• Fired UT-Austin lecturer with 'Marxism' interest facing criminal charge over anti-Israel protest police clash

    A University of Texas-Austin lecturer not only lost his job but is now facing a criminal charge after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in an anti-Israel protest on the campus earlier this month. FOX 7 in Austin reported that 57-year-old Richard Heyman had been employed by the University of Texas for nearly 18 years. His most recent position at the school was as a lecturer. According to the university’s website, Heyman has taught courses in subjects like urban studies and contemporary...

  • Michael Irvin Won't Be Charged After Criminal Police Investigation in Texas

    Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin will not face criminal charges after Texas police closed an investigation into an unspecified "allegation"

  • Texas’ DEI ban almost ended cultural graduations. Latina students at UT-Austin fought to keep theirs.

    Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Liany Serrano Oviedo crouched in her yellow graduation dress, stared at the mirror and carefully blotted her tears with a wipe. It was a rare moment for the 22-year-old University of Texas at Austin senior to be alone and gather her composure.

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    MIT protesters, police clash amid campus protest; 9 arrested

    There was pushing and shoving as students clashed with police outside a parking garage on the MIT campus.

  • Investigation leads to two arrested in Logansport

    Cass County, IN – Indiana State Police from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) initiated a criminal investigation after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that an online account had been used to store and share child pornography. The investigation revealed the owner of the online

  • Arrests and police clashes in rival protest stand-off

    Six people have been arrested during a tense protest stand-off in Melbourne as activists clashed with police who separated two rival demonstrations. Victoria Police estimate 7000 people attended either the anti-Semitism demonstration outside state parliament or the pro-Palestine counter-protest about 100 metres further along Spring Street on Sunday afternoon. The pro-Palestine protest began at the […]

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    Arson arrest made in Ranch Fire investigation

    (FOX40.COM) -- At least one person has been arrested in connection to Wednesday's Ranch Fire near the Butte County community of Concow, according to CAL FIRE Butte Unit. The 10-acre fire burned near Big Bend Road and Surcease Mine Road and was able to be slowed within two hours after CAL FIRE's initial attack with []

  • No criminal charges to be filed in compensation investigation: DA

    According to Acker’s report, it was asserted by a department under the supervision and control of the Commissioners that Controller Stephen Sherman II “embezzled” the funds.

  • ACLU responds to arrests of protesters on UMass campus

    On Tuesday night, UMass Chancellor Javier Reyes sent campus police to disperse and dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that was set up by student protesters that day in response to Israeli troops seizing Gaza's vital Rafah crossing.

  • Clashes, 135 arrests at UMass Amherst protest

    Campus police arrested 135 pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst late Tuesday night, hours after students established their second encampment this semester to demand the university divest from organizations connected to the defense industry and Israel.

  • Police arrest six student protesters at University of Pennsylvania

    Pro-Palestinian students were attempting to take over a university hall to protest school’s refusal to negotiate in ‘good faith’More than a dozen pro-Palestinian activists, including six students at the University of Pennsylvania, were arrested after attempting to occupy a hall on the university campus late Friday.The protesters were arrested around 9pm after trying to take over Fisher-Bennett Hall but had been met with a response from university and Philadelphia police, according to reports....

  • Eight climate activists arrested in Germany over airport protest

    About 60 flights cancelled after members of Letzte Generation glue themselves to ground at MunichEight climate activists have been arrested after causing Munich airport to close, leading to about 60 flight cancellations.Six activists broke through a security fence and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways, officials and local media reported. Continue reading