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NYU students and faculty arrested at tense pro-Palestinian protests

Several students and faculty at New York University were arrested hours after officials had told assembled pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse. The protesters assembled at Gould Plaza outside of the University’s Stern School of Business had been told by the university to disperse by 4 p.m., citing safety and security concerns. Police began to move in […]

Pennsylvania community outraged over transgender student with ‘hit list’ beating female student

Parents and students of North Penn School District in North Wales, Pennsylvania, called out teachers and administrators after a transgender student, a biological male identifying as a female, brutally beat an unidentified middle school girl with a Stanley cup in the school cafeteria last week. The victim was hit so severely that she was hospitalized […]

Baltimore sues owners of ship that crashed into Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused collapse

Baltimore officials filed a lawsuit against the owners and operators of the Dali, which struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, causing the bridge to collapse and killing six people, seeking damages for the incident. The filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland from Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and the […]

Jewish Columbia professor signals university may be ‘negotiating’ with pro-Palestinian protest leaders: ‘This is 1938’

A Columbia University professor who has been an outspoken critic of the university’s handling of continuous pro-Palestinian student protests suggested that the university’s administration may be “negotiating” with the protest’s leadership. Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at Columbia Business School, was seen on Monday in a viral video having a combative exchange with university administrators […]

Starbucks debuts cups with 20% less plastic

Starbucks is debuting a new line of “sustainable cold cups” across the United States to tackle carbon emissions just in time for Earth Day on Monday. After four years of experimenting in the Tryer Center, the 20,000-square-foot company’s lab of innovation in Seattle, Starbucks has studied how to have fewer plastics in cold cup designs […]

Biden faces resistance to timing of upstate New York visit after officers killed in shootout

Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) is requesting President Joe Biden delay his planned trip to Syracuse, New York, as law enforcement officers in the area are reeling from the deaths of two police officers. Biden is visiting upstate New York on Thursday to tout the CHIPS and Science Act, among other stops in the Empire State. […]

Trump seeks to pry ‘young’ voters from Biden over TikTok ban brewing in Congress

Former President Donald Trump is attempting to tie brewing legislation potentially banning TikTok to President Joe Biden as he courts young voters. The House advanced legislation Saturday included in the foreign aid bills, forcing the sale of TikTok from its Chinese owners within a year to avoid a ban in the United States. The Senate […]

Texas House Republican’s district office vandalized by ‘anti-Israel activists’

Rep. John Carter’s (R-TX) district office in Georgetown, Texas, was vandalized by “anti-Israel activists” on Monday morning, but the congressman said they were ultimately “unsuccessful” in intimidating him. A spokesperson for Carter’s office said that around 8:30 a.m., staff arrived at the district office to find “a disturbing act of vandalism” after activists splattered red […]

Outspoken pro-Israel Columbia professor denied entry into ‘liberated zone’ encampment

An assistant business professor at Columbia University and Israel native, Shai Davidai, was dumbfounded Monday morning after he was barred from entry into the campus’s “liberated zone.”  Davidai and other pro-Israel demonstrators were outside the campus gate, hoping to enter, video footage posted to X showed. The encampment was set up at the university in […]

WNBA player Angel Reese calls for protection of women in sports

Newly selected WNBA player Angel Reese has called for “young women” to be protected in sports, likely referring to the debate on transgender athletes in women’s sports. Reese, a former Louisiana State University Tigers player, posted the statement on social media Monday morning. However, she did not elaborate and say from what women in sports […]
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