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  • A young Black woman with long brown and white braids screams as two police officers in blue shirts and black hats hold her arms behind her.

    ‘Like a war zone’: Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest

    A peaceful action at the school near Atlanta, Georgia, was met with violent use of force and 28 arrests of students and faculty
  • This undated photo shows the The Pikesville High School sign on the school property. Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough and other local officials speak at a news conference in Towson, Maryland, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The officials discussed the arrest of a high school athletic director on charges ​that he used artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments. (Lloyd Fox/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

    Baltimore teacher accused of using AI to create fake, racist recording of principal

  • Bernie Sanders<br>Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks with reporters as the Senate prepares to advance the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan passed by the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    Sanders hits back at Netanyahu: ‘It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable’

  • Stock photo of yellow police tape

    Arizona woman pleads guilty to stealing parts of corpses and trying to sell them

  • a man speaks into a microphone

    How one Wisconsin man plagued election offices and stoked mistrust

  • Aerial view of dramatic snow-capped mountains.

    One climber dead and one injured after 1,000ft fall from Alaska mountain

  • How the Trump trial is playing in Maga world: sublime indifference, collective shrug

  • A new generation at UC Berkeley pitches its tents

  • Destructive tornadoes wreak havoc in US midwest as storm threat continues

  • US faculty speak up and stand alongside student Gaza protesters

  • Uncommitted voters are not apathetic. The Democratic party is

    Camonghne Felix

  • A physician, a lawyer, a CEO: the 84 fake electors who allegedly tried to steal the 2020 election

  • Conservatives condemn Kristi Noem for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog

  • Paramedic convicted over Elijah McClain killing sentenced to probation

Donald Trump trials in focus

  • Charcoal sketch of three white men

    Trump on Trial
    What we learned from David Pecker’s testimony

  • Man in suit leaves courthouse

    The jurors
    Who is on the Trump hush-money trial jury?

  • Donald Trump wearing a blue suit and red tie speaks in Manhattan courthouse on Thursday.

    At a glance
    Here’s what’s happened so far in hush-money trial

  • Older white man, orangey skin, dark suit, white shirt, red tie, frowning, standing in front of multiple American flags.

    Who's who
    The key players in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial

Opinion

  • Jesse Plemons plays a ‘paramilitary crazy’ in Civil War

    Civil War is a terrifying film, but Trump: The Sequel will be a real-life horror show

    Simon Tisdall
    If the former president regains the White House in November, America faces a more dystopian future than that being shown in cinemas
  • n older Latina woman with black hair and glasses, smiling and lit with a microphone attached to her blouse as if on a stage.

    Discussing Sonia Sotomayor’s retirement is not sexist – it’s strategic

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Charcoal sketch of a large white man in a suit in a wheelchair, with a person in a blue uniform standing behind him.

    The overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is an affront to women

    Moira Donegan
    #MeToo’s real legacy may not be ending predators’ impunity so much as highlighting the tenacity of that impunity
  • a woman holds a sign that reads "vote uncommitted"

    Uncommitted voters are not apathetic. The Democratic party is

    Camonghne Felix
    Americans are recognizing we must do more for Palestine and are signaling dissatisfaction with the party, as they did in 2008
    • dinner table with 'reserved' sign

      What joy it is to have a friend with a superpower – getting a table at the hottest restaurants

      Rachel Cooke
    • A group of people looking down at their smartphones.

      Silicon Valley’s business model is incompatible with the moderation of online horror and hatred

      John Naughton
    • National Trust scones

      ‘Woke’ isn’t dead – it’s entered the mainstream. No wonder the right is furious

      Gaby Hinsliff
    • Group of teenagers using mobile phones in hallway at high school.<br>High school student and her friends using their smart phones in a hallway.

      The Anxious Generation wants to save teens. But the bestseller’s anti-tech logic is skewed

      Blake Montgomery

US sports

  • Lazarus Lake attempts his third trans-continental trek.

    ‘I don’t smoke on the uphills’: Lazarus Lake walks across America (again)

  • Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton reacts to a made basket during Game 3 of the Pacers’ first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

    NBA playoffs: Tyrese Haliburton’s game-winner lifts Pacers to 2-1 lead over Bucks

  • Fireworks explode at the end of the second night of the NFL draft on Friday.

    NFL draft gets defensive in round two after Bills and Chargers get WRs early

  • The 76ers' Joel Embiid speaks during a news conference after Game 3 of Philadelphia’s first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks.

    Sixers’ Embiid says he’s suffering from Bell’s palsy after hanging 50 on Knicks

US politics

  • a woman smiles on stage

    Ruby Bridges: civil rights pioneer rejects claim book makes white children uncomfortable

  • a side-by-side image of Joe Biden and Howard Stern

    I’m happy to debate Trump, says Biden in surprise Howard Stern interview

  • a woman smiles and gives a thumbs up while standing on stage in front of multiple logos for the national rifle association

    Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book

  • Man in suit and glasses behind microphone

    The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme: what’s in the charging document?

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US business

  • Darktrace logo on a smartphone.

    Cybersecurity firm Darktrace agrees $5.3bn sale to US private equity business

  • person shopping in a supermarket

    Stock markets fall after sharp US growth slowdown

    • The Hudson Yards neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, as seen from the Weehawken Pier in Weehawken, New Jersey.

      US economic growth slows; Anglo American shares surge after BHP proposes £31.1bn takeover – as it happened

    • Donald Trump against the backdrop of a US flag with a smartphone showing the Truth Social logo

      Trump to receive bonus worth $1.2bn for Trump Media stock performance

    • A plane being assembled in large hanger.

      Boeing blew through $4bn last quarter in response to 737 Max blowout incident

Pictures & video

  • Emory University: teargas and rubber bullets reportedly used in protest crackdown – video report

  • Those who refused to leave after warnings were arrested and charged with criminal trespass, the university said, citing rules barring overnight events

    0:58

    Police crack down on pro-Palestine protesters at Ohio State University – video report

    Those who refused to leave after warnings were arrested and charged with criminal trespass, the university said, citing rules barring overnight events
  • Entering the courthouse for the fourth day of testimony in his New York hush money trial, the former US president complained about the temperature

    1:05

    'It's very cold in there': Trump wishes Melania happy birthday from 'freezing' courthouse – video

    Entering the courthouse for the fourth day of testimony in his New York hush money trial, the former US president complained about the temperature

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