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Immigration officials arrest second person who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia

NEW YORK (AP) - Immigration officials have arrested a second person who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and have revoked the visa of another student, they announced Fr...

Mar 14, 2025

Bid to launch women's DI hockey at Michigan moving forward, regent Denise Ilitch tells the AP

University of Michigan regent Denise Ilitch told The Associated Press she believes there's enough support for the Big Ten school to launch a Division I women's hockey program that it's only a matter o...

Mar 14, 2025

Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says

BAGHDAD (AP) - The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the I...

Mar 14, 2025

More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump's campaign to end diversity and equity programs that his official...

Mar 14, 2025

Philippine ex-President Duterte appears by video link before international court judges in The Hague

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared Friday by video link before judges at the International Criminal Court, days after his arrest in Manila on murder cha...

Mar 14, 2025

Former US Sen. Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming dies at age 93

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today's political acrimony, has died. He was 93. Along with former Vic...

Mar 14, 2025

Hamas agrees to release a US-Israeli hostage and the bodies of 4 other dual nationals

JERUSALEM (AP) - Hamas said on Friday it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-nationals, hostages who had died in captivity...

Mar 14, 2025

Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year

NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diploma...

Mar 13, 2025

Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona dies from complications from cancer treatment

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Ral M. Grijalva of Arizona, who championed environmental protection during his 12 terms in Congress, died Thursday from complications from cancer treatments, his...

Mar 13, 2025

Columbine victim's death from health problems related to 1999 school shooting ruled a homicide

DENVER (AP) - The death of a woman who was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting has been ruled a homicide, raising the death toll of the 1999 attack to 14. Anne Marie Hochhalter d...

Mar 13, 2025