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Columbia University cancels graduation ceremony in wake of pro-Palestinian protests, arrests
NEW YORK — Columbia University is canceling its university-wide commencement next week, citing security concerns after weeks of campus protests over the war in Gaza, officials announced Monday.
Most school-level graduations will continue as scheduled, but any ceremonies planned for the main campus lawns — where an antiwar encampment ...Read more
Legal Aid demands probe of NYPD's 'unlawful' detention of pro-Palestine protesters
NEW YORK — Dozens of pro-Palestine protesters arrested on college campuses in New York City last week were “unlawfully” jailed by the NYPD — and the Department of Investigation should launch a probe into the matter, the Legal Aid Society said Monday.
In a letter to DOI obtained by the Daily News, Legal Aid wrote that a review by its ...Read more
Xi urges Macron to help China to avoid a 'new Cold War'
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on France to help fend off a “new Cold War” as the European Union increasingly aligns with U.S. concerns over cheap imports and national security risks.
He told French President Emmanuel Macron the two nations should uphold mutual benefits, and jointly oppose decoupling and the disruption of supply chains...Read more
Biden, Netanyahu speak as Israel tells Gazans to leave Rafah
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday as the Israel military urged civilians to move out of the southern Gazan city of Rafah, according to U.S and Israeli officials.
Biden reiterated the U.S. opposition to a major ground offensive in the city, and urged Netanyahu to allow humanitarian deliveries through...Read more
Interior defends public land actions labeled as political moves
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department is facing tough critiques of its federal land policies and accusations of playing election year politics as it pushes stricter protections for U.S. lands and waters.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is set to return to the Hill on Wednesday to testify to the Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations ...Read more
Ex-Trump prosecutor Nathan Wade: Fani Willis affair was 'American as apple pie'
Ex-prosecutor Nathan Wade Monday defended himself over the affair with Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis that threatened to derail the Georgia RICO election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
Breaking his silence over the affair, Wade insisted there was nothing particularly earth-shattering about the fact he ...Read more
Miami mayor subpoenaed to testify in SEC's case against developer who paid him
MIAMI — When the Securities and Exchange Commission sued developer Rishi Kapoor in December, accusing him of defrauding investors in his real estate projects, the SEC’s lawsuit made no mention of his company’s consulting agreement with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.
But that didn’t leave Suarez, who was not named as a defendant, entirely ...Read more
Rep. Shri Thanedar community center in Detroit vandalized with 'ceasefire' message
DETROIT — Over the weekend, vandals spray painted a Detroit building used by U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar for community events on Livernois Avenue in the city's University District, putting a red X through his photo and tagging exterior walls with the words "racist," "ceasefire" and "Free Palestine.”
Thanedar said some of the damage was done ...Read more
Judge Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for gag order violations in hush money trial: Live updates
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was threatened with jail time by Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan on Monday after being found in criminal contempt again for the tenth violation of a gag order in his hush-money case.
In his sternest warning yet, Merchan, in stunning courtroom remarks, said it appeared the $1,000 fines he has issued for Trump’s ...Read more
Boeing's 1st Starliner mission with humans set for historic Space Coast launch tonight
The stage is set for some space history to be made tonight as two veteran NASA astronauts aim to launch in a spacecraft that has never flown with humans before.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will climb aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule and lift off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station�...Read more
Democrats contend Republicans are using Michigan lawsuits to sow election doubts
LANSING, Mich. — The Democratic National Committee submitted briefs Monday against two election lawsuits brought by Republicans in Michigan courts, arguing the GOP was attempting to "undermine faith in our electoral system."
The filings spotlighted Michigan as a crucial battleground state, six months before the November election, and also ...Read more
What we know about various investigations stemming from Key Bridge collapse
BALTIMORE — Authorities were quick to respond when a massive cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing the span and killing six people, and several agencies promptly launched probes into the deadly disaster.
The 984-foot Dali weighed some 112,000 tons loaded with containers when it left the Port of ...Read more
Israel tells civilians to leave Rafah as it weighs attack
Israel’s military has told civilians to move out of parts of Rafah, a possible prelude to a long-expected attack on the Gazan city.
The Israel Defense Forces “will act with extreme force against terrorist organizations in your areas of residence,” a spokesman said on X on Monday morning. He urged residents of eastern Rafah to go north to ...Read more
Putin orders tactical nuclear drills on eve of his new term
President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s military to carry out combat drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, ramping up his confrontation with the West just a day before his inauguration for a fifth term.
The army will carry out exercises in southern Russia to “practice the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons,” the ...Read more
University of Washington rejects protesters' calls to cut Boeing ties
SEATTLE —University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce minced no words in February when student protesters demanded that the university cut ties with Boeing.
"Boeing's support for the UW in time, talent and funding cannot be replaced by other endowment sources, nor would we choose to sever our relationship if they could be," she wrote in ...Read more
Israel tells civilians to leave Rafah as it weighs attack
Israel’s military has told civilians to move out of parts of Rafah, a possible prelude to a long-expected attack on the Gazan city.
The Israel Defense Forces “will act with extreme force against terrorist organizations in your areas of residence,” a spokesman said on X on Monday morning. He urged residents of eastern Rafah to go north to ...Read more
Putin orders tactical nuclear drills on eve of his new term
President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s military to carry out combat drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, ramping up his confrontation with the West just a day before his inauguration for a fifth term.
The army will carry out exercises in southern Russia to “practice the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons,” the ...Read more
California Supreme Court to rule on high-stakes battle over ballot measure restricting tax increases
The battle between business and labor is headed for a high-stakes showdown at the California Supreme Court this week over a ballot measure that would tip the balance of power at the state Capitol.
The court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments on the legality of an initiative backed by business interests that strips the state Legislature and ...Read more
Amid school crime spike, task force wants LA campuses to decide whether they need police
LOS ANGELES — Amid steeply escalating school crime, drug use and fighting, individual Los Angeles public school campuses should be allowed to decide whether to station a police officer on campus, a safety task force said, a recommendation that, if adopted, would reverse wins by anti-police student activists but respond to calls by many ...Read more
Judge demands answers from Brooklyn federal jail officials over inmate's medical woes
NEW YORK — A judge is demanding the medical staff at Brooklyn’s troubled Metropolitan Detention Center explain in person why they didn’t give an inmate all his medication after an emergency appendectomy, then apparently lied about it to the man’s lawyers.
Brooklyn Federal Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall called for a hearing after she ...Read more
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