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United Methodists repeal long-standing ban on LGBTQ clergy

By PETER SMITH
May 01, 2024 11:11 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s long-standing ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowe...
Blinken in Israel seeks cease-fire and hostage deal to stave off Rafah move

Steve Hendrix, Missy Ryan, The Washington Post
May 01, 2024 11:02 am - JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Antony Blinken, visiting Israel on Wednesday at a moment described by U.S. officials as the last chance to head off a new surge of fighting...
Pro-Palestinian banners. Blazing Olympic rings. Workers' May Day rallies confront turbulent times

By MEHMET GUZEL and HYUNG-JIN KIM
May 01, 2024 10:53 am - ISTANBUL — Workers and activists around the world marked May Day with protests Wednesday over the pressure of rising prices and calls for greater labor rights. Pro- Pales...
UCLA cancels classes after violence erupts on campus over the war in Gaza

By STEVE LeBLANC and NICK PERRY
May 01, 2024 10:44 am - LOS ANGELES — Dueling groups of protesters clashed overnight at the University of California, Los Angeles, shoving, kicking and beating each other with sticks after pro-I...
What marijuana reclassification means for the United States

By JENNIFER PELTZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
May 01, 2024 9:18 am - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize t...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
May 01, 2024 9:08 am - WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose...
Federal Reserve says interest rates will stay at two-decade high until inflation further cools

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
May 01, 2024 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut interest rates until...
Dueling protesters clash at UCLA hours after police clear pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia

By STEFANIE DAZIO, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK
May 01, 2024 7:13 am - LOS ANGELES — Dueling groups of protesters clashed Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks t...
Democrats say they will save Speaker Mike Johnson's job if Republicans try to oust him

By KEVIN FREKING
Apr 30, 2024 2:54 pm - WASHINGTON — House Democrats will vote to save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s job should some of his fellow Republican lawmakers seek to remove him from the position, ...
U.S. drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say

By ZEKE MILLER, JOSHUA GOODMAN, JIM MUSTIAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Apr 30, 2024 12:11 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to ge...

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