More than 2,100 arrested at anti-Israel protests nationwide as police clear college encampments Police and law enforcement have made thousands of arrests as anti-Israel agitators continue to protest in encampments on college campuses across the nation. Some colleges have struck deals with ... 05/4/2024 - 7:58 am | View Link
Plan to close and overhaul Broward schools faces resistance. A closer look at the growing opposition. A Broward school district proposal to close three schools and make major changes to nine others is facing major pushback from some parents, homeowners and elected officials. Oakridge Elementary in ... 05/4/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters.The agreements stand out amid the chaotic scenes and 2 ... 05/3/2024 - 12:15 pm | View Link
Princeton BOE Approves Move To Submit Referendum Paperwork To NJDOE On Tuesday, Princeton Public Schools (PPS) approved a motion to submit paperwork to the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) seeking approval for a referendum. The referendum will give PPS ... 05/3/2024 - 3:39 am | View Link
Police at UCLA move to break up anti-Israel encampment New York City Police Department officers were called to deal with "repeated acts of violence" at the City University of New York (CUNY) and to end the occupation of Hamilton Hall at Columbia ... 05/1/2024 - 11:41 pm | View Link
The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
Kimberly Zapata, the former Milwaukee elections official who committed election fraud in the 2022 elections by falsely filing for three military absentee ballots found out her fate this week.
Zapata had been facing up to five years in prison, instead was sentenced to one year of probation, a $3,000 fine and 120 hours of community service.
Ukraine estimates that over half of all Russian casualties are due to small, cheap FPV drones are just modified consumer items. Last year, Russian radio jammers often brought them down, to the point that Ukraine was losing upwards of 10,000 a month. Since then, the technology has advanced and their jammers don't work anymore.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.