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Month: April 2024

Columbia University cites progress with Gaza war protesters after encampment arrests

By NICK PERRY and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University said early Wednesday that it was making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian student protesters who set up a tent encampment and was extending a deadline to clear out, yet standoffs remained tense on campus. Student protesters “have committed to dismantling and removing

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Columbia University cites progress with Gaza war protesters after encampment arrests

By NICK PERRY and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University said early Wednesday that it was making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian student protesters who set up a tent encampment and was extending a deadline to clear out, yet standoffs remained tense on campus. Student protesters “have committed to dismantling and removing

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Former girlfriend provides tearful testimony on boyfriend’s fate in trial of alleged crime boss Mike Miske

By Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU (KITV) — The former girlfriend of missing man Jonathan Fraser took the stand again Tuesday in the federal trial of alleged crime boss Michael Miske. Ashley Wong wept as video played of her and her then-boyfriend Fraser throwing flowers into the ocean in honor

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Universidad de Columbia extiende negociaciones con estudiantes que protestan por el campamento después del “diálogo constructivo” durante la noche

Sofía Barruti (CNN) –La Universidad de Columbia y los estudiantes que protestan continuarán las negociaciones sobre el desmantelamiento del campamento propalestino durante las próximas 48 horas, según un portavoz de la universidad. “Estamos logrando avances importantes con los representantes del campamento de estudiantes en el césped oeste”, afirmó un portavoz de la universidad a primera

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Microsoft and Amazon face scrutiny from UK competition watchdog over recent AI deals

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — British competition regulators say they’ll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it’s looking into Microsoft’s partnership with France’s Mistral AI and the company’s hiring

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LSUS professor and students uncover original burial sites of two priests who died during the yellow fever epidemic

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Technology is revealing the burial site of two priest who died during Shreveport’s yellow fever epidemic. Catholic priests Father Isidore Quemerais and Father Louis Gergaud were two of the heroes of the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic that wiped out a quarter

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1 person was arrested after 3 three people were injured in a ‘major incident’ at a Welsh school

LONDON (AP) — Welsh police say a suspect has been arrested after three people were injured in a “major incident” at a school in Wales. Dyfed-Powys Police said Wednesday that the victims were being treated for injuries at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Police did not disclose what happened, the nature of the injuries

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Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at the Supreme Court

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Two years after ending the national right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will scrutinize one of the marquee efforts by the Biden administration to preserve abortion access in the post-Roe v. Wade era. The Biden administration is challenging Idaho’s enforcement of its abortion ban in medical

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