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People gather in front of the Vladislav Ribnikar school during a ceremony Friday to mark the first anniversary of a shooting that killed 10 people in Belgrade, Serbia.

Serbia marks first anniversary of mass shooting at Belgrade school

People gather in front of the Vladislav Ribnikar school during a ceremony Friday to mark the first anniversary of a shooting that killed 10 people in Belgrade, Serbia.

May 3, 2024, 8:11pm Nation & World

Hundreds of people laid flowers and lit candles on Friday to commemorate the victims of Serbia’s first-ever school shooting a year ago that left nine children and a school guard dead and six people wounded. Read story

United Methodists repeal one more ban

May 3, 2024, 7:27pm Nation & World

‘United Methodist delegates on Friday repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy and in its churches. Read story

Flight 1282 passengers: Boeing duped flying public before Alaska Air blowout

May 3, 2024, 7:03pm Business

Passengers on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max plane that lost a panel midflight are accusing the airplane manufacturer of fraud, according to new filings in a civil lawsuit stemming from the Jan. 5 incident over Portland. Read story

African farmers look to the past and the future to address climate change

May 3, 2024, 5:13pm Nation & World

From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Read story

Cleanup continues on the site of a pro-Palestinian encampment, cleared by police overnight, on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J.

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

Cleanup continues on the site of a pro-Palestinian encampment, cleared by police overnight, on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J.

May 3, 2024, 1:20pm Nation & World

Police moved in to clear an encampment at New York University on Friday at the request of school officials, a move that follows weeks of pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses nationwide that have resulted in nearly 2,200 arrests with police. Read story

Christian Orthodox worshippers leave the chapel basement after attending a service at the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in, Lypivka, near Lviv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 28, 2024. This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago it also provided physical refuge from horrors outside.

Damaged in war, a vibrant church in Ukraine rises as a symbol of the country’s faith and culture

Christian Orthodox worshippers leave the chapel basement after attending a service at the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in, Lypivka, near Lviv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 28, 2024. This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago it also provided physical refuge from horrors outside.

May 3, 2024, 1:18pm Churches & Religion

This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago, it also provided physical refuge from the horrors outside. Read story

This photo released by the Metro Nashville Police Department shows Country music artist Morgan Wallen. Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off the rooftop of a newly opened six-story bar in downtown Nashville, Tenn., early Monday, April 8, 2024.

Court appearance for country star Morgan Wallen in chair-throwing case postponed until August

This photo released by the Metro Nashville Police Department shows Country music artist Morgan Wallen. Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off the rooftop of a newly opened six-story bar in downtown Nashville, Tenn., early Monday, April 8, 2024.

May 3, 2024, 11:37am Nation & World

An initial hearing for country music star Morgan Wallen was postponed Friday until August in a case in which he’s accused of throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-story bar and nearly hitting two police officers. Read story

A Pro-Palestinian protester holds up a sign as Jewish students talk to the media following on campus at the University of Texas at Austin, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests

A Pro-Palestinian protester holds up a sign as Jewish students talk to the media following on campus at the University of Texas at Austin, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

May 3, 2024, 11:28am Churches & Religion

As strident pro-Palestinian protests dominated U.S. colleges in recent weeks, few Jewish students responded with rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism. Read story

FILE - South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem attends an event Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The Guardian has obtained a copy of Noem&#039;s soon-to-be released book, where she writes about killing an unruly dog, and a smelly goat, too.

South Dakota Gov. Noem erroneously describes meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in new book

FILE - South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem attends an event Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The Guardian has obtained a copy of Noem&#039;s soon-to-be released book, where she writes about killing an unruly dog, and a smelly goat, too.

May 3, 2024, 11:28am Nation & World

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem described in a new book having met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during her time in Congress. But her office said Friday that the story of the meeting was an error as further scrutiny was put on the Republican governor's life story. Read story

Police defend decision not to disclose accidental gunshot during Columbia protest response

May 3, 2024, 11:23am Nation & World

New York City police officials on Friday defended their decision to initially keep quiet about a potentially dangerous accident that happened as officers cleared pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University this week when a sergeant accidentally fired his gun into a dark office. Read story