Atlanta and Detroit — President Biden began his address at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s “Fight for Freedom Fund” dinner in Detroit Sunday by declaring himself a “lifetime member” of the NAACP. Several states farther south, in Atlanta, Mr. Biden began his Sunday morning commencement address at …
An Israeli airstrike targeting a house in a central Gaza refugee camp killed at least 27 people, mostly women and children, according to a hospital in the area, the Associated Press reported. The Civil Defense suggested the death toll was higher. The bombing on Sunday happened as fighting raged across …
Children stand behind barbed-wire along a slope near a camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 30, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas. – | Afp | Getty Images RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — …
Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its operation and adding that it is also moving into an area in northern Gaza where Hamas has regrouped. More than 110,000 people have evacuated …
College endowments, usually a sleepy part of a university’s operations, are now front and center in the campus protests that are spreading across the nation, with students holding up signs with slogans such as “Disclose! Divest!” and “Divest from death now!” These demands are central to the student protesters’ efforts, …
Israel is determined to launch a ground offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost town, a plan that has raised global alarm because of the potential for harm to more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there — in addition to the risk of harming Israeli hostages who could be …
NYPD takes dozens of Columbia University protesters into custody. Here’s what we know. NYPD takes dozens of Columbia University protesters into custody. Here’s what we know. 11:35 NEW YORK — The NYPD took dozens of protesters at Columbia University into custody Tuesday night. Police began moving in around 9 p.m. …
Columbia University begins suspending students still at encampment Columbia University begins suspending students still at encampment 03:05 NEW YORK — Columbia University says protesters occupied Hamilton Hall early Tuesday — a building demonstrators took over during anti-Vietnam War protests in 1968. Witnesses said a large group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered …
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses following the arrest of demonstrators this month at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in some cases from Israel itself. …
Tel Aviv — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was under rising pressure Monday from all sides over his country’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Far-right members of Netanyahu’s own cabinet have threatened to drop their support for his coalition government if he accepts a cease-fire deal with …