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Pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country are intensifying. In Los Angeles, police swept through the UCLA campus overnight and said they were asked by the school to restore order as violence was breaking out between anti-war and pro-Israel demonstrators. In New York, protesters have been cleared off the grounds of Columbia University.       Florida will see a strict abortion law go into effect today. It will drop the state's current 15-week ban to a six-week ban across the state, potentially impacting thousands. Florida has seen over 13-hundred people this year travel into the state for an abortion according to data from the state health agency.        Marijuana may soon be reclassified by the Biden administration, easing restrictions nationwide. The interim rule soon would reclassify the drug to a less stringent category that includes Tylenol and steroids. That'll be the first time since the Controlled Substances Act was enacted more than 50 years ago.        Israel says it will attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah with or without a ceasefire deal. In a statement from his office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it's out of the question that Israel would halt the war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas before achieving its goals. The statement comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is once again in the region to help negotiate a ceasefire deal.       Harvey Weinstein will be back in court in New York today. Prosecutors say they intend to re-try Weinstein after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals last week. He remains in custody due to a separate rape conviction from California.       There are two games on the NBA Playoffs schedule tonight. In the first game of the night, the Miami Heat will try to force a Game Six when they take on the Celtics in Boston. After that game, the Los Angeles Clippers will host the Dallas Mavericks in an important Game Five with the series tied at two-two.       

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