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A student protester pulls up a crate filled with foot and supplies from a balcony of Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. Early Tuesday, dozens of protesters took over Hamilton Hall, locking arms and carrying furniture and metal barricades to the building. Columbia responded by restricting access to campus

LiveCAMPUS PROTESTS

Columbia will have 'blood on its hands' if police bring weapons to campus, say students

Livecharlotte shooting

Charlotte shooter who killed four officers had a 20-year rap sheet including drug, assault and weapons charges

Suspect dead as four US Marshals killed in Charlotte shooting

<p>Seth Meyers blasting Kristin Noem about ‘bragging’ about killing her dog </p>

politics

Seth Meyers blasts Kristi Noem’s ‘Silence of the Lambs’ dog confession

<p>Carlos Yadiel Baez-Nieves has been charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of two women </p>

Crime News

‘Serial killer’ caught in Florida after two women murdered

Trump on trial

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

Livetrump on trial

Bombshell texts in Trump hush money trial show tabloid editor calling Stormy Daniels story ‘final nail in the coffin’

<p>Donald Trump visits a convenience store in Harlem after his jury selection in his criminal trial on 16 April</p>

ANALYSISTRUMP ON TRIAL

Stuck in court, Trump turns his criminal trial into his campaign

<p>Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are set to face each other once again in 2024 </p>

politics

Poll shows ‘double-haters’ not enthused about for Biden or Trump

<p>Former president Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court </p>

politics

Trump busy taking himself down, former White House staffer says

trump on trial

Michael Cohen was Trump’s inside man. Now he’s at risk, friends say

Since the implosion of Michael Cohen’s relationship with his former boss, he has become a reformed ‘truth-teller’, spilling secrets of Trump world. It’s a role he both relishes and reviles, Kelly Rissman reports

<p>Tangled webs: Donald Trump (right) is on criminal trial in New York over alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels (right) ahead of the 2016 election. Mr Trump’s former fixer and attorney Michael Cohen (centre) is set to testify in court that he made payments on Mr Trump’s behalf </p>

Top stories

<p>Humphrey Ker: ‘I’m enjoying leading this strange double life but it has taken a toll on me’ </p>

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s man on the ground in Welcome To Wrexham: ‘People accuse us of destroying football - it’s absurd’

At Wrexham AFC, British writer and actor Humphrey Ker has become the affable man on the ground for Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Ahead of the third series of Disney+ show ‘Welcome to Wrexham’, he tells Jessie Thompson that his future with the football project is uncertain

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s man on the ground in Welcome To Wrexham: ‘People accuse us of destroying football - it’s absurd’

At Wrexham AFC, British writer and actor Humphrey Ker has become the affable man on the ground for Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Ahead of the third series of Disney+ show ‘Welcome to Wrexham’, he tells Jessie Thompson that his future with the football project is uncertain

<p>Humphrey Ker: ‘I’m enjoying leading this strange double life but it has taken a toll on me’ </p>

<p>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has been faced sharp criticism since she admitted to killing a 14-month old family dog in her upcoming book ‘No Going Back’ </p>

politics

Trump insider says Noem destroyed VP chances with dog killing story

<p>Three-year-old Elijah Vue has been missing since 20 February. His mother Katrina Baur in jail accused of child neglect </p>

Crime

Elijah Vue suffered ‘abuse and neglect’, uncle says: Mom back in court

<p>Cows are seen at a dairy in California</p>

news

Ground beef being tested in states with bird flu outbreaks in cows

<p>President Joe Biden speaks on stage at the White House Correspondents Dinner </p>

politics

Lauren Boebert claps back at Biden after dig at Correspondents Dinner

<p>President Joe Biden speaks on stage at the White House Correspondents Dinner </p>

politics

Lauren Boebert claps back at Biden after dig at Correspondents Dinner

<p>Royce and Roger Slatten’s home was completely destroyed as a tornado swept through Elkhorn, Nebraska</p>

news

Brothers say they ‘took off a couple of times’ in 136mph tornado

<p>A zebra on the loose in North Bend, Washington on Sunday</p>

news

Hunt on for zebra that escaped its trailer and went on the run

reviewwilly wonka experience

The Los Angeles edition of the Willy Wonka Experience was an absurdist fever dream

Olivia Hebert visits LA’s own ironic spin on Glasgow’s highly memed Willy Wonka Experience

<p>Kirsty Paterson as the sad Oompa Loompa alongside a fellow cast member playing the Unknown at the Willy Wonka Experience in Downtown Los Angeles, California on 28 April. </p>

Britain King Charles

royals

King Charles III returns to public duties with a trip to a cancer charity

Watch: King Charles smiles and waves on return to royal public duties

<p>Barron Trump with his mother and father Donald and Melania Trump and his grandfather Viktor Knavs at the funeral of his grandmother Amalija Knavs in Palm Beach, Florida, on 18 January 2024 </p>

politics

Trump has been told he can attend his son’s graduation after all. So what do we know about Barron?

