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Month: May 2025

Columbia suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the school’s main library earlier this week, a school spokesperson said Friday. The Ivy League institution in Manhattan placed more than 65 students on interim suspension and barred 33 others, including those

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rev. Peter M. Donohue, president of Villanova University; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy; Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. ___ CNN’s “State of the Union” — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick; former Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.; Rep. Suhas

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Trove of documents unsealed in NYC mayor’s criminal case offers a glimpse of thwarted investigation

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case, according to documents released Friday. The trove of court records, which had

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Trove of documents unsealed in NYC mayor’s criminal case offers a glimpse of thwarted investigation

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case, according to documents released Friday. The trove of court records, which had

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Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement as sending a message to tech companies that he will not allow them to make money off of “selling away

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Air traffic controllers lose radar and radio contact with planes approaching and departing Newark for 90 seconds – again

WCBS, CNN By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — Air traffic controllers handling flights approaching and departing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another outage early Friday morning. The blackout included losing radar for about 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. “There was a telecommunications outage that

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China ha invertido millones en tecnología militar. El conflicto entre India y Pakistán podría ser su primera gran prueba

Por Nectar Gan, Simone McCarthy y Brad Lendon, CNN La escalada del conflicto entre la India y Pakistán podría estar ofreciendo al mundo un primer vistazo real de cómo se desempeña la avanzada tecnología militar china frente a hardware occidental probado, y las acciones de defensa chinas ya están en aumento. Las acciones de AVIC

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Autoridades estadounidenses de inmigración detienen 53 dominicanos en Puerto Rico mientras realizaban trabajos en un hotel

Por Rafy Rivera, CNN en Español Autoridades federales de varias agencias de Estados Unidos llevaron a cabo este jueves una operación en San Juan, Puerto Rico, donde arrestaron a 53 personas de nacionalidad dominicana, incluidas 7 mujeres, mientras estas realizaban trabajos de construcción en un hotel. No se informó el nombre del hotel. Las acciones

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White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller speaks to the media outside the White House in Washington

Trump involved in discussions over suspending habeas corpus, sources say

By Kaitlan Collins, Samantha Waldenberg and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has been personally involved in discussions inside the administration over potentially suspending habeas corpus, a legal procedure that allows people to challenge their detention in court, two people familiar with the consideration told CNN. One of Trump’s top aides, Stephen Miller,

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Ousted top election official in key swing state urges civility toward ‘caretakers of our democracy’

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press The former North Carolina elections director who was ousted this week after a politically motivated move by Republicans said Friday she hopes the new leadership will approach elections in a nonpartisan way and called for an end to verbal attacks against those who oversee the voting process. Karen Brinson

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Ousted top election official in key swing state urges civility toward ‘caretakers of our democracy’

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press The former North Carolina elections director who was ousted this week after a politically motivated move by Republicans said Friday she hopes the new leadership will approach elections in a nonpartisan way and called for an end to verbal attacks against those who oversee the voting process. Karen Brinson

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Sen. Cornyn of Texas says federal probe started into Muslim-centered community near Dallas

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into a Muslim-centered planned community around one of the state’s largest mosques near Dallas, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Friday. Cornyn requested the federal probe of the development last month, citing concerns it could

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