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AP Week in Pictures: Global

5/2/2024
April 26 - May 2, 2024 Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread to multiple U.S. …

Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence …

5/2/2024
A federal judge has sentenced a California scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel …

Judge grants autopsy rules requested by widow of …

5/2/2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge granted a request Thursday by the widow of a deceased man who vanished under mysterious circumstances to set standards for a future independent autopsy of …

Answering readers' questions about the protest …

5/2/2024
A wave of demonstrations has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have pitched tents or occupied buildings in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. It started April …

Some Houston-area residents are told to evacuate as …

5/2/2024
Torrential rain caused flooding Thursday in the Houston area, with officials ordering some residents along a river to leave and telling others they may wind up stranded. "This is a …

Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in …

5/2/2024
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the …

Biden meets for hours with families of fallen law …

5/2/2024
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden detoured to Charlotte on Thursday to meet the families of law enforcement officers shot to death on the job, just a week after he sat down with the …

Georgia governor signs law adding regulations for …

5/2/2024
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor on Thursday signed a bill putting new regulations on the production and sale of products containing kratom, a plant-based supplement. The law, which takes …

Non-white pedestrians more often end up in the ER for …

5/2/2024
Pedestrians who are not white ended up in the emergency room for traffic-related injuries at higher rates than white people, according to a new federal report published Thursday. There were more …

Pennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or …

5/2/2024
A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients has pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and other charges and been sentenced to life in …

The Latest | Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo to …

5/2/2024
Hamas said Thursday it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt's latest proposal. In a statement, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh …

A fiery crash involving tanker carrying gas closes …

5/2/2024
Both sides of I-95, the East Coast’s main north-south highway, have been shut down in southwestern Connecticut. It follows an early morning crash Thursday involving a passenger car, tractor trailer …