Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Russian publisher redacts book on gay Italian director amid LGBT crackdown

Roberto Carnero, an Italian literature professor at the University of Bologna, was shocked when he received a call from his Italian publisher in March about the

Russian publisher redacts book on gay Italian director amid LGBT crackdown
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Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman

Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black woman

Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman
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Drones above, police at the gates: Columbia protest camp's final moments

The occupation of a building at Columbia University by pro-Palestinian student protesters was in its 18th hour when photos and videos dinged across students'

Drones above, police at the gates: Columbia protest camp's final moments
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Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens

The student protest movement over the war in Gaza is roiling Senate contests in an election year when control of the chamber is at stake in November

Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens
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A look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war

Weekend commencement ceremonies at some U.S. universities went off with few interruptions despite the national wave of protests over the Israel-Hamas war

A look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war
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Investigators say student killed by police outside Wisconsin school had pointed pellet rifle

Authorities say a student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had refused to drop the weapon

Investigators say student killed by police outside Wisconsin school had pointed pellet rifle
Education|Environment|Health

Bangladesh reopens schools as searing temperatures drop

Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday and classes were continuing over the weekend after a searing heatwave a week ago that suspended lessons as the country baked in

Bangladesh reopens schools as searing temperatures drop
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Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom

A top Florida public school attributes its students’ high test scores to the creativity its teachers are allowed in the classroom

Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom
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An inquiry into a building fire in South Africa that killed 76 finds city authorities responsible

A report into a building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa last year has concluded that city authorities should be held responsible because they were aware of serious safety issues at the apartment block at least four years before the blaze

An inquiry into a building fire in South Africa that killed 76 finds city authorities responsible
Education

Columbia University cancels main graduation ceremony in wake of protests

Columbia University on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests roiled the Ivy League college's campus, but it will still

Columbia University cancels main graduation ceremony in wake of protests
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The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war

U.S. university presidents have joined Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis for a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
Political|Education

With bright tents and sombre mood, protesting UK students show solidarity with US peers

British students set up pro-Palestinian protest encampments on Oxford and Cambridge universities' historic campuses on a cloudy spring Monday, in a show of

With bright tents and sombre mood, protesting UK students show solidarity with US peers
Education|News

After AP investigation, family of missing students enrolls in school

After AP's Pulitzer Prize-finalist investigation, a family of Atlanta kids struggling to enroll in school returned to class last month

After AP investigation, family of missing students enrolls in school
Education

How Modi's BJP plans to win a supermajority in India's election

(Refiles to correct spelling of Thiruvananthapuram in dateline and Himachal Pradesh in paragraph 28.)

How Modi's BJP plans to win a supermajority in India's election
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Noting campus protests, Democrats are preparing for intense action at their summer convention

As pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalate on college campuses, critics of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war suggest this summer’s Democratic National Convention could be hit by protests and scenes of chaos

Noting campus protests, Democrats are preparing for intense action at their summer convention
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Pro-Palestinian protests roil university campuses from Washington to Amsterdam

Dutch riot police clashed with protesters at the University of Amsterdam on Wednesday, while scores of demonstrators at U.S. colleges were arrested overnight as the student-led

Pro-Palestinian protests roil university campuses from Washington to Amsterdam
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Civil rights leader Daisy Bates honored with statue at US Capitol

The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was instrumental in desegregating Arkansas public schools in the 1950s, was honored with a

Civil rights leader Daisy Bates honored with statue at US Capitol
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No hate crime charges filed against man who yelled racist slurs at Utah women's basketball team

A northern Idaho prosecutor won’t bring hate crime charges against an 18-year-old accused of shouting a racist slur at members of the Utah women’s basketball team while the team was in Idaho to attend the NCAA Tournament

No hate crime charges filed against man who yelled racist slurs at Utah women's basketball team
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Storm-battered South is again under threat. A boy swept into a drain fights for his life

A 10-year-old boy is in grave condition in Tennessee after being swept into a storm drain in a community southeast of Nashville

Storm-battered South is again under threat. A boy swept into a drain fights for his life
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Several people detained as protesters block parking garage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Several people have been detained by police at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after demonstrators blocked a parking garage in their ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war

Several people detained as protesters block parking garage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Indigenous groups claim stake in sunken Spanish ship, cargo off Colombia

Members of three South American indigenous communities have asked Spain and UNESCO to declare a Spanish galleon that sank 300 years ago with a bountiful cargo as "

Indigenous groups claim stake in sunken Spanish ship, cargo off Colombia
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Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But it's proving not to be simple

Some universities are vowing to provide information about how much university endowment money is invested in companies profiting from the Israel-Hamas war amid calls from pro-Palestinian protesters

Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But it's proving not to be simple
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Dozens arrested at Penn, MIT in latest U.S. crackdowns on Gaza protests

Police dismantled protest camps and arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian activists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of

Dozens arrested at Penn, MIT in latest U.S. crackdowns on Gaza protests
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Police arrest dozens as they break up pro-Palestinian protests at several US universities

Police have made dozens of arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled at the University of Pennsylvania, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Arizona

Police arrest dozens as they break up pro-Palestinian protests at several US universities
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Jill Biden tells Arizona college graduates to tune out people who tell them what they 'can't' do

First lady Jill Biden is telling graduates of an Arizona community college to tune out the people who tell them what they can't do

Jill Biden tells Arizona college graduates to tune out people who tell them what they 'can't' do

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