Police arrest more than 200 students at UCLA as law enforcement clears camp at Dartmouth, arresting more than 90 students

More than 2,000 people have now been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests across dozens of US college campuses in recent weeks.

Police arrested more than 300 pro-Palestinian demonstrators on college campuses on Wednesday night into Thursday morning, pushing the total past 2,000, according to an Associated Press tally.

Keith Davidson gives colorful testimony at former presidentas hush-money trial about how agreements came together in 2016

As Donald Trumpas presidential victory became clearer and clearer on election night in 2016, an attorney who brokered hush-money payments to bury the then candidateas alleged sexual liaisons seemed shocked that his efforts had worked, texting his longtime confidant: aWhat have we done?a

So went the second day of testimony from Keith Davidson a who represented alleged Trump paramours Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal a in the ex-presidentas criminal trial. The friend in question was Dylan Howard, then the editor of the National Enquirer. Prosecutors allege that the tabloid veteran kept Trumpas lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, apprised of damaging information about his boss.

This article was amended on 2 May 2024 to correct the amount of money that Davidson said in testimony that Michael Cohen sent to Stormy Daniels.

State supreme court had ruled that the near-total abortion ban could be enforced, unleashing unprecedented outrage

After weeks of national outcry and intense political warfare, Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed into law a measure to repeal an 1864 near-total abortion ban that was passed before Arizona even became a state.

The signature of the Democratic Arizona governor is the result of a stunning turn in Arizona politics and the white-hot debate over abortion rights post-Roe v Wade. The 1864 ban, which only permits abortions to save a womanas life, had long threatened to return to force, but in April the Arizona supreme court ruled the ban could be enforced.

Tourists delighted as pinnipeds congregate at cityas Pier 39, apparently attracted by feast of anchovies

More than 1,000 sea lions have gathered at San Franciscoas Pier 39 this spring, the largest herd in at least 15 years.

Mounds of floppy, delightfully ungraceful marine mammals have plopped themselves on to rafts along the cityas pier, displaying themselves to the thousands of tourists who pass by the area each day.

Joshua Dean, 45, former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, alleged agross misconduct by quality managementa

Joshua Dean, a Boeing whistleblower who warned of manufacturing defects in the planemakeras 737 Max, has died after a short illness, the second Boeing whistleblower to die this year.

Dean, 45, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alleging aserious and gross misconduct by senior quality management of the 737 production linea at Spirit.

In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

After a long spell of intense heat and little rain, water levels have fallen to reveal parts of a sunken church, tombstones and foundations at Pantabangan

Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in the northern Philippines.

After a prolonged spell of intense heat and little rain, water levels in the dam have fallen to reveal parts of a sunken church, tombstones and the foundations of structures from the 300-year-old town in Nueva Ecija province.

The launch of the uncrewed Changae-6 is part of Chinaas effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030

China will attempt another mission to the far side of the moon on Friday, the first of three planned over coming years as part of its goal to land a human on the lunar surface by 2030.

The launch of the uncrewed Changae-6 is expected sometime between 8.30am GMT and 11am GMT and the mission a if successful a would go far to bolster Chinaas ambitions to put a man on the moon by 2030.

Unesco joint research dating back 15 years found violence and intimidation against about 750 reporters and 44 murders

More than 70% of environmental journalists have been attacked for their work since 2009, according to a Unesco report, which warns of rising threats against those covering the climate crisis.

At least 749 environmental journalists have faced violence and intimidation in the last 15 years, the UN body found. It said that 44 reporters were murdered between 2009 and 2023 but that resulted in just five convictions.

Jerry Boylan found guilty over 2019 incident in which Conception caught fire before dawn and sank off Santa Cruz Island

A California scuba dive boat captain has been sentenced to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence over an onboard fire that killed 34 people four years ago.

The blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent US history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several lawsuits.

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Ukraineas athletes have been urged by their Olympic chiefs not to have any contact with their Russian and Belarusian counterparts at the Paris Games in July and August.

Ukraine had threatened to boycott the Games after the International Olympic Committee decided Russians and Belarusians who do not openly support the invasion of Ukraine and have no army connections can compete as neutrals.

Keith Davidson, a lawyer who negotiated payments, testified in Trumpas criminal trial as prosecutors ask for $4,000 more for gag order violations

Keith Davidson, a lawyer who negotiated payments on behalf of Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, testified for most of Thursday in Trumpas criminal trial in Manhattan, shedding more light on how the deal came together and efforts to keep Daniels quiet as media began to report on the deal in 2018.

Here are a few key takeaways:

A visual guide to the protest movement and the police response

The war in Gaza has unleashed the biggest outpouring of US student activism since the anti-racism protests of 2020.

Tent encampments of pro-Palestinian protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support the war have spread across campuses nationwide. Ensuing police crackdowns have led to hundreds of arrests.

