Idaho jury begins deliberations in sentencing of Chad Daybell, who faces possible death penalty for 3 murders A day after delivering a guilty verdict in Chad Daybell’s murder trial, an Idaho jury will reconvene Friday to weigh whether he will face the death penalty. 05/31/2024 - 6:02 am | View Link
At the University of Vermont, protest ends abruptly but peacefully BURLINGTON, Vt. — The pro-Palestinian encampment on a small green adjacent to the student center at the University of Vermont disappeared this week almost as quickly as it appeared two weeks ... 05/10/2024 - 7:58 am | View Link
University of Queensland Palestine protest fury turns to Boeing “While we respect the right for anyone in Queensland to protest peacefully, violence of any kind will not be tolerated. “Police will act swiftly if any acts reach a criminal threshold. 05/9/2024 - 6:13 am | View Link
Encampment taken down at Tufts University, protest ends "peacefully and voluntarily" "We're pleased that the encampment has been taken down and that the protest on the academic quad has been resolved peacefully and voluntarily," said Patrick Collins, Executive Director of Media ... 05/3/2024 - 4:20 pm | View Link
Wednesday protest at Ohio State: what we know after protesters peacefully dispersed Hundreds of protesters dispersed voluntarily Wednesday from a demonstration on the Ohio State University campus against the Israel-Hamas war and university investment in Israel, following last ... 05/1/2024 - 11:10 pm | View Link
On Tuesday, the United States House voted to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC), in response to an announcement that te body plans to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and another Israeli official. The announcement also included the call for arrest warrants for three senior Hamas leaders.
Earlier this week, the Biden administration officially announced a long-anticipated border crackdown. The executive action—which relies on the same presidential authority former President Donald Trump invoked to enact an entry ban on travelers from Muslim-majority countries—circumvents a key provision of US law: The legal right to seek asylum, regardless of where or how a person enters the country.
Under Biden’s order, with narrow exceptions, only migrants coming to official ports of entry will qualify for asylum after encounters at the border reach a certain threshold.
Digging for more money to inject into affordable housing, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is considering asking the City Council to refer a sales tax increase to the November ballot, administration officials confirmed to The Denver Post.
It’s too soon to say whether an affordable housing tax — the amount so far unspecified — will end up on what promises to be a lengthy Denver ballot in this presidential election year.
Protesters organized by a Colorado State University group staged a “die-in” demonstration over the weekend outside a Fort Collins company. They chanted, held signs accusing the company of having blood on its hands, and displayed fake body bags and red-stained dolls, according to a report by CSU’s student newspaper.
What was behind the protest?
Demonstrators were motivated by purported connections between the company, Woodward, and a component of a bomb dropped by Israel on a camp in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, in late May.
The Denver Post looked into the connections to the Fort Collins-headquartered aerospace and industrial manufacturer.