The San Jose State student encampment opposing the war in Gaza, which had been in place for over a week as the school approached its commencement, came down Wednesday evening after a meeting between the protesters and school administrators.

The coalition of students leading the encampment — SJSU People’s University for Gaza and Students for...Read more

U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans said on Thursday that he is undergoing inpatient treatment following a minor stroke.

Evans, 70, a Democrat who has represented Philadelphia since 2016, said he received the diagnosis this week after unknowingly suffering the stroke days before.

“I wanted to let my constituents know that I am recovering from a minor ...Read more

ATLANTA — A former employee of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office detailed to Georgia senators on Thursday how she was demoted and eventually fired after alleging her bosses were misspending federal grant dollars.

Amanda Timpson, who worked as director of gang prevention and intervention for the DA’s office, told members of the ...Read more

The legal battle between the Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity and Bishop Michael Olson may be over after a second lawsuit was dismissed on Wednesday, but another fight involving orders from the Vatican over who has authority over the nuns is brewing.

On Wednesday and Thursday, a representative appointed by Rome was ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — An Oldham County High School teacher on Wednesday faced a criminal charge after admitting to police he told students “he would become the next school shooter.”

According to a police citation, Michel J. Tripp was charged with second-degree terroristic threatening in Oldham District Court.

On May 22, an Oldham County High ...Read more

Massachusetts' top Democrat has waded into the developing conversation over Associate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s questionable flag-display choices.

According to U.S. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, recent revelations that the U.S. flag was flown upside down outside of Alito’s Alexandria, Virginia, home in January of 2021 and ...Read more

CUNY School of Law graduates protested commencement Thursday after the school known for public interest law and activism canceled its annual student address, which for the last two years has been critical of Israel.

Administrators decided to jettison student-elected speakers before the Israel-Hamas war and widespread campus protests this spring...Read more

The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday said it is appealing a judge’s order that dismissed six counts from the election interference indictment against former President Donald Trump and others.

In a filing to the Georgia Court of Appeals, the DA’s office challenged an order issued in March by Superior Court Judge Scott ...Read more

University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed an mRNA vaccine for the H5N1 avian flu drawing increasing scrutiny by public health officials. The vaccine is effective against the virus in mice and ferrets, according to a new study published Thursday.

The Penn team is using the same technique that powered the speedy development of a COVID...Read more

WASHINGTON — As the timeline for the deployment of a multinational security force led by Kenya into a gang-ridden Haiti continues to face delays, President Joe Biden and his Kenyan counterpart on Thursday defended the mission, saying they believe the force can help bring peace and stability to the volatile Caribbean country.

Biden also ...Read more

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Hundreds of students walked out of the Harvard commencement Thursday morning in solidarity with 13 undergraduates who were banned from their diplomas for participating in a pro-Palestine encampment on Harvard Yard.

“Let them walk!” students, faculty, and family members chanted in reference to the 13 students, rising out...Read more

There could be 25 named storms during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season — the most federal forecasters have ever predicted and a warning shot for South Carolina and other Southeastern states.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted an above-normal hurricane season on Thursday, with between 17 and 25 total named storms. ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Members of Las Vegas’ Jewish community called on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Board of Regents to take action on what they see as a rise of antisemitic incidents on UNLV’s campus.

“The silence is disheartening,” said Stefanie Tuzman, president and CEO of the nonprofit Jewish Nevada, at a Nevada System of ...Read more

Just southwest of Boise lies one of the last vast swaths of solitude in the United States.

The Owyhee Canyonlands, with stunning red gulches, winding rivers and a moon-like landscape where a volcano with a caldera once 600 times larger than Mount St. Helens erupted, stands as the largest unprotected wilderness area in the American West.

Locals...Read more

Congressional lawmakers grilled Northwestern University President Michael Schill for several hours on Thursday about the rise of antisemitism on campus — including allegations that a Jewish student at the elite Big Ten school was recently assaulted and another student wearing a yarmulke was spat upon.

Schill, who described himself as a Jewish...Read more

Three more college presidents found themselves in an uncomfortable national spotlight on Thursday at a congressional committee hearing probing the handling of antisemitism on campus.

Unlike the charged exchanges that happened in December, after which two Ivy League presidents resigned, seemingly no viral moment emerged from this latest hearing,...Read more

The assailant charged with shooting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he acted out of frustration with the government’s policies, above all the premier’s decision to halt military support for Ukraine, a court document said.

The suspect, identified as 71-year-old Juraj C., told investigators that he acted alone and had no intention of ...Read more

The U.S. laid out a broad outline for helping poor nations ease mounting debt burdens and called on sovereign creditors like China to stop draining funds away from such countries, moves Washington says will free up financing for investments in critical sectors like climate adaptation.

The so-called Nairobi-Washington Vision, announced Thursday...Read more

WASHINGTON — UCLA Chancellor Gene Block found himself in the nation’s culture wars hot seat Thursday, interrogated by members of Congress about his handling of complaints of campus antisemitism, amid student protests over the Israel-Hamas war.

For Republican Congress members, the hearing organized by the GOP-led House Committee on Education...Read more