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L.A. police described “multiple acts of violence” on the UCLA campus. New York police breached the Hamilton Hall building occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters.
Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ has allowed students to maintain a protest space on campus since they began erecting tents April 22 on the steps of Sproul Hall, where Martin Luth
Although it might be tempting to compare the U.S. campus protests to the anti-Vietnam War movement of a half century ago, experts say that would be an overreaction at this point
Student journalists on the Columbia University campus knew what was coming long before police with riots shields arrived to begin arresting the pro-Palestinian protesters who had occupied a building
A tense NYC standoff at Columbia University between hundreds of police and demonstrators led to arrests in a showdown over a building seized by pro-Palestinian protesters.
Even after a fragile calm resettled over campuses, footage of officers in riot gear sparked debates nationwide as Americans struggled to make sense of it all.
Conservatives have urged U.S. college leaders to crack down on antisemitism. Now a bipartisan bill in Congress amplifies that message, but also reveals the complexities of defining what antisemitism is.
Student protesters at Columbia University and City University of New York hold a joint press conference after New York Police Department cleared the protests.
Police arrested about 300 protesters at Columbia University and the City College of New York after officers in riot gear entered Columbia’s campus, breaching the Hamilton Hall building occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters.
Tulane University in New Orleans says six people have been arrested and suspensions have been issued to seven students who participated in demonstrations there
A student protest movement has washed over the country since police first tried to end an encampment at Columbia University in New York nearly two weeks ago
Police have cleared dozens of people from inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the administration building in New York earlier in the day
Police have arrested nearly 2,200 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, sometimes using riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings.
Student demonstrations spreading across U.S. campuses have drawn attention in Beijing, where comments by some officials and state media have conveyed sympathy for the protesters and criticism of what is seen as a U.
From Kuwait to Lebanon, Egypt to Ramallah, students have occupied central locations on campuses and protested in solidarity with U.S. college students.
Sources say Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD are helping New York City-area schools develop plans to deal with protests after officers made arrests at Columbia University and City College this week.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Thursday that a NYPD police officer fired a gun while clearing protesters from a building on Columbia University, according to the Associated Press.
(Reuters) -Pro-Palestinian protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies linked to Israel have spread across U.S. universities in the two weeks since Columbia University administrators called in police to dismantle an encampment on their New York City campus.
A wave of demonstrations has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have pitched tents or occupied buildings in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. It started April 18 when police moved to break up an encampment at Columbia University in New York City.
As protests over the Israel-Hamas war sweep US campuses, student journalists are documenting history outside their classrooms. At Columbia University, a ramshackle newsroom emerged in a study hall — and kept rolling even after mainstream media were locked out and an historic police crackdown loomed.
People across Gaza sent thanks to students protesting on U.S. campuses against Israel; Israeli leaders characterized the demonstrators as 'pro-Palestinian mobs.'
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The Vermont Senator says students are right to question U.S. military aid to an Israeli government “in a destructive war against the Palestinian people.”
Members of UCLA faculty stand on the frontlines as protesters stand together in the encampment after they were asked to leave by UCLA campus police, during a protest in support of
Protests at Columbia University and elsewhere throughout the nation have been allegedly "co-opted" by what New York City police officials described as outside agitators.
Chants and banners announce the presence of the protest camp at the University of Pennsylvania from blocks away. But many of the protesters don’t want to talk.
Arrests continue on campuses around the U.S. as police dismantle camps of students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. At UCLA, officers removed barricades and moved in on hundreds of protesters who defied orders to leave,