Student anti-war protesters at U.S. college campuses are digging in and vowing to keep their demonstrations going, while some universities have moved to shut down encampments and protests. Washington University in St. Louis locked some campus buildings and arrested protesters Saturday, including Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein. The University of Southern California says it has temporarily closed its University Park Campus to nonresidents. Police in riot gear cleared an encampment at Northeastern University in Boston, Arizona State University says 69 people were arrested and 23 people were arrested at Indiana University. Columbia University in New York City says students and administrators have engaged in negotiations.

Pope Francis has met with women prisoners in Venice who are the protagonists of the Vatican pavilion at the Venice Biennale art fair. He has urged them to use their time in prison as a chance for “moral and material rebirth.” Francis is in Venice for the morning to meet with the inmates and artists of this year's Biennale. The Vatican chose to stage its pavilion inside Venice’s women’s prison, and through a deal with the Italian Justice Ministry, invited inmates to work alongside the artists.

A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal

Nicole Kidman, who 'makes movies better,' gets AFI Life Achievement Award

Nicole Kidman won the AFI Life Achievement Award with a film career that Meryl Streep said is all about love. Streep, who presented the award to her co-star from “The Hours” and “Big Little Lies,” says Kidman's excellence comes not from her willingness to bare her soul, but because she loves acting so much. The 56-year-old, Oscar-winning Australian received the award Saturday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Others who praised Kidman during a show that will air in June on TNT included Reese Witherspoon, Morgan Freeman, Zac Efron, Naomi Watts and Kidman's husband, Keith Urban.

A senior Qatari official has urged both Israel and Hamas to show “more commitment and more seriousness” in cease-fire negotiations. In a pair of interviews with Israeli media published and aired Saturday evening, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari expressed disappointment in both Hamas and Israel. He said each side has made its decisions based on political interests and not with the good of civilians in mind. Pressure is building on both sides to move toward a deal that would set hostages free and bring potential respite in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza.

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of U.S. college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in some cases from Israel itself. Protests on many campuses have been orchestrated by coalitions of student groups. The groups largely act independently, though students say they’re inspired by peers at other universities.