Chicago's 'rat hole' removed after city determines sidewalk with animal impression was damaged
Chicago's so-called “rat hole” is gone
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76ers owners buy 2,000 tickets for home playoff game. Aim for fewer Knicks fans in arena for Game 6
The Philadelphia 76ers are trying to keep New York Knicks fans out of Wells Fargo Arena for Game 6 of their NBA playoff series Thursday night
Chinese student gets US prison term for threatening pro-democracy activist
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A Chinese music student was sentenced on Wednesday to nine months in a U.S. prison for harassing an activist who posted fliers at the Berklee College of Music in
The Latest | Minnesota students to address regents about divesting from Israel
President Joe Biden is defending peaceful protest as a right that's essential to democracy
Ex-Nickelodeon producer Schneider sues 'Quiet on Set' makers for defamation, sex abuse implications
Former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider is suing the makers of the documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" for implying that he sexually abused children
Columbia University student journalists had an up-close view for days of drama
Student journalists on the Columbia University campus knew what was coming long before police with riots shields arrived to begin arresting the pro-Palestinian protesters who had occupied a building
Body of 5th missing worker found more than a month after Baltimore bridge collapse, officials say
Authorities say they've recovered the body of a fifth person who was missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge more than a month ago
‘Stop arming Israel’ Passover protest in Brooklyn harkens back to 1969 Freedom Seder
By Aurora Ellis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gathered around a banner emblazoned with the words “stop arming Israel,” thousands of protesters joined with Jewish-led peace groups in Brooklyn, New York, on
UK police make additional arrest over migrants' deaths in Channel
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Thursday they had arrested an additional individual over the deaths of five migrants, including a child, who died attempting to cross the Channel from France
For ex-Derby winner Silver Charm, it's a life of leisure and Old Friends at Kentucky retirement farm
Michael Blowen can step outside his house anytime and visit retired racehorses at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm he founded in Kentucky two decades ago
Police make arrests at UCLA in tense clashes with Israel-Hamas war protesters
Police have arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country overnight, notably at the University of California, Los Angeles
Factbox-Nine US Senate races to watch in 2024
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats face a tough fight in the Nov. 5 election preserving their narrow 51-49 majority in the U.S.
More than 100 inmates escape after rain damages Nigerian prison
By Camillus Eboh and Ope Adetayo ABUJA (Reuters) - At least 118 inmates escaped from prison after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged the facility in Suleja near the Nigerian capital, a prison
Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates
By Layli Foroudi VILLEPINTE, France (Reuters) - A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an
Arizona will repeal its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump
Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the law books, but not from the campaign trail
Serbia prepares to mark school shooting anniversary. A mother says 'everyone rushed to forget'
Serbia is preparing to mark the anniversary of a school shooting last year that killed 10 people
Colorado paramedic sentenced to 14 months of work release in Elijah McClain's death
By Brad Brooks LONGMONT, Colorado (Reuters) -A Colorado judge on Friday sentenced a paramedic convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain to 14 months in a work-release program and four years of
Student journalists are covering their own campuses in convulsion. Here's what they have to say
Student journalists at campuses across the country are getting a pressure-filled, and dangerous, lesson in their chosen profession during a chaotic springtime of protests
Thousands of hotel workers to rally in 18 cities ahead of contract negotiations
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unionized hotel workers demanding significant pay raises will rally on May Day in 18 U.S. and Canadian cities, as talks are beginning with operators Marriott
Greece convicts six and clears 15 over deadly blaze, victims' families protest
ATHENS (Reuters) - A man was convicted of involuntary arson on Monday for his role in Greece's deadliest wildfire in memory, and five former fire officials found guilty of misdemeanours linked to
Georgia at political crossroads as 'foreign agent' bill draws protests
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia faces more protests this week as lawmakers resume debate on a "foreign agents" law that opponents denounce as a Russian-inspired tool to crack down on
What is at stake in UK local voting ahead of a looming general election
Millions of voters in England and Wales will cast their ballots in an array of local elections
Who are some of the people and groups involved in US college protests?
(Reuters) -In the days since police arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University on April 18, a protest encampment has been re-established on the New York campus and
Panama presidential contenders downplay gathering economic clouds
(This April 29 story has been corrected to fix the name of the Citi analyst in paragraph 3) By Valentine Hilaire and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - With Panama's business-friendly reputation
Warren Buffett's PacifiCorp faces $30 billion of new wildfire claims
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A utility owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway faces $30 billion of new claims blaming it for causing Oregon wildfires in 2020, nearly four times the maximum
