A fire set by demonstrators protesting a scheduled speaking appearance by Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos burns on Sproul Plaza on the University of California at Berkeley campus on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. The event was cancelled due to size of the crowd and several fires being set. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
February 1, 2017
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February 1, 2017 10:57 p.m.
Milo Yiannopoulos' UC Berkeley talk canceled
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A talk at the University of California at Berkeley by Milo Yiannopoulos, a Breitbart News editor, was canceled Wednesday out of safety concerns after anti-fascist and socialist protesters hurled smoke bombs, broke windows and started a bonfire.