Pro-Palestinian activists occupied a building at Columbia University early on Tuesday‚ escalating a battle with administrators who have begun suspending students for refusing to dismantle tents set up on the New York campus. Protesters entered Hamilton Hall - the site of student protests dating back to the 1960s - and suspended a banner reading &;quot;Hind's Hall&;quot; from an upper floor. Others outside blocked the doors with outdoor tables and linked arms to form a barricade in front. &;quot;This...

Protesters began occupying a central campus building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday morning‚ one day after the school asked them to voluntarily disperse from an encampment set up in support of Palestinians. Once inside‚ students chained and barricaded the doors. A crowd cheered as the facade was draped with signs reading &;quot;Intifada&;quot; and &;quot;Hind's Hall&;quot; — the latter a reference to Hind Rajab‚ a young Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza in January. Hours later‚ the...

Hamas was studying Tuesday Israel's offer of a 40-day truce in the war in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of scores of hostages held since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attacks. Returning to Qatar after the latest talks in Cairo‚ the Hamas delegation said it would &;quot;discuss the ideas and the proposal... we are keen to respond as quickly as possible‚&;quot; a Hamas source told AFP on condition of anonymity. Egyptian sources told Al-Qahera News‚ a site linked to Egyptian...

Thirteen people were arrested at Princeton University on Monday after occupying a campus building‚ an incident the university president called “completely unacceptable.” The “Princeton Gaza Solidarity Encampment” began on Thursday when roughly 50 people set up tents in McCosh Courtyard. After immediately receiving a warning that the tents violated school policies‚ the protesters disassembled the tents and transitioned to holding a sit-in with singing‚ chants‚ and drums. National Review...

It was a familiar scene outside Travis County Jail Monday evening as friends and family of protesters arrested earlier in the day waited to hear news of their loved ones. Last Wednesday‚ a nearly identical scene unfolded after campus police clashed with pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin. Law enforcement responded with more force on Monday‚ dragging dozens of protesters from an encampment on the university’s South Lawn before deploying pepper spray and flash...

Nearly five million people are close to famine as the country’s civil war passes the one-year mark. Aid officials say the warring parties – the army and the Rapid Support Forces – are looting aid or blocking it from reaching areas where starvation is taking hold. But ‘the world’s largest hunger crisis’ is drawing little global attention.

New York Judge Juan Merchan has fined former President Donald Trump for repeatedly violating the gag order in the hush money trial. Trump must also remove the seven “offending posts” from Truth Social and the two “offending posts” from his campaign website by 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday. Merchan ruled Trump violated the gag order nine times for criticizing expected trial witnesses in posts on social media and his campaign page. Trump must pay the $9‚000 fine by the end of the...

Employee compensation costs jumped more than expected to start the year‚ providing another danger sign about persistent inflation‚ while consumer confidence hit its lowest level in nearly two years. The employment cost index‚ which measures worker salaries and benefits‚ gained 1.2% in the first quarter‚ the Labor Department reported Tuesday. That was higher than 0.9% in the fourth quarter of 2023 and above the Dow Jones consensus estimate for a 1% increase. In the larger picture...

While there seems to be an unending rift between Republicans and Democrats on virtually every issue‚ there appears to be something both sides can agree on: Social media companies are too powerful. According to the Pew Research Center‚ 78% of Americans believe social media companies wield too much power. To break it down even more‚ 84% of Republicans and 74% of Democrats hold this view. While most Americans have held this view since the last presidential election year‚ the level of...

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