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Student encampments shutdown amid violent confrontations and building occupations.
May Day rallies held around the world including in the Bay Area.
Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for vote on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership.
May Day rallies held around the world including in the Bay Area.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Israeli leaders, calls for ceasefire in Gaza war.
Harvey Weinstein back in New York courtroom for first time since appeals court rescinded his 2020 rape conviction.
Florida abortion ban goes into effect. 

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Columbia campus protests escalate with building occupation and threats of expulsion.
Police crack down on University of Texas campus protest.
Judge fines Trump for gag order violation at hush money trial in New York.
Secretary of State Blinken in Israel for talks, urges Hamas accept ceasefire proposal.
US health officials recommend women get regular mammograms starting at a younger age.
Youth voter organization breaks downs down findings of youth voter poll.
California lawmakers advance bill that would protect poll workers. 

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Blinken meets Middle Eastern leaders in Riyadh, urges Hamas to accept Israeli ceasefire offer.
Campus anti-war protests continue to roil US university campuses.
Labor activists call for the state to extend $20 per hour minimum wage to prisoners.
Housing rights advocates call on Governor Newsom to budget more for affordable housing.
Scotland First Minister resigns over failure to form governing coalition with Scottish Green Party.
Midwest states deal with a rash of tornadoes, several people killed.
Californians call for state single payer system.

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Trump hush money trial continues in New York, defense attorneys go after former Enquirer publisher’s credibility.
Student led protests against the Israel Hamas war continue on US campuses.
US will send $6 billion in missile defense equipment to Ukraine.
Legal scholars cast doubt on Trump presidential immunity arguments in Supreme Court.
New study shows Americans losing sleep.
Aid workers attempt to distribute aid coming into Gaza.

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Supreme Court hears arguments from Trump lawyers calling for absolute immunity.
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction.
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns, interim transitional council sworn in.
UN Humanitarian Chief for Gaza addresses dire situation in the enclave.
Chef Jose Andres eulogizes seven food aid colleagues killed in accidental Israeli airstrike.
California nurses union calls for single payer healthcare system.

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Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.


Campus protests against Gaza war roil US university campuses.
President Biden signs $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Hamas release hostage video of American Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
Troubled aircraft manufacturer Boeing reports $355 revenue drop in first quarter.
State legislative Committee advances bill to provide treatment instead of suspension for students who violate school drug rules.
UN releases dire new report on state of global hunger.

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