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Cal Poly Humboldt closes campus for rest of semester over Gaza protests
EUREKA, Calif. — Cal Poly Humboldt officials are closing the campus for the remainder of the semester with classwork continuing remotely, as pro-Palestinian student activists refuse to end their occupation of two academic buildings.
This closure means that anyone on campus without authorization by University Police is subject to citation or ...Read more
Divest-or-ban law rattles TikTok influencers pushing pro-Biden content
WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden returned to the White House after delivering his State of the Union address, 23-year-old TikTok influencer Awa Sanneh joined roaring cheers alongside administration staffers gathered on the mansion’s back porch.
Biden told the group “how important” social media content is to reach Gen-Z voters, ...Read more
Columbia won't call on NYPD to clear pro-Gaza protesters' tent city again
NEW YORK — Columbia University administrators on Saturday vowed not to bring the New York City Police Department in to clear out a pro-Gaza tent city on the school’s property, claiming that police intervention would only inflame an already tense situation.
“We called on the NYPD to clear an encampment once, but we all share the view, ...Read more
Hamas releases video of 2 hostages as it weighs cease-fire
Hamas released a video Saturday showing two hostages alive as it studied Israel’s latest proposal for a cease-fire, in an apparent bid to increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call off a major offensive that would deepen the war in Gaza.
The Palestinian militant group’s military wing posted a video showing American ...Read more
Hamas releases video of North Carolina native being held hostage
RALEIGH, N.C. — A video released by Hamas on Saturday shows Keith Siegel, an Israeli American and a native of Chapel Hill who was taken hostage during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
CNN reported on Saturday that in the video, Siegel “appears to be speaking under duress” and “pleads for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ...Read more
Cyberattack strikes Georgia county that was site of 2021 election breach
ATLANTA — The Georgia county where tech experts copied the state’s election software after the 2020 election was hit by a cyberattack this month.
The secretary of state’s office confirmed the Coffee County cyberattack late Friday and severed the county’s connection to Georgia’s voter registration system as a precaution.
“We took ...Read more
Earthquake rattles central New Jersey, 45 miles west of NYC
NEW YORK — A 2.9 magnitude earthquake rattled areas surrounding northern Somerset County, New Jersey, Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The small earthquake was recorded at 8:49 a.m. near Peapack-Gladstone, a borough in the Somerset Hills region, located approximately 45 miles west of New York City, officials said.
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New director faced with setting stalled Port of Baltimore back on course
BALTIMORE — Jonathan Daniels was just weeks into his new role as head of one of the nation’s busiest ports when his job changed overnight.
Since the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Daniels has instead overseen a nearly closed Port of Baltimore. The executive director of the Maryland Port Administration since Feb. 5, ...Read more
Hamas releases video of North Carolina native being held hostage
RALEIGH, N.C. — A video released by Hamas on Saturday shows Keith Siegel, an Israeli American and a native of Chapel Hill who was taken hostage during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
CNN reported on Saturday that in the video, Siegel “appears to be speaking under duress” and “pleads for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ...Read more
LA supervisors oppose plan to eradicate Catalina deer by shooting them from helicopters
LOS ANGELES — Last fall, the Catalina Island Conservancy labeled its plan to eliminate the island's invasive mule deer population, by employing helicopter-bound hunters armed with high-powered rifles, "bold and ambitious."
But the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors chose other descriptors, decrying the proposal in an opposition letter as...Read more
OJ Simpson's death certificate confirms his cause of death, lawyer says
LOS ANGELES — O.J. Simpson's death certificate released this week confirms he died of prostate cancer at his home in Las Vegas, his attorney told The Times.
Attorney Malcolm LaVergne said on Saturday the Clark County, Nevada-issued death certificate "just confirms what I think most people widely suspected anyway — it was prostate cancer. No...Read more
Texas power prices signal grid stress in another long, hot summer
A surge in Texas power prices for August suggests another summer of heavy electricity demand — and potential grid strain — to meet air conditioning needs.
Traders start looking at prices months in advance to gauge the outlook for demand.
Already in mid-April, August power prices for Dallas soared to $168.70 a megawatt-hour, which was the ...Read more
At least 5 people shot outside DC nightclub, suspect arrested
At least five people were shot outside a nightclub in Washington, D.C., late Friday night, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 11 p.m. after a man was kicked out of a Dupont Circle nightclub on Connecticut Avenue NW. He then reportedly pulled out a gun and fired at several people.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting on the ...Read more
SpaceX lines up pair of Space Coast launches for the weekend
ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX has launches set for Saturday and Sunday from the Space Coast.
First up from is a Falcon 9 on the Galileo L12 mission carrying global navigation satellites for the European Commission from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A targeting 8:34 p.m. Saturday with a backup Sunday at 8:30 p.m.
The first-stage booster is ...Read more
12 days that rocked USC: How a derailed commencement brought 'total disaster'
LOS ANGELES — The crowning of Asna Tabassum as USC valedictorian was supposed to be a time of pride for a university that has tried to shed its old image as a playground for the privileged by bolstering academics and diversity.
In selecting Tabassum from close to 100 applicants with near-perfect GPAs and impressive extracurriculars, USC put ...Read more
Hamas releases video of 2 hostages as it mulls cease-fire
Hamas released a video Saturday showing two hostages alive as it studied Israel’s latest proposal for a cease-fire, in an apparent bid to increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call off a major offensive that would deepen the war in Gaza.
The Palestinian militant group’s military wing posted a video showing American ...Read more
Spanish Socialists take to streets urging PM Sanchez to stay on
Thousands of Spanish Socialist supporters took to the streets of Madrid and urged Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to stay in the job after he said he needed to think about his future.
The activists gathered Saturday outside party headquarters to chant “He must stay” and “You’re not alone.” Inside the building, party leaders were gathered...Read more
Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, forever changing baseball and society.
Robinson was Black, and the integration of all-white major league baseball was perhaps the most important story about civil rights in the years immediately following World War II.
The integration, Jules ...Read more
Mental health problems come with an added ‘cost’ of poorer cognitive function – a neuropsychologist explains
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
All types of mental disorders come with a hidden cost in the form of cognitive dysfunction, including deficits in memory, attention, executive functions and processing speed, according to a comprehensive study that my colleagues and I published in June 2021 in the ...Read more
AMLO expanded Mexico's military. It built airports instead of reining in murders
In his six years as Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gave his country’s military two important jobs: build infrastructure works to supercharge the economy and rein in violent crime.
By the end of his presidency, he will have accomplished only one — and left the other worse than ever.
AMLO, as the president is known, has ...Read more
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