Representative Ilhan Omar's daughter Isra Hirsi was among at least 108 people arrested as police in riot gear moved in to break up the anti-Israel protest that rocked Columbia University in New York.New York City Mayor Eric Adams held a news conference Thursday evening to say that university President Nemat Shafik had asked police to eliminate a "clear and present threat" to campus safety.Tensions had been at their peak since protesters pitched their tents on the university's south lawn at 4...
President Joe Biden condemned Tuesday the student-led occupation of a Columbia University academic building, after protesters’ takeover of Hamilton Hall put the school on lockdown.
The student-led protests against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have also driven Virginia politicians, candidates and others to weigh in on the protesters’ approach and how authorities and schools are responding.
Hala Rharrit, the Arabic-language spokesperson for the State Department, has quit in protest against U.S. support for Israel in the war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza who murdered 1200 in an unprovoked terror attack on October 7.
President Biden said Monday he condemns antisemitic protests amid escalating pro-Palestine demonstrations at Columbia University and on other U.S. college campuses. “I condemn the antisemitic protests, that’s why I set up a program to deal with that. I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians and their, how they’re being []
In an open letter, Virginia Commonwealth University faculty and staff respond to the college's actions to a pro-Palestinian protest held outside of the James Branch Cabell Library Monday night.
India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Homeland Security has established the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board. This board comprises over 20 executives from technology and critical infrastructure sectors, civil rights leaders, academics, and policymakers. The Board will advise the Secretary of […]
The right to peacefully protest is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution -- but when does someone’s right to protest break the law?
NEW YORK CITY—“There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!” That was one of many chants and slogans yelled into a bullhorn at a pro-Palestinian rally Read More
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - Will a Las Vegas woman be sent back to prison? Mia Christman insists she is not the same person she was before she was sent to prison. Christman, now 30, was 18 when she was part of a violent crime spree. “I did make my mistakes,” Christman told the 8 News []
The ground heaved and shook, buildings collapsed, fires ignited and thousands of San Franciscans died. The city was nearly leveled. That was in 1906. But early Thursday morning, well before daybreak, dozens of people gathered on Market Street in front of Lotta’s Fountain to commemorate the 118th anniversary of the huge earthquake and fire that destroyed then reshaped San Francisco. The annual ceremony, which takes place leading up to 5:12 a.m. — the moment the earthquake struck — featured...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller says New Mexico's Regulation and Licensing Department has revoked Knockouts' liquor license. The club was the site of a fatal shooting in December when police say a 16-year-old shot to death another patron. Days after the shooting, a city inspection found violations of the club's license as a sexually []