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Campus anti-war protesters dig in from New York to California as universities and police take action
Police in riot gear cleared an encampment on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston as several dozen students shouted and booed at them from a distance. NEW YORK (AP) — From New York to California, students protesting the Israel-Hamas war slept in tents at college campuses, as some universities moved to shut down encampments and arrested dozens of demonstrators after reports of antisemitic activity. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say enable the conflict. Some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus. At Columbia University in New York City, where early protests sparked pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country, students and administrators have engaged in negotiations, the university said in a statement Saturday night.
Rishi Sunak again refuses to rule out July general election despite Tory MP defection as local polls loom
Rishi Sunak is keeping the door open to a July general election, having again refused to rule out going to the country this summer. Amid speculation that a disastrous set of local elections results for the Tories could force his hand, the prime minister would not “say anything more than I’ve already said” on the date of the next election. He has previously said it will take place in the second half of 2024.Most Westminster analysts take this as meaning October or November, although there is mounting speculation a contest could come as early as July.Grant Shapps has warned...
Boris Johnson and Kemi Badenoch among ministers donating bizarre books to Downing Street library
He may well be known as the first prime minister found to have broken the law while in office, and the PM who attended a party amid a public health crisis, but Boris Johnson also brought back a little-known government tradition during his time in Downing Street which has seen some bizarre books donated to No 10’s library.As noted by The Spectator, Ramsay McDonald started inviting government ministers to give books to the library in the iconic building when he was in charge back in the 1930s, and after it soon fell by the wayside with his predecessors, Johnson brought...
For non-taxpayers, visiting Oval Beach will be more expensive this year
SAUGATUCK — For the first time since 2017, daily and seasonal pass prices at Saugatuck’s Oval Beach will increase, totaling $15 per day and $75 for the season. The taxpayer season pass, as well as a city employee season pass, will remain $20. The fees were first discussed at Saugatuck City Council’s most recent...
Why is David Pecker still in Trump’s good graces?
Donald Trump has many enemies – or so he says. But it seems that David Pecker, the ex-National Enquirer publisher and lead witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s case against the former president who has an immunity agreement with the very prosecutors targeting Trump, is not among them. “David’s been very nice,” the former president […]
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