There was quite a shock for all those onboard the submarine “Sindbad” this Thursday when the craft sank off the coast of the Red Sea. The submarine had a total of 45 passengers, who were there to explore the coral reefs found near the city of Hurghada. Thirty-nine of the...
Tufts University International Graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk has been detained by federal authorities. CBS News reports that the student was arrested at an “off-campus apartment building” in Somerville, Massachusetts. There was no forewarning about the nature of the arrest. Her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, states that his team is currently unaware...
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (Mesa) have sued the Trump administration to block the deportation of foreign students who have voiced pro-Palestinian sentiments. This comes after the detainment of Columbia University graduate and green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, and Indian post-doctoral student...
An unexpected surge of unrest has arisen in Turkey after Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested for corruption. Ekrem was announced as the opposing presidential candidate against the current president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. On the same day as this announcement, Ekrem was charged and placed in a high-level prison, which led many...
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will stop selling its MetroCard after Dec. 31, 2025. The agency plans to switch to a fully contactless tap-and-go payment system that will save it $20 million a year. The tap-and-go payment system will allow riders to pay fees directly with digital wallets and contactless...
Today, Thursday March 20, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order shutting down the Department of Education (D.O.E.) and returning all education-related decisions to the hands of the state. To begin this process, Education Secretary Linda McMahon slashed the D.O.E.’s workforce in half in compliance with the...
The case that has inspired many conspiracy theories, the JFK assassination, is finally brought to light. President Trump issued an executive order that prompted the long-awaited release of the final batch of documents on the assassination more than 60 years later, BBC reported. According to reports, Trump’s national security team...
On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump made a post on his social media site,Truth Social, calling for the impeachment of the U.S. District Judge James E. Boasbergafter the judge issued an order blocking deportation flights. Trump invoked the AlienEnemies Act of 1798, previously only used during wartime to deport members...
A man was found dead alongside a severely decomposing woman’s body inside of a home in Queens, NYPD sources say. Authorities responded to a 911 call around 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon and discovered the two bodies in the 80th Street Queens home. According to the police, the man was a...
Two Federal Judges passed orders requiring the Trump Administration to rehire tens of thousands of probationary workers who were fired because of the President’s efforts to significantly downsize the government, AP News Reported. The two judges found legal issues with Trump’s mass firing and ordered that those employees be rehired...
The prospects of launching people into space have always been risky for the astronauts involved, but getting stranded in space is debatably more terrifying of a concept. Unfortunately for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, this will be their reality for a little while longer, as the scheduled launch for their...
In the wake of Pro-Palestinian groups, there has been awful lot of silencing towards the cause. Almost as if it is against the law to speak up about atrocities being committed. Among the protesters, Mahmoud Khalil has been a known figure in these developments. As reported by ABC News, Khalil...
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