NEW YORK >> The police cleared out a protest at Columbia University this afternoon, arresting dozens of demonstrators who had occupied a lawn on campus and throwing out their tent encampment. The actions came the day after university leaders pledged to Congress that they would crack down on unauthorized student protests tied to the war in the Gaza Strip.
Baltimore prosecutors on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man in the cold case homicide of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer in 2017. The officer, Sgt. Tony Anthony Mason Jr., was shot to death while sitting in a parked car with a woman he had been dating, according to police. She was also shot but survived. The case sat unsolved for five years until detectives received a tip in early 2023 that reinvigorated their investigation and led to charges against Dion Thompson, 24,...
An encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Southern California was ordered to disperse this evening by Los Angeles police, who declared an unlawful assembly. Those not obeying were arrested, and some members of the crowd who left were seen blocking traffic on nearby streets. Reports indicate at least 30 protesters were taken into […]
Several arrests were reported on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin after police ordered a group of pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse.
Authorities told students they could face criminal trespass charges if they didn’t disperse. The arrests come amid
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Law enforcement officers on Wednesday handcuffed and removed at least 10 people participating in a student protest on the University of Texas at Austin campus in support of Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Protests are happening at colleges across the country, including Columbia, Yale universities. University leaders face pressure to both support free speech and protect students.
Police started making arrests Thursday afternoon at a makeshift encampment that pro-Palestinian protesters had set up on
At least a half of dozen protesters were arrested. The Palestine Solidarity Committee in Austin is calling on the university administration to "divest from death."
Protesters returned to the scene of a 2021 crash on Monday, upon word the Kansas City firefighter responsible for killing three people in that crash is back with the department.
Police say a 30-year-old Chicago police officer was shot and killed
Officers in riot gear clear out tent encampment and detain dozens occupying the campus lawn