Franceas Macron stands firm on potentially sending troops; sanctions on Russian gas leave Gazprom with record annual loss. What we know on day 800

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As Challengers gives us a viral spin on the T-shirt poached from a former flame, we share our stories about clothes that survived long after the relationship ended

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aItas such a cheeky T-shirt,a the actor Josh OaConnor recently told Rolling Stone. aJust so cheeky, and I really liked wearing it because it was just a bit like [raises shoulders and winks], aTold ya.aa

He was talking, of course, about the T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase aI Told Yaa that has become the most-talked-about garment from Luca Guadagninoas new tennis film about love, lust and (torn) ligaments, Challengers.

The history of how the all-American breakfast snack was created is served up with lashings of goofiness in this comedy caper

Standup veteran Jerry Seinfeld makes his directing debut with this decent family comedy that puts a surreal twist on the history of Pop-Tarts, one of the USas most beloved snacks: the sheer goofiness and disposable pointlessness are entertaining.

Seinfeld created the film with co-writers Spike Feresten, Andy Robin and Barry Marder, the same writing team that worked on Bee Movie, the animation that Seinfeld starred in, produced and co-wrote in 2007. Unfrosted doesnat quite have the flair of Bee Movie, but thereas a steady stream of excellent gags, creating a rising crescendo of silliness similar in effect to Seinfeldas own distinctive falsetto-hysterical declamation at the moment of ultimate joke-awareness. There are also nice supporting roles and cameos, including an extraordinary dual walk-on from Jon Hamm and John Slattery, recreating their ad exec Mad Men personae Don Draper and Roger Sterling.

For years, Disney has stopped US viewers from watching Dad Baby, in which Bandit pretends to push out his daughter Bingo in a paddling pool. But itas far from the only kidsa TV to face a ridiculous censor

In some parts of the world, the Bluey episode Dad Baby has gained almost mythological status. This 2020 episode, in which Blueyas dad, Bandit, pretends to give birth to his daughter Bingo, has never been allowed to be shown in the US. No official reason has been given for the censorship, something that has only allowed speculation to spurt off in numerous weird directions.

Why did Disney decide to ban it? Was it because the birth sequence was too graphic for the sensibilities of its young viewers? Or was it that the central conceit, of a man growing and giving birth to a baby, risked getting embroiled in the red-hot culture war screaming match about gender and biology? Just how wildly subversive was this episode anyway?

From excessive travel to food waste, weddings can have a huge carbon footprint. Hereas how to plan an eco-friendly celebration

A wedding is a coupleas big day. Unfortunately, it can also have a big carbon footprint.

The average American wedding creates around 60 metric tons of CO₂ a the carbon equivalent of 71 round-trip flights from New York to LA. Youad need to plant roughly 60 trees and let them grow for 100 years to sequester that amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. And with more than 2m marriages taking place in the US alone in 2022, the wedding industryas environmental impact adds up.

The ADA just settled an explosive legal case accusing the organization of betraying people with diabetes

A cloak of silence has descended over the recent whistleblower lawsuit claiming that the American Diabetes Association, or ADA, accepted corporate money in return for recommending recipes that threatened the health of people with diabetes.

Elizabeth Hanna, the ex-ADA chief nutritionist who alleged that her former employer fired her over her refusal to endorse Splenda-filled salads, has quietly settled her case. In a statement to the Guardian, Hannaas attorney, Lauren Davis, said that athe matter has been resolveda. No details were provided either by Davis or by a spokesperson for the ADA, which declined to comment.

She may not realise the effect sheas having on you, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Try to be clear with her about what would help

I had my first child around one year ago and the previously amicable and warm relationship with my mother-in-law has since become cool and standoffish. I feel my mother-in-law is emotionally manipulative and puts a lot of pressure on my husband, and in turn me, to spend time with my daughter. I think these feelings initiated for me when she was too present in our home in the first hours and days of my daughter coming home. On reflection, it feels as though she was invading a space that was very private and intimate at a time when I was exhausted, sore and vulnerable and unable to hold my boundaries myself. Since then I have been resentful and felt she was taking advantage of my exhaustion to get intimate time with her newborn granddaughter, as opposed to respecting what was the right thing for me. I now feel a need to keep her at armas length for fear she will again overstep.

My husband is supportive but ultimately feels pulled by his motheras emotional manipulation. All in all, she is a kind woman, and I donat think she will have even considered that her behaviour was an overstep. I donat really know where to go from here, as I do want my daughter to have a relationship with her grandmother, but I also donat want my mother-in-law being involved in as many aspects of my life as I know she desires. What can I do?

Once dismissed as a lesser art form, the still life has been reinvented as a radical form of expression, as a thrilling new show makes clear

Still life is the lowest form of art. So declared the French Academy when it established its Hierarchy of Genres in the 17th century. Historical scenes and portraiture were the noblest genres, whereas landscapes and still lifes were considered lowly. According to the art institute, biblical frescoes required a higher level of mastery; an inanimate fruit bowl, or a bunch of wilting flowers? Anybody could paint those.

