Police in riot gear clear encampment at USC
- In a swift-moving, predawn operation, police officers cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment from the center of campus.
Hamas leaders held a second day of truce talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on Sunday. The Islamist group has demanded any deal must end the war in Gaza. But an Israeli official said Israel would "under no circumstances" agree to that.
High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads.
Since becoming acting president on the last day of 1999, Vladimir Putin has shaped Russia into a monolith — crushing political opposition, running independent-minded journalists out of the country and promoting an increasing devotion to “traditional values."
