The commencement ceremony at Harvard University was crashed on Thursday by hundreds of anti-Israel protestors, many of who walked out of the event and were joined by some of their professors. The end of the 2023-2024 academic year for the school, which was defined in large part by support for Hamas at the once-reputable Ivy […]
NEWS AND OPINION: The Central Intelligence Agency conducted an annual solemn ceremony to remember, honor, and celebrate courageous CIA officers who died serving their country. The ceremony took place Friday in front of the agency’s marble Memorial Wall, which has commemorated fallen officers since its dedication nearly 50 years ago in July 1974. When the […]
It’s good to see that, as summer break approaches, the situation on our nation’s college campuses in blue cities maintains the same grim status quo as we’ve come to expect over the past few months. This time, it’s neither students chanting “death to America” or demanding the abolition of Israel, nor is it the usual […]
Police in New Mexico arrested a man last week who is charged with shooting his stepmom after she tried to hug the suspect at his high school graduation. Albuquerque police said they took Cristian Bencorno, 21, into custody on charges of aggravated assault and weapons assault charges following Wednesday’s shooting at the Albuquerque Convention Center. […]
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was sworn as the first female president of North Macedonia on Sunday and immediately reignited a diplomatic spat with neighboring Greece. At the ceremony in the country’s Parliament, Siljanovska-Davkova referred to her country as “Macedonia,” rather than the constitutional name “North Macedonia” This prompted Greece’s Ambassador to Skopje, Sophia […]
A New Mexico woman was shot in the neck during her son’s graduation Wednesday, with the woman’s stepson charged in the incident. Cristian Bencomo, 21, was arrested after his stepmother, Victoria Bencomo, was shot, according to KOAT-TV. Victoria Bencomo was trying to hug Cristian when she was shot, police said, according to KRQE-TV. “Somebody came […]
Columbia University announced this morning that their main graduation ceremony will be canceled as a result of security concerns. Instead, the university will continue to hold a series of college level graduation events, some of which will have to be moved. Our graduating students, their families, and their loved ones are very focused on our […]
Columbia University, whose New York City campus has been roiled by anti-Israel protests, announced on Monday that it has canceled its main commencement ceremony next week. Security concerns drove the decision, NBC News reported. “Holding a large commencement ceremony on our campus presented security concerns that unfortunately proved insurmountable,” university spokesman Ben Chang said, according […]
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected international pressure to halt the war in Gaza in a fiery speech marking the country’s annual Holocaust memorial day, declaring: “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.” The message, delivered in a setting that typically avoids politics, was aimed at the […]
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 […]
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