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Judge denies lowering bond for man accused in Chiefs rally mass shooting, causing outburst

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Jackson County judge denied a request to lower the bond for one of the men accused of murder in the Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting at a hearing Thursday, according to court documents.

Associate Judge R. Travis Willingham denied any changes in the bond for 23-year-old Lyndell Mays of Raytown, finding that there was “...Read more

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Pro-Palestinian protesters march again in UNC. It was a different scene on Franklin Street

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A peaceful crowd of over 200 gathered Friday morning on Franklin Street before marching through UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus and back, in sharp contrast to the arrests at a demonstration at the university this week.

Only one uniformed Chapel Hill police officer, a coffee cup in hand, attended the event. Others drove by at ...Read more

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NYC politicians demand Mayor Adams discipline NYPD Chief John Chell over 'dangerous' tweets

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NEW YORK — More than three dozen local elected officials are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to discipline NYPD Chief John Chell over “illegal” and “dangerous” social media attacks that the police honcho has leveled against lawmakers, journalists and others in recent months.

In a Friday letter to Adams exclusively obtained by the Daily ...Read more

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Key Bridge collapse: Recovery team prepares to remove large piece of bridge from Dali

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BALTIMORE — Recovery crews are preparing to remove the piece of Francis Scott Key Bridge lying on top of the container ship Dali, a step necessary in opening a deeper channel to shipping traffic, Key Bridge Unified Command said Friday.

The Dali hit a key support pillar of the bridge on March 26, plunging the structure into the Patapsco River ...Read more

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Judge corrects Trump claim he “can't testify” in hush money trial due to gag order

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NEW YORK — Donald Trump is in no way limited by what he can say about witnesses at his Manhattan hush money trial if he chooses to take the stand in his own defense, the judge presiding over the case told him Friday — correcting a claim Trump made outside court.

On his way out of court Thursday, Trump claimed Merchan’s gag order — the ...Read more

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Judge corrects Trump claim he “can't testify” in hush money trial due to gag order: live updates

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NEW YORK — Donald Trump is in no way limited by what he can say about witnesses at his Manhattan hush money trial if he chooses to take the stand in his own defense, the judge presiding over the case told him Friday — correcting a claim Trump made outside court.

On his way out of court Thursday, Trump claimed Merchan’s gag order — the ...Read more

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Sunak suffers big election blow in UK, but not enough to force him out

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Rishi Sunak’s ruling Conservative Party lost a bellwether parliamentary seat and was on track to shed hundreds of local councilors, a set of devastating election results that nonetheless fell short of a worst-case scenario that might have prompted a Tory bid to remove him.

The Conservatives’ widespread losses to the Labour Party echoed a ...Read more

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'Do not engage': As violence erupts elsewhere, Bay Area campuses keep a fragile peace

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When a pro-Palestine protester snatched an Israeli flag from a counter-protester on the steps of UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall this week, it seemed as if it could go the way of violent clashes in universities in Southern California.

But the ensuing scuffle quickly de-escalated, and a relative calm returned to campus Thursday.

At Stanford, when ...Read more

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NYPD arrests dozens of protesters in sweep of pro-Gaza encampments at NYU, The New School

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NEW YORK — Police cleared out pro-Gaza encampments at New York University and The New School early Friday morning, arresting dozens of protesters urging the schools to divest from Israel over the war in Gaza, police and university officials said.

A rep for NYU said the request for the NYPD’s assistance came after protesters refused to leave...Read more

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The longest, strangest trip: Some psychedelic drug users are stuck with unwelcome highs

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LOS ANGELES — A.J. took two small hits off a cannabis vape pen, a common ritual with his morning coffee. Moments after exhaling, a transfigured, kaleidoscopic version of the world emerged before his eyes.

“Some colors are seeping into the other colors,” the 30-year-old said, gesturing across his art-filled living room in Yorba Linda. “...Read more

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Former Fulton inmate lawsuit blames Fulton County, sheriff's office, for stabbing

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A former Fulton County Jail inmate who says he was stabbed 13 times in the jail is suing the county and the Fulton Sheriff’s Office alleging they are responsible for the dangerous conditions in the jail.

The legal complaint, filed on Wednesday on behalf of Michael Horton, said the jail cell doors were left unlocked and just one guard was ...Read more

Jury awards $1.8 million to family of man who died in San Diego County jail 10 years ago

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SAN DIEGO — The family of a man who died in a San Diego County jail more than 10 years ago has been awarded almost $2 million from a federal jury that blamed the Sheriff's Department's jail nursing staff for failing to prevent the fatal drug overdose.

Ronnie Sandoval was sweating profusely throughout his hourslong booking process, but the ...Read more

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Analysis: Trump lurches into vacuum created by Biden's days of silence on campus protests

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WASHINGTON — Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas war and humanitarian crisis inside Gaza that turned violent this week handed President Joe Biden a political headache and former President Donald Trump a new attack line. The unrest showed the risks of being the incumbent and allowed Trump to — once again — push his ...Read more

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What's next for Cal Poly Humboldt students, faculty and administration after campus protest?

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Naomi Schumichen was on the phone with her sister on April 22, taking a walk around the Cal Poly Humboldt campus for fresh, coastal air. She heard shouting from Siemens Hall, and noticed an unusual number of police officers starting to swarm the building.

She watched as a growing number of protesters began chanting for an...Read more

UK Tories drop bid to oust Sunak after he avoids election wipeout

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Rishi Sunak looks likely to lead the Conservative Party into the U.K. general election due this year after internal critics called off a planned effort to depose him after the local elections.

Support among Tory lawmakers for a move to replace Sunak has not materialized after early results showed the party performing in line with low ...Read more

Israel-Hamas war lifts profile of Erdogan opponent in Turkey

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is coming under pressure over his tricky balancing act regarding Israel, with an increasingly popular and vocal opponent calling for the closing of a NATO defense system allegedly used to support the Jewish State.

Islamist politician Fatih Erbakan this week added his voice to those demanding the shutdown ...Read more

People can't be detained just for trying to avoid police, California Supreme Court says

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LOS ANGELES — Police officers cannot detain someone on the street just because that person tries to avoid contact with them, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The decision has immediate implications for police officers working all across the state, restricting the grounds under which they can stop and hold people for questioning. ...Read more

NYC mayor: Columbia should have taken action when first tent went up

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NEW YORK — New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams said there should be zero tolerance of encampments on college campuses in protest of the Israel-Hamas war.

“When protests cross the line and go into an area of violence, destruction of property, that is no longer protest,” Adams said Thursday on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “That’s not what ...Read more

'Someone stole her dreams': An alleged serial killer in Mexico killed her niece, Orange County woman says

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LOS ANGELES — Cassandra Calles heard a strange noise coming from her daughter's bedroom.

The 38-year-old mother had just returned to her apartment that she shared with her two teenage daughters in the La Cruz neighborhood in the Iztacalco borough of Mexico City. When she opened the door to her daughter's room, she saw a man standing over her ...Read more

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Millions were booted from Medicaid. The insurers that run it gained Medicaid revenue anyway

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Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as pandemic protections that prohibited states from dropping anyone from the government program expired.

But despite Medicaid’s unwinding, as it’s known, at least two of the five largest publicly traded companies selling plans have continued to increase revenue from the...Read more