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President Joe Biden speaks at Prince William Forest Park on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Triangle, Va. Biden is announcing $7 billion in federal grants to provide residential solar projects serving low- and middle-income communities and expanding his American Climate Corps green jobs training program.

Biden’s historic marijuana shift is his latest election year move for young voters

President Joe Biden speaks at Prince William Forest Park on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Triangle, Va. Biden is announcing $7 billion in federal grants to provide residential solar projects serving low- and middle-income communities and expanding his American Climate Corps green jobs training program.

May 1, 2024, 8:21am Latest News

President Joe Biden may eventually ban TikTok, but he’s moving to give something back to the young people who dominate the popular social media app — a looser federal grip on marijuana. Read story

A demonstrator stands in front of barricades set up to protect an encampment on the UCLA campus Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. Dueling groups of protesters clashed early Wednesday, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another.

Dueling protesters clash at UCLA hours after police clear pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia

A demonstrator stands in front of barricades set up to protect an encampment on the UCLA campus Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. Dueling groups of protesters clashed early Wednesday, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another.

May 1, 2024, 8:19am Nation & World

Dueling groups of protesters clashed Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. Hours earlier, police burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over and broke up a demonstration that had paralyzed the… Read story

Former President Donald Trump walks outside the courtroom of his trial at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York.

Trump returns to his campaign facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order

Former President Donald Trump walks outside the courtroom of his trial at Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York.

May 1, 2024, 8:18am Nation & World

Donald Trump on Wednesday will use a one-day break from his hush money trial to rally voters in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan, a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order. Read story

Pro-Palestianian protesters gather near a main gate at Columbia University in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, just before New York City police officers cleared the area after a building was taken over by protesters earlier in the day. The building and a tent encampment were cleared during the operation.

How Columbia University became the driving force behind protests over the war in Gaza

Pro-Palestianian protesters gather near a main gate at Columbia University in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, just before New York City police officers cleared the area after a building was taken over by protesters earlier in the day. The building and a tent encampment were cleared during the operation.

May 1, 2024, 8:17am Nation & World

As the two-week standoff between pro-Palestinian protesters and college administrators at Columbia University in New York came to a head on Tuesday, officials anxiously monitored whether the fallout would spark more protests on college campuses around the country or quell what has been a growing movement. Read story

Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic spokesperson, Emily Thompson, announces a $10 million investment into a state voter engagement campaign at a press conference in Bicentennial Plaza in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The campaign will focus on canvassing, mailers, digital ads and phone banking to block a GOP legislative supermajority and Republican governor in the 2024 election.

Some North Carolina abortion pill restrictions are unlawful, federal judge says

Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic spokesperson, Emily Thompson, announces a $10 million investment into a state voter engagement campaign at a press conference in Bicentennial Plaza in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The campaign will focus on canvassing, mailers, digital ads and phone banking to block a GOP legislative supermajority and Republican governor in the 2024 election.

May 1, 2024, 8:15am Nation & World

Some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills, such as requiring that doctors to prescribe and provide the drug to the patient in person, are unlawful because they frustrate the goal of Congress to use federal regulators to ensure the drug is distributed safely, a judge ruled on… Read story

A formation of Mammatus clouds fills the sky over Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Mammatus clouds usually form on the back side of severe thunderstorms. A line of severe storms crossed the state Tuesday afternoon and evening, including a few tornados in the northeastern part of Kansas.

1 person dead, homes destroyed after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas

A formation of Mammatus clouds fills the sky over Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Mammatus clouds usually form on the back side of severe thunderstorms. A line of severe storms crossed the state Tuesday afternoon and evening, including a few tornados in the northeastern part of Kansas.

May 1, 2024, 8:15am Nation & World

One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Read story

Dr. Leah Roberts, a reproductive endocrinologist-fertility specialist, looks through a microscope while discussing Florida&rsquo;s six-week abortion ban, which took effect Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in her office and laboratory in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, April 29.

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

Dr. Leah Roberts, a reproductive endocrinologist-fertility specialist, looks through a microscope while discussing Florida&rsquo;s six-week abortion ban, which took effect Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in her office and laboratory in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, April 29.

May 1, 2024, 8:15am Nation & World

Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care. Read story

U.S. Senate passes Russian uranium import ban, sending bill to Biden

May 1, 2024, 7:50am Nation & World

The Senate voted Tuesday evening to approve legislation banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia, sending the measure to the White House which has said it supports efforts to block the Kremlin’s shipments of the reactor fuel. Read story

Thousands of people march during the May Day demonstration, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in Paris. Thousands of protesters marched through the French capital, seeking better pay and working conditions. Pro-Palestinian groups and anti-Olympics activists joined the rally in Paris which will host the Summer Games in less than three months.

Pro-Palestinian banners. Blazing Olympic rings. Workers’ May Day rallies confront turbulent times

Thousands of people march during the May Day demonstration, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in Paris. Thousands of protesters marched through the French capital, seeking better pay and working conditions. Pro-Palestinian groups and anti-Olympics activists joined the rally in Paris which will host the Summer Games in less than three months.

May 1, 2024, 7:45am Business

Workers, activists and others around the world took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over the pressure of rising prices and calls for greater labor rights. Pro- Palestinian sentiments were also on display. Read story

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, centre, is welcomed by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Mike Herzog, as he arrives at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

Blinken urges Israel and Hamas to move ahead with a cease-fire deal and says ‘the time is now’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, centre, is welcomed by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Mike Herzog, as he arrives at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

May 1, 2024, 7:44am Nation & World

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday in his push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying “the time is now” for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war in Gaza. Read story