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How Protesters Took Over a Campus Building at Columbia University

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 9:50pm
Some of those arrested during the pro-Palestinian demonstration were outsiders, who appeared to be unaffiliated with the school, according to an analysis of Police Department data.
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Tiger accepts special exemption for U.S. Open

ESPN - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 9:37pm
Tiger Woods has accepted a special exemption to play in next month's U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in North Carolina.
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Jill Biden Hosts Teachers at Awards Dinner, With a Bit of Pomp

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 9:01pm
The first lady commended the winner of the National Teacher of the Year award during an event evoking formal state dinners.
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Israel and Saudi Arabia Are Trading Places

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 8:40pm
Netanyahu is making his nation more like the worst of the old kingdom, and the crown prince is making his kingdom more like the best of the old Jewish state.
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Follow live: Bucks fight for Game 6 win vs. Pacers

ESPN - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 7:23pm
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Biden Condemned Violent Campus Protests

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 7:21pm
Also, the U.S. accused Russia of using chemical weapons. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
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Sixers owners buy G6 tickets to block Knicks fans

ESPN - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 7:16pm
The owners of the 76ers and former minority owner Michael Rubin have purchased tickets for Game 6 of Philadelphia's playoff series against the Knicks in an attempt to block New York fans from once again overrunning Wells Fargo Center.
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Jury Hears Tape of Trump and Cohen Discussing Hush-Money Deal

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 7:05pm
The tape, played at the former president’s criminal trial, captured Michael Cohen telling Donald Trump about a payment to a former Playboy model.
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Source: Steelers decline RB Harris' 2025 option

ESPN - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 6:53pm
The Steelers have declined the fifth-year option for the 2025 season for running back Najee Harris.
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Longtime CBS analyst Peter Oosterhuis, 75, dies

ESPN - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 6:53pm
Peter Oosterhuis, who competed in six Ryder Cups, was a two-time runner-up at the Open Championship and later served as a broadcaster for CBS, has died at the age of 75.
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Jury in Federal Lawsuit Deadlocks on Abu Ghraib Torture Allegations

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 6:43pm
Three Iraqi men sued a Virginia contractor that supplied interrogators to the U.S. military after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Torrential Rain in Brazil Kills at Least 29, With More Missing

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 6:30pm
Four days of pounding rain have inundated many parts of a southern state, cutting off towns and leaving people trapped as they await rescue by helicopters.
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Most annoying game of Duck Duck Goose: The old-man style turbocharging the Knicks

ESPN - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 6:27pm
Jalen Brunson's ground-bound game is fueling the most exciting Knicks season in decades.
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The Peculiar Persistence of Trump-stalgia

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 6:00pm
Are you better off than you were four years ago? Yes.
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The Protests Help Trump

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 6:00pm
The excesses of social protest movements can play into the hands of candidates who promise to restore order.
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The long road ahead for Ukraine after secured military assistance from the U.S.

NPR World - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 5:27pm

It's taken months of debate on the Hill, but Ukraine finally has the military assistance it's been seeking. After two years of fighting, military experts say the nation still faces a long road ahead.

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Biden Appeals to North Carolina With Program to Replace Lead Pipes

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 5:18pm
In a stop in Wilmington, N.C., the president announced $3 billion in new spending to upgrade water systems around the country.
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As Kenya's flood toll rises, Human Rights Watch says officials must step up efforts

NPR World - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 5:17pm

Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season.

(Image credit: Andre Kasuku)

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Making Flying Cleaner

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 5:14pm
New guidelines attempt to make the aviation cleaner by relying on corn-based ethanol, but experts divided on the fuel’s environmental benefits.
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Woman Who Sold Misbranded Ozempic on TikTok Faces Smuggling Charge

NY Times Home Page - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 5:02pm
Federal prosecutors said the woman from Shirley, N.Y., was not licensed to administer medication and was selling drugs brought from abroad that were not authorized by the Food and Drug Administration.
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