A two-week standoff between Columbia University administration and student protesters who advocated for the school to divest from companies that work in or support Israel culminated on April 30, 2024, one day after a group of students occupied a campus building, Hamilton Hall.

New York police arrested 109 demonstrators at Columbia and...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chapel Hill and Carrboro officials on Wednesday condemned “aggressive police tactics” and “the arrests of peaceful protesters” at a pro-Palestinian rally Tuesday on UNC’s campus.

In a statement shared on social media, eight of 15 elected town officials also urged Orange-Chatham District Attorney Jeff Nieman to ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There will be no slabs of lab-grown meat for sale in Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law Wednesday that bans cultivating, marketing or selling meat grown from animal cells. Violators would face second-degree misdemeanor charges and 60 days in jail.

“Today, Florida is fighting back against the global elite’s plan ...Read more

Prince William shared a heartening health update about his wife and children following Catherine's disclosure in March that she has cancer.

The heir apparent to the British throne, who was back to his royal duties on Tuesday attending the grand opening of James Place Newcastle, was asked how his wife and three children — Prince George, ...Read more

SEATTLE — Hundreds of asylum-seekers are back living outside after running out of private donations to cover their stay in hotels and short-term rentals across King County.

They are now sleeping in a large-scale homeless encampment in a Seattle park even after King County awarded $2 million this month to local nonprofits to support asylum-...Read more

ATHENS, Ga. — Isabelle Philip stopped mid-sentence to hedge after describing herself as a graduating senior at the University of Georgia.

“Theoretically, if they let me graduate,” she said.

Nine students, including Philip, were arrested for criminal trespass by UGA police on Monday during a campus protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. ...Read more

A young mother has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for transmitting videos on Facebook of a protest in Cuba, the latest example of the communist government’s heavy-handed policies to crack down on growing dissent amid worsening economic conditions.

Mayelín Rodríguez Prado, 23, was charged with “sedition” and disseminating “enemy ...Read more

BOSTON — If Tufts University calls on the police to break up a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, students behind the movement say they’ll boycott commencement.

Roughly 320 undergraduate and graduate students set to receive their degrees later this month have sent a letter to university President Sunil Kumar urging Tufts to stay away ...Read more

The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban, sending a measure to the Democratic governor that would end weeks of turmoil and keep in place a 15-week abortion limit enacted in 2022.

In a testy and emotional session that included angry spats, a senator reading from the Bible and another playing a recording of his ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — A former adviser to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder intends to sue the attorney general, former solicitor general and the Wayne County prosecutor on allegations that the unsuccessful criminal case pursued against him stemming from the Flint water crisis amounted to malicious prosecution.

Richard Baird, who served as Snyder's ...Read more

BALTIMORE — With less than 24 hours remaining before early voting begins, Baltimore mayoral candidate Thiru Vignarajah withdrew his candidacy Wednesday and endorsed rival Sheila Dixon, potentially shifting votes on the eve of the election.

His late exit from the Democratic race is the first time Vignarajah, a repeat candidate for both mayor ...Read more

NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors on Wednesday told a judge they will retry disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein following the overturning of his rape and sexual assault conviction and will be ready for trial as soon as this fall.

The decision was announced by prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office at a hearing...Read more

NEW YORK — Over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested when an army of NYPD cops stormed Columbia University to end the seizure of a school building where all the doors had been barricaded with bicycle locks, officials said Wednesday.

Officers, some wielding chainsaws, climbed in through windows Tuesday night to enter Columbia’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Cops including two high-ranking NYPD officials proudly hoisted an American flag — and a school worker pulled down and tossed away a Palestinian flag — after evicting protesters encamped at City College, video posted by the department shows.

Kaz Daughtry, the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner for Operations, posted the video early ...Read more

Mitt Romney says he resents being compared to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem after she bragged about killing a pet dog over its troublesome behavior.

The former Republican presidential standard-bearer insisted that he did nothing nearly so cruel as Noem by strapping a pet dog to the roof of his car, a much-mocked episode from his 2012 White ...Read more

President Biden ripped former President Trump over abortion on Wednesday, the same day a draconian ban went into effect in Florida.

Biden derided his White House rival for giving his blessing to Republican-run states that have enacted ever-stricter restrictions on abortion since the conservative Supreme Court rolled back the Roe v. Wade ...Read more