions on cryptocurrency mining operations in the wake of a 2023 law that prompted backlash from some communities.

An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot

Supporters of an abortion rights initiative in South Dakota have submitted far more signatures than required to make the ballot this fall.

Correctional officers shoot, kill inmate during transport in West Feliciana Parish

Louisiana State Police are investigating after two prison transport officers shot and killed an inmate trying to escape. State Police Lt.

House committee delays vote on bill to allow inmates to participate in parole hearings

A divided legislative committee on Wednesday delayed a vote on legislation that would give state inmates the right to to speak by video conference at their parole hearings.

A man is charged with causing a car crash that killed an on-duty Tucson police officer in March

Authorities say a man has been charged with causing a car crash that killed an on-duty Tucson police officer two months ago.

FILE - Democratic Louisiana Sen. Cleo Fields speaks during the swearing in of the state Legislature, Jan. 8, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. A panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected a new congressional map that would give Louisiana a second majority Black district, renewing the political fortunes of Graves, whose district was altered by the map. Fields had declared his intention to run for Congress in the new district. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool, File)

Advocates say Supreme Court must preserve new, mostly Black US House district for 2024 elections

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voting rights advocates said Wednesday they will go to the Supreme Court in hopes of preserving a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for the fall elections, the latest step in a complicated legal fight that could determine the fate of political careers and the

Jury at Abu Ghraib civil trial might not be able to reach verdict: judge says

The judge presiding over the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to detainees’ mistreatment at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq two decades ago is speculating that the jury may not be able to reach a verdict.

FILE - A United Airlines flight information screen displays flight information, including canceled flights, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Jan. 14, 2024. Consumer groups are pushing Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed for several hours. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Consumer groups push Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers

Consumer groups are pushing Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed for several hours.

Alabama lawmakers are shown architectural drawings of what a new Alabama Statehouse will look like when it is complete in 2027 during a meeting of the Alabama Legislative Council in Montgomery, Ala. on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The project also includes a new parking deck and a green space where the current building is located (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

A new Statehouse and related projects will cost about $400 million

The construction of a new Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery and related projects such as a parking deck and green space will cost about $400 million.

FILE - This artist depiction shows Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023. Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets, will face a military justice proceeding in May 2024. (Margaret Small via AP, File)

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face military justice proceeding

Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets, will face a military justice proceeding later this month.

West Virginia GOP County Commissioners removed from office after arrest for skipping meetings

A three-judge panel has ordered that two county commissioners in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle be removed from office after they were arrested for purposefully jilting their duties by skipping public meetings.

FILE - Joie Henney hugs his emotional support alligator named Wally, Jan. 22, 2019, inside their home in York Haven, Pa. Henney credits Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade, says he's searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

Man says his emotional support alligator, known for its big social media audience, has gone missing

A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator named Wally has gone missing amid the coastal marshes of Georgia.

Flags of the U.S and China sit in a room where U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with China's Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Over 40% of Americans see China as an enemy, a Pew report shows. That’s a five-year high

A new Pew Research Center report shows that more than 40% of Americans now label China as an enemy, up from a quarter two years ago and reaching the highest level in five years.

Fire severely damages a Los Angeles County fire station

Fire has significantly damaged a Los Angeles County Fire Department station. The destruction inside Station 164 in the city of Huntington Park early Wednesday included fire trucks and paramedic units.

FILE - Reach House, a halfway house for sex offenders where visiting nurse Joyce Grayson was found dead, sits atop a small hill, Nov. 21, 2023, in Willimantic, Conn. A federal workplace safety investigation following the death of Grayson, a licensed practical nurse, during a home visit in Willimantic on Oct. 28, 2023, found that Elara Caring, one of the nation’s largest home-based care providers, did not provide adequate safeguards to protect the nurse and other employees from the dangers of workplace violence. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton Robb, File)

Employer of visiting nurse who was killed didn’t protect her and should be fined, safety agency says

Federal workplace safety officials say a home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house.

Utah woman arrested on suspicion of murder in uncompleted suicide pact with friend

A 21-year-old Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a friend was shot in what police said was an uncompleted suicide pact.