<p>South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham talks to members of the media as he makes his way to the Senate chamber at the US Capitol on 23 April 2024 in Washington DC</p>

politics

Lindsey Graham jumps to Trump’s defense over hush money trial: ‘I think the whole thing is a crock’

<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk gets off a minibus before boarding his private plane at Beijing airport on April 29, 2024</p>

Elon Musk’s Tesla joins forces with Baidu to build self-driving cars in China

<p>Ankur Jain and Erika Hammond’s wedding in Egypt</p>

Inside the lavish wedding between a WWE star and a tech billionaire

The couple were married in an extravagant ceremony in Egypt with the Great Pyramids serving as a backdrop

<p>A building of the Odesa Law Academy is on fire after a Russian missile attack in Odesa, Ukraine</p>

Livewar in ukraine

At least four killed and dozens injured after Russian missile hits school in Odesa

Reclassifying Marijuana

Biden admin moves to reclassify marijuana as a ‘less dangerous drug’

Hundreds gather in New York to witness man eat jar of cheese balls

<p>Powerball winner Cheng ‘Charlie’ Saephan celebrates his win at a news conference in Oregon</p>

news

$1.3bn Powerball jackpot winner is an immigrant who has cancer

<p>Harrington (left-most, circled), McGeeney (middle, circled), and Johnson (right, circled)</p>

News

Mother wants charges brought in case of Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen to death outside friend’s house after football watch party

<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh on 29 April 2024</p>

politics

Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘generous’ Israeli ceasefire deal

<p>Hunter Biden is seen on Capitol Hill in January 2024 as he testifies to the House Oversight Committee</p>

politics

Hunter Biden threatens to sue Fox News over hacked photos coverage

<p>Sulphur, Oklahoma pictured on Monday morning after a tornado swept through the town. A series of tornadoes killed four in the state over the weekend, including one person in Sulphur.</p>

Livestorms

Four dead - including a baby - as tornadoes devastate Oklahoma: 100 injured

<p>A deceased newborn baby was found Sunday evening at McKay Hall, a student resident halls at the University of Tampa </p>

Crime

Newborn baby found dead in trash can on University of Tampa campus

<p>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks at the Calvin Coolidge Foundation conference in Washington DC in February 2023 </p>

politics

Hillary Clinton wades in on Noem’s confession about shooting dog

<p>(From left) Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine and Leandro Trossard</p>

Arsenal star sends message to Anne Hathaway after viral celebration

G7

Protesters with flares block busy highway in Turin as G7 convenes

<p>Russian president Vladimir Putin speaking last month </p>

Russia is plotting attacks across Europe – and they’re getting worse

<p>Cheeseball man who ate tub of cheeseballs in NYC admits he nearly threw up</p>

Man who ate tub of cheese balls in NYC admits he nearly threw up

<p>Dejaune Anderson appeared in court accused of murdering her son and dumping his body in a suitcase in 2022</p>

Crime

Mother accused of murdering son and stuffing body in suitcase makes conspiracy claims in court appearance

<p>Galena was found by an Amazon worker a week after she went missing</p>

news

Family reunited with cat accidentally mailed 600 miles from Utah to California in an Amazon return box

<p>Nicholas Umphenour (left) allegedly helped Skylar Meade (right) in his jail break in Idaho </p>

Man who ‘helped white supremacist in prison break’ appears in court

<p>Zendaya debuts dress emblazoned with Challengers movie poster </p>

Zendaya wears bejewelled dress emblazoned with Challengers poster

<p>Israel Palestinians Campus Protests</p>

politics

The economy, not Gaza, will determine how young voters break

<p>David Schultz, 53, was found dead six months after he went missing. He is pictured here with his two sons </p>

news

Body of trucker found months after he vanished while transporting pigs

<p>Rudy Giuliani appears to have been indicted related to a fake electors scheme in Arizona in 2020 </p>

trump

Who are the 18 people indicted in Arizona ‘fake electors’ scheme?

<p>A Tesla vehicle plunged off a Northern California cliff on Jan. 2, 2023. The driver, Dharmesh Patel, has been charged with attempted murder </p>

crime

Radiologist who drove family off cliff had delusions, doctors say

<p>The Boeing 747 plane bounced along the runway at LAX on Tuesday before flying round and landing once more </p>

NEWS

Dramatic video shows Boeing plane bounce off LAX runway

Lifestyle

Health & Families

The IVF battle isn’t protecting children. It’s devastating families

<p>Influencer sparks backlash after running the Brooklyn Half Marathon without registering</p>

Influencer runs Brooklyn Half Marathon without registering

Health & Families

Eva Mendes clarifies parenting agreement she made with Ryan Gosling

<p>TikTok star Rhegan Coursey‘s video attracted 20 million views</p>

Influencer calls out minimum follower requirement at Revolve party

Culture

Travel

<p>Mark Smith, better known as The Man in Seat 61 </p>

The Man in Seat 61 answers your questions on holidaying by train

<p>Afghans take selfies at the renovated Darul Aman Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 24, 2024</p>

The Taliban want more foreign tourists to visit Afghanistan

<p>TIDES in Reykjavik </p>

How Reykjavik is making a name for itself as a culinary destination

<p>Workers set up a barricade near the Lawson convenience store, background, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at Fujikawaguchiko </p>

Japanese town fed up with tourists builds wall to block famous view

Tech

Sport

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