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Santa Monica College officials in California have launched an investigation into a raucous student protest at a board of trustees meeting in which campus police used pepper spray on demonstrators, sending three of them to a hospital, the college president said Wednesday.

Hosepipe bans affecting about 20 million customers have been introduced by seven water authorities in parts of southern and eastern England.

Prime Minister David Cameron attacks Labour's handling of education and the health service in Wales.

The latest photos of notorious killer Charles Manson have been released by the California Department of Corrections, one week before his next parole hearing.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The long boom of a construction crane that crashed down at a Manhattan worksite, killing a worker, was due to be checked out this week by city buildings authorities after its most recent inspection could not be completed because the rig was in operation at the time, officials said Wednesday....

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Former South Dakota senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has been hospitalized in Florida, his daughter said Wednesday....

Prime Minister David Cameron has defended tax and benefit changes coming into force, saying they will benefit 24m taxpayers.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A former Soviet officer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for his reputation for putting deadly weapons into the hands of violent dictators and regimes is set for sentencing Thursday....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A former Soviet officer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for his reputation for putting deadly weapons into the hands of violent dictators and regimes is set for sentencing Thursday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney unleashed a strong attack on President Barack Obama's truthfulness Wednesday, accusing him of running a "hide-and-seek" re-election campaign designed to distract voters from his first-term record while denying them information about his plans for a second....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney unleashed a strong attack on President Barack Obama's truthfulness Wednesday, accusing him of running a "hide-and-seek" re-election campaign designed to distract voters from his first-term record while denying them information about his plans for a second....

An 82-year-old man is found unconscious in a canoe on a beach in north west Wales.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would soon nominate an ambassador to Myanmar and ease some travel and financial restrictions on the formerly military-run Southeast Asian nation following historic elections that saw opposition gains in parliament....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge sentenced five former police officers to years in prison for the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina but not before lashing out at prosecutors for allowing others involved to serve lighter penalties for their crimes. The case that wrapped up Wednesday was the centerpiece of a Justice Department push to clean up New Orleans' police department that has long been tainted with corruption....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- About 150 special operations police officers are patrolling Brazil's biggest shantytown after a police officer was shot to death....

Born to Run author Christopher McDougall pays tribute to the long-distance runner Michael Randall Hickman, aka Micah True or Caballo Blanco.

The final hours of the Titanic have become the stuff of myth, but how much have movies got wrong?

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Police at a California college pepper-sprayed as many as 30 demonstrators as students angry over a plan to offer high-priced courses tried to push their way into a trustees meeting, authorities said, as state officials said they were reconsidering the policy.

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NEW ORLEANS — Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.

Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius, Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon were convicted of ...

Lawmakers in Connecticut are grappling with a bill that would do away with the death penalty and make their state the fifth in five years to abolish capital punishment.