Yellowstone visitor, possibly drunk, was injured after allegedly kicking a bison in the leg An Idaho Falls, Idaho, man kicked a bison in the leg while visiting Yellowstone National Park and was arrested for allegedly approaching the bison herd and harassing it while under the influence of ... 04/30/2024 - 4:30 am | View Link
Pro-Palestinian encampments go up on Library Mall, in defiance of campus warnings UW-Madison leaders and the campus police department had warned students last week not to set up tents unauthorized encampments as anti-war demonstrations sweep U.S. universities. 04/29/2024 - 7:54 am | View Link
How Columbia University's complex history with the student protest movement echoes into today Students protested what they saw as injustice and demanded change. Administrators were under pressure to get things back to normal. Police came onto the Columbia University campus and made arrests. 04/29/2024 - 6:26 am | View Link
Middle East crisis: 40-day ceasefire on table if Hamas accepts deal, says UK foreign minister – as it happened Current proposed deal includes 40-day ceasefire and release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages, says David Cameron ... 04/29/2024 - 2:16 am | View Link
Blinken says US almost ready with Saudi rewards for Israel normalisation The United States is nearly ready with a security package to offer Saudi Arabia if it normalises relations with Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, as he seeks incentives for Israel ... 04/28/2024 - 9:56 pm | View Link
Adolf Hitler, who rose to power on the backs of anti-Semitic scumbags, crackpots and German nationalist zealots finally ended his reign of terror by killing himself.
On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head.
Tim Kennedy (D) is projected to win the special election for New York’s 26th congressional district, the Washington Post reports.
“When Kennedy is sworn in as a member of the House Democratic conference, it will temporarily shave the chamber’s Republican majority to one seat, leaving a small margin for error for party-line agenda items.”
(NEW YORK) — Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus.
Demonstrators had occupied Hamilton Hall hours earlier after setting up an encampment earlier in the month.
Students had defiantly set up tents again after police cleared an encampment at the university on April 18 and arrested more than 100 people.
“Hundreds of police officers in riot gear marched onto the campus of Columbia University in Upper Manhattan late Tuesday, where protesters had occupied a campus building, as clashes over the war in Gaza continued to escalate at American universities,” the New York Times reports.
The second week of the Donald Trump criminal trial testimony began with a bang!
First up, a ruling on the gag order. Trump was found in criminal contempt and fined $1k for each of the 9 violations. He was also ordered to remove the offending 9 posts by 2:15pm (which he complied with) AND warned that he will be incarcerated (maybe) for future violations.
Reminder: there is a 2nd gag order violation hearing scheduled for this Thursday morning.
BREAKING:Judge Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for further violations of his gag order."Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will…
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 30, 2024
BREAKING: Donald Trump has just complied with the order from Judge Merchan to remove social media posts from his Truth Social page and his campaign website that the judge deemed in violation of the gag order.
The U. S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states.
A handful of Democrats joined with Republicans in passing the bill. The measure now goes to the Senate, but it appears doomed after the White House issued a statement Monday warning that the Biden administration opposes it.