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Mayor Eric Adams stated that over a hundred people were apprehended by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) during a pro-Palestinian rally on the Columbia institution campus after the president of the institution had requested their removal. Tensions rose when university president Nemat “Minouche” Shafik and other top officials...

What was originally believed to be a possible cyberattack left residents of four states – Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, and Texas – without any way to contact local police. Law enforcement scrambled to find a cause for the outage, deeply worried that a cyberattack was responsible for the major 911...

On Tuesday, armed individuals mounted on scooters allegedly opened fire at a Bronx Street corner, leaving one person dead and three others injured, according to police records. The occurrence took place at 6:15 p.m. in the vicinity of Mount Eden. At the crossroads of Townsend and East Mount Eden avenues,...

President Biden has unveiled plans to triple tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum in a bid to protect American producers from an influx of low-cost imports.  The announcement comes as part of his three-day campaign in Pennsylvania, where he aims to garner support from steelworkers ahead of the upcoming presidential...

As Monday’s court session was drawn to a close, not a single juror had been selected in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Dozens of jurors were sent home due to the fact that they said that they could not be impartial within minutes of questioning. Composing a fair trial in...

In a memo circulated to Tesla employees, CEO Elon Musk revealed plans for a substantial reduction in the company’s global workforce. The decision, aimed at streamlining operations and boosting productivity, comes amid a challenging period for the electric vehicle (EV) giant. Musk’s memo, obtained by CNBC, outlined the necessity of...

Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial begins today with jury selection. This is the first time that a former president has faced trial on criminal charges. The case surrounds a $130,000 payment that Trump allegedly made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about their alleged affair....

On Thursday, the Biden administration made a major stride towards enforcing a rule that would require those selling guns at gun fairs and online to do background checks on prospective purchasers. This final rule aims to stop what gun control advocates call the “gun show loophole” by making it harder...

A massive missile and drone attack destroyed and damaged several power plants across Ukraine overnight, part of a renewed Russian campaign targeting energy infrastructure. The Trypilska plant, which was the biggest energy supplier for the Kyiv, Cherkasy, and Zhytomyr regions, was struck numerous times, destroying the transformer, turbines, and generators....

O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster who is most remembered for his 1995 acquittal in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, has died of cancer, his family announced Thursday on X, formerly known as Twitter. He was 76. His prostate...

In a groundbreaking decision on Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in favor of upholding a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban, reigniting debates over reproductive rights in the state.  The ruling, which adds Arizona to the list of states with effectively banned abortion care, comes amidst a wave of similar legal...

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency has established national limits for six types of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in drinking water. The substances, known as PFAS, are nicknamed “forever chemicals” because they barely degrade and are nearly impossible to destroy; they remain permanently in contaminated air, water, and soil....

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