Manhattan, NY

Fox News

Five Columbia University students and graduates are seeking damages against those they say organized and backed anti-Israel encampments on campus.

Columbia University students file lawsuit against organizers, supporters of anti-Israel campus encampments

Columbia University President Nemat "Minouche" Shafik announced in an email Wednesday that she is stepping down. Shafik is the third Ivy League university president to leave her job following criticism over how she has handled campus protests regarding the Israel-Hamas war. Shafik, who held the job for 13 months, wrote...

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns after 'period of turmoil'

Los Angeles, CA

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the University of California, Los Angeles, cannot allow pro-Palestinian protesters to block Jewish students from accessing classes and other parts of campus.

UCLA can’t allow protesters to block Jewish students from campus, judge rules

Minnesota State

WashingtonExaminer

The Italian American Civil Rights League demanded that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) step down as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate over his alleged racism toward Italian Americans. IACRL board member Mike Crispi, a Trump delegate, published a letter from the group on X accusing Walz of racism and calling him an “enemy of the […]

Italian American group demands Tim Walz step down: ‘Enemy of the community’

President Joe Biden unveiled a set of reform proposals to overhaul the Supreme Court including term limits for justices and a more binding ethics code. Biden is also calling for a constitutional amendment declaring that presidents do not have immunity from criminal prosecution for any crimes committed while in office, following the Supreme Court's July ruling granting Donald Trump immunity for "official acts" he committed as president.

Biden rolls out plan to overhaul the Supreme Court

CBS News

A federal judge said the University of California, Los Angeles failed to protect the religious freedom of Jewish students earlier this year by allowing them to be excluded from certain parts of campus during protests. U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday which orders the university...

U.S. judge says UCLA failed to protect Jewish students, orders fair access to all of campus

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

EXCLUSIVE — A top medical fellowship for women will stop excluding white applicants after a complaint accused the program of being racially discriminatory in light of the Supreme Court outlawing affirmative action last year. Do No Harm, a nonprofit organization that serves as a watchdog in the healthcare industry, filed a lawsuit in June on […]

Female medical program won’t exclude white students after discrimination complaint

Minnesota State Senator Julia Coleman (R) joined Brian to discuss the negative effect Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has had on the state and how that will expand to the rest of the country if he is in the White House. Coleman highlighted his handling of the George Floyd riots in 2020 in Minneapolis, his policy on illegal immigrants and his anti-Israel and pro-Abortion stance. “The way runs things is unacceptable and I’m fearful for America with him in the White House,” says Coleman, calling Walz a “border-line socialist” and that the Harris-Walz ticket “makes Obama look like a moderate.” When...

Minnesota Senator Julia Coleman: Tim Walz is a Border-Line Socialist

New York Post

A federal judge in a Tuesday ruling ridiculed administrators at the University of California, Los Angeles, for allowing an anti-Israel encampment to block Jewish students’ access to campus — the first court rebuke of demonstrations that descended into antisemitic threats and intimidation at many colleges last spring.

US District Judge Mark Scarsi granted a preliminary injunction set to take effect Thursday that forces UCLA to maintain equal access to programs, activities or campus areas for Jewish and non-Jewish students alike.

In a scathing, 16-page order, Scarsi blasted UCLA’s Board of Regents for openly maintaining in court proceedings thus far that it had...

Fed judge smacks down UCLA over anti-Israel encampment that blocked Jewish students from campus

Florida State

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

The Week

Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

'The violence may signal the beginning of the end'

Louisiana State

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry offered some advice to parents unhappy about the Ten Commandments being displayed in their child’s school - “Tell the child not to look at it.”. During a press conference on Monday, Landry dismissed any potential criticisms about the state requiring public schools to display...

Louisiana Governor advises parents upset about Ten Commandments display in schools to ‘tell the child not to look’

New Haven, CT

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Herbie J Pilato

He was born on April 2, 1949, in New Haven, Connecticut, and died of a heart attack at only 63 on August 14, 2012, in Palm Beach Gardens. His birth name was Ronald Gabriel Paolillo, but his stage name was Ron Palillo who was best known as Arnold Dingfelder Horshack on TV's hit 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter.

The Tragic Death of 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Actor Ron Palillo: A Look Back

Santa Ana, CA

A man described by prosecutors as one of the "most violent" members of a pro-Donald Trump mob that stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday. Prosecutors, in their memo, called Dempsey "one of the most violent rioters, during one of the most violent stretches of time, at the scene of the most violent confrontations at the Capitol."

20 years in prison for one of 'most violent' US Capitol rioters

Ithaca, NY

Apple Valley News Now

(CNN) — A former Cornell University student was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for threatening to kill members of the university’s Jewish community last fall, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Former Cornell student sentenced to nearly 2 years for threatening to kill members of the university’s Jewish community

The Associated Press

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 15, 2024-- The Kaplan Educational Foundation (KEF) celebrates the latest college decisions from its 17th cohort of scholars in its Kaplan Leadership Program. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240815018851/en/ The Kaplan Educational Foundation’s 2024 Cohort. (Photo: Business Wire)

Kaplan Educational Foundation Announces 2024 College Decisions

Kansas State

Olathe, KS

OLATHE — Thursday, the Rev. Bobby Love of Second Baptist Church backed a campaign to make Kansans more aware of the dangers of white Christian nationalism and to get more people to understand how a movement that wants to destroy welcoming communities could hurt democracy. Love said, “Together we...

Clergy in Kansas and Missouri Say the Rise of White Christian Nationalism is a Threat to Democracy

Nine years ago, on a hot June day, a decision at the U.S. Supreme Court changed everything for same-sex couples in the U.S. In a 5-4 split decision in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, the justices ruled that same-sex couples had the right to marry. As part of our Summer of Love series, we wanted to look at how that decision came about but also why, our next guest says, legalizing same-sex marriage has been and is good for straight people and for the country as well. His name is Jonathan Rauch. He is a writer and a journalist who was a leading advocate for same-sex marriage, and he's with us now. Jonathan Rauch, welcome. Thank you for joining us.

Legalizing same-sex marriage is good for straight people and the country, author says

Salon

Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has said she would serve a second term under Donald Trump if he wins in November, despite previously resigning from his administration after the attack on the U.S. capitol on Jan. 6, The Detroit News reported. DeVos resigned in 2021, the day after the...

Betsy DeVos would work for Trump again if he agreed to "phasing out" the Department of Education

NewsBreak

Campus protests prompt the question: Who wants to be a college president?

Why would anyone want to be a college president? That question has new significance after the leader of Columbia resigned yesterday just before the start of...

Campus protests prompt the question: Who wants to be a college president?

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