Teen charged as adult after he ambushes male teacher in hall, slaps female teacher in class: officials Authorities in North Carolina said high school student Aquavis Hickman, 17, will be tried as an adult on charges that he twice attacked teachers in unprovoked attacks. 05/5/2024 - 7:17 am | View Link
NYC authorities to start initiative to deter migrant children from selling candy in the subway Leaflets will be handed out at subways reminding that unlicensed selling is illegal. There is a parallel effort to enroll migrant children in schools ... 05/1/2024 - 1:46 am | View Link
NYC subway crime down 6%, led by drops in robberies and assaults: NYPD Major felonies on the subway system are down 6.4% in the first four months of 2024 after a winter of high-profile subterranean crimes, according to NYPD stats released Monday. 04/29/2024 - 4:08 pm | View Link
Former federal prosecutor punched in the face by brute on NYC subway as underground crime soars: ‘It’s not a safe place’ He went from fighting crime to getting clobbered by it. A former federal prosecutor was punched in the face by a brute while riding the subway on the Upper West Side — an attack he said shows the ... 04/26/2024 - 11:54 am | View Link
NYC to pay $17.5M for forcing Muslim women to remove hijabs for mugshot New York City has agreed to pay $17.5 million in a class action lawsuit led by two Muslim women who say their religious rights were violated when police forced them to remove their hijabs for ... 04/6/2024 - 12:38 am | View Link
Commencement ceremonies are being held at colleges and universities across the U. S. As many campuses have been roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war, some school administrations have taken steps to contain disruptions during their commencement activities.
University of Michigan’s commencement was held early Saturday with a few interruptions. Ahead of the ceremony, the school had said staff and security officers were ready to respond and that interfering with commencement would not be considered free speech.
[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]
Here is a look at some of the commencement ceremonies:
Northeastern University
In Boston, commencement ceremonies for Northeastern University began peacefully Sunday morning at Fenway Park.
Some students waved Palestinian flags but those were dotted among flags from India, the U.
JERUSALEM — Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza on Sunday after Hamas militants attacked it, while the defense minister claimed Hamas wasn’t serious about a cease-fire deal and warned of “a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places across all of Gaza.”
[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]
Both struck blows to ongoing cease-fire efforts in Cairo mediated by Egypt and Qatar after reported signs of progress.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem reportedly wrote in her new memoir that she met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un—but her spokesperson is later quoted as having said the statement was an “error.”
In No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, Noem wrote that she met the North Korean leader while she was in Congress as South Dakota’s representative, according to news outlets which obtained a copy of the book ahead of its publication on May 7.
WASHINGTON — A driver died after a vehicle crashed into an outer perimeter gate of the White House complex, and the incident late Saturday was being investigated as a traffic crash, police said. President Joe Biden was spending the weekend in Delaware, and the Secret Service said there was no threat to the White House.
The male driver, who was not immediately identified, was found dead in the vehicle following the crash shortly before 10:30 p.m., according to a Secret Service statement.
The Metropolitan Police Department said the vehicle crashed into a security barrier at the intersection of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
As much of Britain and the world waits on baited breath over King Charles’s cancer treatment, it is only natural that many look back to his mother’s time on the throne with a mixture of nostalgia and regret. It was Queen Elizabeth II’s unchanging nature, epitomized by her unbending adherence to the royals’ unofficial motto of “Never complain, never explain” that made her a constant fixture in the lives of millions of Brits and billions more around the globe.