This categorisation shaped the perception of still life as a marginal genre. Four centuries on, the discourse has pivoted. aThe careful and meticulous depiction of objects has always been an element of art, but generally this was something you saw in the backdrop of a religious scene or a portrait,a says Melanie Vandenbrouck, chief curator at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester. This month, the Chichester museum will present a comprehensive survey of around 150 still lifes made in Britain. Chronologically charting its development, the exhibition presents it as a fundamental genre of British art, one that has historically grappled with the universal human experiences of love and grief, but also provided a radical commentary on gender inequality, the climate crisis and war.

As Kong continues to terrorise us in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, we rate some chilling chimps

Despite the English title, thereas only one aapea in this cheesy slice of Mexploitation, once labelled a video nasty. A mad doctor transplants the heart of a gorilla into his dying son; the youth turns into a homicidal simian creep who sexually assaults women. Also features a lady luchador.

Researchers visited the Chicago Cafe to find out if itas really 121 years old a and entered a chop suey parlor filled with memories

On a warm morning in March, a group of researchers entered an unassuming chop suey parlor in the Sacramento suburbs for a rare field trip.

The six history enthusiasts affiliated with the University of California, Davis, had gathered at the Chicago Cafe in Woodland, California, with one goal in mind: to determine the exact age of what may be the oldest Chinese restaurant in the country.

The viral Glasgow event made children cry and adults seethe. Could a California tribute provide some measure of absolution?

She was the sad Oompa Loompa seen around the world. Inside a bleak warehouse in Glasgow, a supposed celebration of Wonkaas delectable world of chocolate left children crying and parents calling the police. Attendees paid APS35 to visit a bleak warehouse with a handful of props and posters; inside, they were treated to two jellybeans each and a few poorly costumed actors. Images of the event went extremely viral, making international news and inspiring a horror film and an hour-long documentary.

Two months later, I found myself walking toward another grim-looking warehouse, this time in downtown Los Angeles. I was here for Willyas Chocolate Experience LA, a tribute to the Glasgow disaster promising live entertainment, a red carpet-style photo op and a rare chance to meet the celebrity Oompa Loompa herself.

Slow response from authorities left students shocked as people wearing white masks attacked pro-Palestine protesters

When Meghna Nair, a second-year student at the University of California, Los Angeles, saw a masked group of people headed toward the pro-Palestine encampment on campus late on Tuesday evening, she expected trouble.

aI knew where they were going. I had an idea what they planned to do,a she said. aI didnat know what to do.a

Shifting atmospheric circulation patterns have placed US state in frontline of climate crisis

Changing weather patterns might not have been foremost in Bob Dylanas mind when he wrote The Times They Are A-Changina, but his lyrics seem apt now. Rising greenhouse gases are altering the worldas weather patterns and new research demonstrates how increased emissions have shifted atmospheric circulation patterns, resulting in more frequent extreme weather events around the world.

California in North America has ended up being at the frontline of the climate crisis in recent years, lurching between extreme drought and excessive rain. To understand what might have triggered these extremes, researchers modelled the interplay between the three major drivers of the weather in this region and the impact that greenhouse warming has had on these drivers.

Useful idiots keep parroting provably false Israeli talking points. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me a|

aThe Italians having a proverb,a wrote the 17th-century British courtier Anthony Weldon, aaHe that deceives me once, its his fault; but if twice, itas my fault.aa

Today, we commonly summarize that old Italian proverb as: aFool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.a

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Government arts spokesperson Todd Stephensonas inability to name a New Zealand author for 20 minutes in an interview has rightfully raised eyebrows

Politicians are used to being asked tough questions a and voters are, by now, used to their stalling in response. Still, you might not imagine that aname a New Zealand authora could ever be one of them a especially for a New Zealand politician holding an arts portfolio.

Yet thatas exactly how the ACT partyas arts spokesperson, Todd Stephenson, has surprised us, taking 20 minutes to name a single Kiwi author a or even a book a in an interview with Newsroom. In the quite remarkable exchange with Steve Braunias, Stephenson was blithely forthcoming about his limited experience of his portfolio: aItas an area Iam wanting to learn more about.a

Elle Hunt is a freelance journalist and writer

Selecting a fourth Conservative prime minister in two years would make this country even more of a laughing stock

The threat facing Rishi Sunak on Friday has been clearly signalled for months. Disastrous Conservative performances in this weekas local and mayoral English contests a the last significant test of the political mood before the general election a could open the window of opportunity for his party to topple his leadership. Before a single local election vote had been cast, it was clear that a minority of MPs were determined to attempt this. Mr Sunak has known for months that this is a moment of vulnerability.

It is not yet clear whether the Conservativesa results are sufficiently dire to trigger a more widespread revolt. The votes have not even all been counted yet. But this will not deter the prime ministeras committed opponents. Talk of MPs submitting letters to the chair of the backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, demanding a confidence vote will grow predictably loud over the weekend. Whether a confidence vote will actually happen remains a question for the future.