Amherst

A police officer responding to a fallen utility pole in Amherst, New Hampshire, was injured when a passing truck hit fallen wires, knocking the pole into his legs.

Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead will not deliver the keynote speech at UMass Amherst’s graduation next week after dozens of protesters were arrested Tuesday. About 130 people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Whitehead spoke out Thursday against the arrests, and the school confirmed on its website that he had withdrawn. “I was looking forward to speaking next…