Kansas legislators expect Kelly to veto their latest tax cuts and call a special session

Kansas lawmakers have approved a new, slightly smaller package of tax cuts, expecting Gov. Laura Kelly to veto it and call a special legislative session to push for a plan more to her liking.

Remains of child found in duffel bag in Philadelphia neighborhood identified as missing boy

A decomposed body found in a duffel bag in west Philadelphia have been identified as a 4-year-old boy who authorities say was beaten to death.

Small earthquake shakes a wide area of Southern California. No initial reports of damage

A small earthquake has shaken a wide area of Southern California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.1 quake hit at 1:49 p.m. Wednesday.

CORRECTS TO CAITLIN CLARK NOT CAITLYN CLARK - LSU's Angel Reese, left, and Iowa's Caitlin Clark, right, pose for a photo before the WNBA basketball draft, Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

WNBA ticket sales on StubHub are up 93%. Aces, Caitlin Clark and returning stars fuel rise

The wave of incoming rookies such as Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso and the return of popular players A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum of the defending champion Las Vegas Aces have led to unprecedented demand for WNBA games on one of the world’s largest ticket resale platforms.

Brent Cox, left, talks to Josh Malkin, right, of the South Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, right, as they wait to talk to lawmakers in the lobby of the Statehouse on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

South Carolina Senate takes up ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

South Carolina’s Senate is debating a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The bill was passed by the state House in January and would bar health professionals from performing gender-transition surgeries, prescribing puberty-blocking drugs and overseeing hormone treatments for patien

Montana man gets 2 1/2 years in prison for leaving threatening voicemails for Senator Jon Tester

A Montana man who pleaded guilty to leaving voicemail messages threatening to kill Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and his family was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.

A man claims he operated a food truck to get a pandemic loan. Prosecutors say he was an inmate

A West Virginia man who obtained a government loan during the pandemic after falsely claiming he was operating a food truck while he was in prison has been sentenced to more than 13 years.

At least 9 dead, dozens treated in Texas capital after unusual spike in overdoses

Texas officials are investigating at least nine recent deaths involving an unusual spike of opioid overdoses in Austin.

In this photo provided by Joni Wickham, advocates hoping to raise Missouri's minimum wage to $15 an hour turned in voter signatures Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to the Secretary of State's Office in Jefferson City, Mo. Campaigns need more than 100,000 valid voter signatures to put proposed changes to Missouri law before voters. (Joni Wickham via AP)

Campaign to raise Missouri’s minimum wage to $15 an hour confident it will get on the ballot

Missouri voters have gotten a step closer to getting to decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.

North Carolina Republicans seek hundreds of millions of dollars more for school vouchers

North Carolina Republicans are advancing legislation to spend hundreds of millions of dollars now to eliminate a large waiting list for scholarships to attend private schools and to meet expected higher demand ahead.

FILE - President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the CHIPS and Science Act at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Syracuse, N.Y. Twenty-six Republican attorneys general filed lawsuits Wednesday, May 1, challenging a new Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers across the United States to run background checks on buyers at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

26 Republican attorneys general sue to block Biden rule requiring background checks at gun shows

Twenty-six Republican attorneys general are suing the Biden administration over its new rule requiring firearm dealers to run background checks at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.

Vendor that mishandled Pennsylvania virus data to pay $2.7 million in federal whistleblower case

A staffing company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the U.S.

FILE - Duane Eddy performs on the third day of the 2014 Stagecoach Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field, April 27, 2014, in Indio, Calif. Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, died of cancer Tuesday, April 30, 2024. He was 86. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Duane Eddy, twangy guitar hero of early rock, dead at age 86

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser,” “Forty Miles of Bad Road” and “Cannonball” helped put the twang in early rock ‘n’ roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86.

This image released by Oscilloscope Laboratories shows writer-director Ethan Hawke, left, and his daughter, actor Maya Hawke, on the set of "Wildcat." (Steve Squall/Oscilloscope Laboratories via AP)

Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke have a running joke about ‘Wildcat,’ their Flannery O’Connor movie

Ethan Hawke directs his daughter Maya Hawke in “Wildcat,” a movie about the Southern Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor.