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Barnard Ends Suspensions for Most Student Protesters Who Were Arrested

The students had been among more than 100 who were suspended for participating in an encampment at Columbia University.

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Columbia’s University Senate Calls for an Investigation Into the Administration

The senators voted for a resolution that accused the administration of breaching the due-process rights of students and professors.

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Britney Spears settles bitter legal battle with estranged father Jamie Spears

Britney Spears has reached a settlement in her legal battle with her estranged father Jamie Spears.

The 42-year-old pop star's conservatorship case with Jamie, 71, has come to an end more than two years after the controversial legal arrangement that controlled her life and money for 14 years was terminated. 

The details of the case, which was related to an outstanding dispute over Jamie's request for Spears to pay his legal fees, were not made public.

"It has been our honor and privilege to...

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DC nightclub shooting leaves multiple people wounded

A shooting Friday night inside a nightclub in the Dupont Circle neighborhood in Washington, D.C., left multiple people wounded.

The Metropolitan Police Department said officers responded to a shooting in the 1200 block of Connecticut Ave Northwest and 18th Street Northwest at around 11:30 p.m.

Multiple people suffered gunshot wounds and were transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police told WTOP. 

DC MAYOR REFUSES TO MEET WITH FATHER WHO LOST THREE SONS TO CITY'S...

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Suddenly, Chinese Spies Seem to Be Popping Up All Over Europe

A flurry of arrests this week reflect the continent’s newly toughened response to Beijing’s espionage activities and political meddling.

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Freight train carrying gasoline, propane derails near Arizona-New Mexico line amid aftermath of severe weather

A freight train derailed on Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico border, halting traffic along Interstate 40 as the area recovers from severe weather in the region.

The New Mexico State Police said that they responded, alongside multiple other agencies, to the freight train splayed out along the interstate on Friday evening.

"NMSP is on the scene of a train derailment along with multiple other agencies on Interstate 40 milepost 8 near the Arizona border," the department said in a press...

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JESSE WATTERS: Biden's the most highly produced candidate in American history

Fox News host Jesse Watters highlighted the Biden White House's reportedly strained relationship with the New York Times and how the administration's efforts to hide President Biden's weaknesses are no longer a secret Friday on "Jesse Watters Primetime."

JESSE WATTERS: All winning campaigns have one thing in common: They had a good story to tell. But all of Joe Biden's stories are about himself, The kinds of stories so crazy that you can't even question. 

Last week, Biden said cannibals ate...

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Columbia University’s policy-making senate votes for resolution calling to investigate school’s leadership

The Columbia University Senate in New York City voted in favor of a resolution calling for an investigation into the school’s leadership amid anti-Israel protests that have taken place on the campus for over a week.

A source within the school’s leadership confirmed the details of the resolution, saying it was adopted by a vote of 62-14, with three senate members abstaining.

The resolution alleges Columbia President Minouche Shafik violated established protocols when she authorized the New...

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SEAN HANNITY: Gaffe-prone Biden spins 'tall tales' during Howard Stern sit-down

Fox News host Sean Hannity breaks down the gaffes and "tall tales" from President Biden's week, which included a rare sit-down interview with XM shock jock Howard Stern.

SEAN HANNITY: President Trump spent yet another day in court missing his wife Melania's birthday while Joe Biden was shuffling around the city without a care in the world. 

Last night attending a glitzy fundraiser, mixing up a date that is near and dear to his heart, telling the crowd, "We certainly never forget the dark days...

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David Tepper visits bar after sign takes aim at Panthers owner ahead of draft: 'Let the coach and GM pick'

The Carolina Panthers' 2024 first-round draft pick was one of multiple picks the Chicago Bears acquired in last year's blockbuster trade. 

The Panthers moved up to the top spot in the 2023 draft and selected quarterback Bryce Young. 

The Panthers finished last season with a 2-15 record and would have been the first team on the clock in Detroit on Thursday. But the Bears held the rights to the pick and drafted quarterback Caleb Williams. 

David Tepper bought the Panthers in 2018, and the...

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St. Louis' toxic sites need faster cleanup, lawmakers and residents say

Some Missouri residents and lawmakers are calling for faster cleanup at several toxic sites in the St. Louis area.

"We always felt like we're being gaslit by these federal agencies, like the way they would answer questions, the way they were just very nonchalant," Just Moms STL co-founder Dawn Chapman told Fox News. "They really should have gone in there before any of this was built and cleaned the creek. They had a chance to really prevent all the harm that we're seeing now. And for whatever...

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LAURA INGRAHAM: DA Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump is 'flatlining'

Fox News host Laura Ingraham says media personalities are getting "nervous" as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against former President Trump isn't turning out "exactly as they hoped" Friday on "The Ingraham Angle."

TRUMP SUGGESTS WHITE HOUSE AS VENUE FOR DEBATE WITH BIDEN: 'WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE'

LAURA INGRAHAM: Dead dogs can't bark. But from day one of this ludicrous case against Trump, the Manhattan D.A. has been pounding on the canine corpse, trying desperately to...

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Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid fighting through Bell's palsy amid NBA playoffs

Joel Embiid, star center for the Philadelphia 76ers, revealed on Thursday that he has been battling through a Bell's Palsy diagnosis for the past 10 days, playing through the diagnosis as the Sixers feel their backs against the wall.

Embiid shared the news of his condition with the media after Game 3's 125-113 win by Philly.

Bell's Palsy leads to partial paralysis of the face. In Embiid's case, the left side of his face has been affecting him during the ongoing series against the New York...

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Wynonna Judd’s daughter has prostitution charge dropped after allegedly stripping down on busy highway

A prostitution charge against Wynonna Judd's daughter, Grace Kelley. has been dropped after the 27-year-old was arrested for allegedly exposing herself on a busy highway intersection in Alabama.

After her arrest April 5, Kelley was charged with three misdemeanors, including soliciting prostitution, indecent exposure and obstructing governmental operations, according to the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office. 

On Thursday, Kelley appeared at the Millbrook Municipal Court, where the prostitution...

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Michigan man caught after attempting to flee US to Hong Kong after fatal building explosion, fire: police

The owner of a Michigan company that exploded in March, killing a 19-year-old and injuring a firefighter, was charged with involuntary manslaughter on Thursday, after authorities received an alert that he attempted to leave the country with a one-way ticket to Hong Kong.

The Clinton Township Police Department said during a press conference Friday morning that Noor Noel Kestou, 31, attempted to flee the U.S. after the fatal explosion at his vape and smoke business, Goo Smoke Shop/Select...

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$15 toll to enter busiest part of Manhattan will take effect June 30

The start date for the $15 toll most drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan's central business district will be June 30, transit officials said Friday.

Under the so-called congestion pricing plan, the $15 fee will apply to most drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street during daytime hours. Tolls will be higher for larger vehicles and lower for nighttime entries into the city as well as for motorcycles.

The program, which was approved by the New York state Legislature in 2019, is...

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Oregon man sentenced to 50 years in the 1978 killing of a teenage girl in Alaska

An Oregon man who was convicted in the 1978 killing of a 16-year-old girl in Alaska was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison.

Donald McQuade, 67, told Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson that he maintains his innocence and did not kill Shelley Connolly, the Anchorage Daily News reported. McQuade in December was convicted of murder in the death of Connolly, whose body was found near a highway pullout between Anchorage and Girdwood in 1978.

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Orca calf swims out of Canadian lagoon where it had been trapped more than a month

A young killer whale that was trapped for more than a month in a lagoon on Vancouver Island swam past a bottleneck at high tide early Friday, reaching an inlet that could take it to the open sea, officials said.

The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations said in a statement that a team monitoring the 2-year-old calf saw it swim past the area where its mother had died, pass under a bridge and head down the inlet "all on her own."

ORCA CALF STRANDED IN CANADIAN LAGOON TO BE AIRLIFTED AND...

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Columbia student banned from campus after remarks about 'murdering Zionists'

The Columbia University student who discussed "murdering Zionists" was "banned from campus" Friday, according to a university spokesperson.

Junior Khymani James expressed "regret" early Friday after he went viral online for previously suggesting people should be "grateful" he wasn't "murdering Zionists," whom he likened to "White supremacists" and "Nazis."

Without explicitly mentioning what they were, James copped to inflammatory comments that were first reported by The Daily Wire, during a...

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UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack

Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have "devastating consequences" for the city's 800,000 inhabitants.

At the same time, the U.N. said, the rival Sudanese Armed Forces "appear to be positioning themselves."

SUDAN CONFLICT SPREADS TO KEY HUMANITARIAN SAFE HAVEN

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres again called on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces...

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