Calls for Columbia President Minouche Shafik to resign surged Monday over what congressional critics described as her failure to rein in the virulent anti-Israel protests that have engulfed the Ivy League institution. The eight Republicans in the New York House delegation fired off a letter Monday saying that the unrest that prompted Ms. Shafik to cancel […]
She’s testing the limits of the old line about bad publicity. Taylor Swift, the pop music megastar who’s dominated headlines to an embarrassing degree so far this year, is making a different kind of news with the lyrics from the new album released on Friday. And one line in particular has fans in an uproar. […]
They were warned. Multiple times. But these students were so convinced that camping on a campus would remake the world that they stunningly and bravely refused to leave when ordered to by the college. The NYPD showed them the error of their ways. Simple thumb-rule: People covering their faces are the bad guys https://t.co/Ev5wDwVLBJ — […]
It used to be said that women in video games had unrealistic features — usually ones that certain types of young men with, ahem, unrealistic expectations about the female body might be drawn to. This was a legitimate concern. So, what did the video game industry do? They fixed the problem … by giving women […]
At last some sanity is prevailing in the case of Abigail Zwerner, the Richneck Elementary School teacher who was shot by one of her 6-year-old students in January of 2023. Zwerner sued the school district and pointed out that administrators at the school were warned multiple times that a student with a prior history of […]
BOISE, Idaho — An 18-year-old man planned to attack churches in a northern Idaho city using a metal pipe, butane fuel, a machete and, if he could get them, his father’s guns, according to federal prosecutors who charged him with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group. Authorities said Alexander Scott Mercurio […]
Congress returns to Washington on Tuesday to tackle lingering issues and new challenges, including aid for Ukraine, a Senate impeachment trial, reworking the government’s spying powers and starting work belatedly on federal funding for fiscal 2025. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, will have to navigate a House GOP that is divided on how to […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee residents convicted of felonies can apply to vote again without restoring their gun rights under a bipartisan bill that faces some GOP skepticism as it advances late this session. The effort by Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson and Republican Sen. Paul Bailey to untangle the two rights has cleared early hurdles but […]
A Nigerian woman faces seven years in prison for writing a negative online review of a brand of tomato paste product. Chioma Okoli, who owns a business in Lagos, took to social media to express her dissatisfaction with Erisco Foods‘ Nagiko Tomato Mix. After posting a photo of an opened can and commenting that the […]
Former President Donald Trump will be in court as a New York judge sets a new trial date for his hush money case on Monday — the same day a $464 million bond is due to stave off a civil judgment against him. Mr. Trump said he shouldn’t have to face either case. “The D.A. […]
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