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Protesters against Israel's war on the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip were able to shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and police took their sweet time clearing them out. The protest began around 7:30 a.m. on Monday when dozens of protesters stopped their cars on the iconic bridge and blocked all southbound traffic. It took about 45 minutes for the California Highway Patrol to issue an alert that all the traffic going south was stopped, and then police...
President Biden touted his new plans to eliminate student loan debt for as many as 30 million borrowers and vowed to 'never stop delivering relief' on Monday.
Leighton Meester got stuck into character last Thursday as she filmed scenes for her upcoming comedy drama series Good Cop/Bad Cop on the Gold Coast.
From the picket lines of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, to social media posts surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict today, expressing free speech — and how to better define it — continues to test higher education decision-makers.
From the picket lines of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, to social media posts surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict today, expressing free speech — and how to better define it — continues to test higher education decision-makers.
USC students, faculty and pro-Palestinian protesters responded to a call to action Thursday to fight back against what they say is the "institutional silencing" of valedictorian Asna Tabassum. "Let her speak! Let her speak!" the crowd of hundreds chanted, a few holding up signs bearing Tabassum's face. USC is barring the valedictorian from speaking at its May 10 commencement — a first in the university's 143-year history — over unspecified safety threats, Provost Andrew T. Guzman announced in a...
President Joe Biden received bad news on the economy just before his visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that inflation has struggled to progress towards the central bank's target band and that policymakers need more "confidence" that inflation was cooling before they can lower interest rates. A delay in rate cuts could be a blow to Biden as it suggests that borrowing costs are likely to stay higher for longer, stifling areas of the economy...
The 21-year-old activist was reportedly detained while blocking a major road in The Hague to protest fossil-fuel subsidies.
Students rallied next to USC's Tommy Trojan on Thursday to protest the university's decision to ban this year's valedictorian from delivering her commencement speech."One of the most gifted girls I have ever met," student Kaiser Kuresi said. "This university is trying to silence her."Earlier this week, USC decided to bar the biomedical engineering major Asna Tabassum, who is Muslim, from speaking because of security concerns. In letter sent to college administrators, critics accused her of...
The Tampa Bay Rays held a 1-run lead going into the top of the 9th inning at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night but the Angels put up 2 runs on the Rays’ closer, Pete Fairbanks, who after the game offered a blunt assessment of his performance. Following the blown save by Fairbanks, a reporter asked […]