Stanford University said it found a noose hanging from a tree outside a residence hall and is investigating the incident as a hate crime. In an email to students and staff, university officials said campus safety authorities immediately "removed the noose and retained it as evidence" after receiving a report late on May 8 that a noose was seen outside an undergraduate residence hall. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Christmas liturgy at the Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg early on Jan. 7, 2020. In the U.S., Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition, but in recent years, it has expanded to new regions. Some new converts are using the religion to spread white nationalist views. Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators who support abortion rights celebrate outside the Constitutional Court in Bogota, Colombia on February 21. After an 8-hour debate, the court decriminalized abortions during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/Universal Imag hide caption
Colombia legalized abortions for the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. A backlash ensued
During a news conference in Evansville, Ind., on Tuesday, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding shows a photograph of the weapons that were found in the possession of fugitives Casey White and Vicky White following their capture. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption
Former boxer Mike Tyson holds a news conference on Feb. 21, 2014, in Bethlehem, Pa. Authorities will not file criminal charges against Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Stephen Flood/The Express-Times via AP, File hide caption