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Feds charge man with making improvised explosive devices and placing them on Williamsburg Bridge and Manhattan rooftops

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A 55-year-old man was indicted Tuesday after authorities say he created and placed at least seven improvised explosive devices in different areas of New York City, including subway track on the Williamsburg Bridge and on Manhattan residential apartment building rooftops, according to an indictment announced Tuesday. Michael Gann, who

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Columbia University sanctions more than 70 students for campus protests as it tries to get federal funds restored

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University disciplined dozens of students this week after its Judicial Board investigated pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the university’s largest library this year and at another campus location last year – as the school tries to get millions in federal funding restored. “While the University does not release individual disciplinary

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US Olympic and Paralympic Committee says it will comply with Trump’s order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has pledged to follow a Trump administration order by banning transgender women athletes in an update to its athlete safety policy – falling in line with other groups that have banned transgender women from sports competition in the women’s category. Trump’s “Keeping Men

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AFP journalists sound alarm about dire conditions faced by hungry colleagues in Gaza

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer A group of journalists at the Agence France-Presse news agency is sounding the alarm about conditions faced by colleagues working in Gaza, saying that “without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die.” In a war-torn territory where Israel generally forbids outside journalists to enter, international news organizations

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