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How Gaza campus protests spread across the US -- What started a week ago at Columbia University has led to hundreds of arrests at multiple college campuses. -- US & Canada

What started a week ago at Columbia University has led to hundreds of arrests at multiple college campuses.

BBC News - World - 56 minutes ago

Technology - FCC votes to restore net neutrality - The Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt net neutrality regulations, a reversal from the policy adopted during former President Donald Trump's administration. Christopher Sprigman, a professor at the New York University School of Law, joins CBS News with more on the vote. 2H ago - 03:11

The Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt net neutrality regulations, a reversal from the policy adopted during former President Donald Trump's administration. Christopher Sprigman, a professor at the New York University School of Law, joins CBS News with more on the vote.

CBS News - Technology - 1 hour ago

A look at the protests about the war in Gaza that have emerged on US college campuses

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.

Lancaster Online - Top Stories - 2 hours ago

US teacher accused of racist deepfake of principal

The Baltimore-area principal was placed on leave and received death threats over the hoax clip.

BBC News - Top Stories - 3 hours ago

Arlington Heights school nurse placed on leave amid probe into possible medicine swap

One student has suffered health problems after blood tests showed signs of excessive aspirin intake and fentanyl, lawyers for the child's family say.

Chicago Sun-Times - Politics - 3 hours ago

Patriots owner says 'Jew hatred' on U.S. college campuses parallels Germany in 1930s and '40s

The longtime Columbia University supporter also published an op-ed on the front page of the New York Post calling on schools to stamp out antisemitism.

NBC News - Business - 3 hours ago

Hezbollah Flag at US College Protest Sparks Fury

Sight of terrorist-linked banner provokes angry comments online, as tensions rise around pro-Palestinian demonstrations

Newsweek - US News - 4 hours ago

Maryland Teacher Arrested After Allegedly Using AI to Frame School Principal

‘The results from that analysis indicated the recording contained traces of AI-generated content,’ police said.

Epoch Times - Top Stories - 6 hours ago

Extreme temperatures have led to school closures, power outages and heat-related deaths.

Record-breaking temperatures in Bangladesh, the Philippines and Thailand have led to school closures, power shortages and heat-related deaths. Some countries have declared a state of emergency.

Deutsche Welle - Environment - 7 hours ago

Anti-Israel protesters set up encampment at NY City College

Democratic New York State Sen. John Liu joins 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the growing anti-Israel protests and city officials' response after a new encampment was set up on City College's campus and explains his effort to combat squatters.

Fox News - US News - 9 hours ago

This week's good things: Providing refuge at Millersville, a boost for college students with children and Earth Day events [editorial]

THE ISSUE: It’s Friday, the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County and the surrounding region. Some of these items are welcome developments

Lancaster Online - Top Stories - 11 hours ago

Protests over Israel-Hamas war lead to hundreds of arrests on campuses -- Hundreds of people have been arrested in California, New York, Massachusetts, Texas, Georgia and other states during the tense protests on college campuses.

Hundreds of people have been arrested in California, New York, Massachusetts, Texas, Georgia and other states during the tense protests on college campuses.

CBS News - World - 16 hours ago

U.S. boys at Jamaica school say they were beaten, starved and forced to exercise until they vomited

Former students of Atlantis Leadership Academy, along with parents and lawyers, describe rampant abuse. Five employees have been charged with child cruelty.

NBC News - Top Stories - 18 hours ago

Nothing suspicious found after alleged swatting incident at Ramona High School

A 911 caller made a false report to Sheriff's Department dispatchers that a person was walking around outside Ramona High School with a firearm, officials said.

The San Diego Union-Tribune - Top Stories - 18 hours ago

College baseball weekend: San Diego State hopes for strong finish amid season of struggles

Aztecs need strong finish in final 14 games to avoid matching losingest season since 1969; USD, UCSD, PLNU, Cal State San Marcos challenge for conference titles

The San Diego Union-Tribune - Top Stories - 20 hours ago

Anti-Israel protests cause chaos on college campuses across the US

Fox News correspondent Steve Harrigan has more on the effort to quell protests and remove encampments off university campuses on 'Special Report.'

Fox News - Politics - 20 hours ago

Kent State Victim's Sister Condemns Militarized Response To Pro-Palestinian College Protests

Inviting armed, militarized police on college campuses to disperse peaceful anti-war protesters and others has historically not ended well.

Huffington Post - Top Stories - 23 hours ago

Gay actor's speech back on at Pennsylvania school after cancellation over his 'lifestyle'

A Pennsylvania school district has reversed the cancellation of an appearance by actor and children’s book author Maulik Pancholy.

AP News - Entertainment - 1 day ago

Teacher arrested, accused of using AI to falsely paint boss as racist and antisemitic

Dazhon Darien, a physical education teacher and the athletic director at Pikesville High School in Maryland, created a fake audio recording of the principal spewing hateful comments, authorities say.

NBC News - US News - 1 day ago

To combat racism and antisemitism, John Eaves empowers college students -- A former Georgia politician, who is Black and Jewish, saw an opportunity to bring students from both those groups together. His approach offers a timely model for civil discourse on campus.

A former Georgia politician, who is Black and Jewish, saw an opportunity to bring students from both those groups together. His approach offers a timely model for civil discourse on campus.

Christian Science Monitor - US News - 1 day ago

School athletic director arrested for framing principal using AI voice synthesis

Police uncover plot to defame principal with AI-generated racist and antisemitic comments.

Ars Technica - Business - 1 day ago

Incoming college students may owe $37,000 in loans by graduation, report finds

Most families take out student loans to cover the rising cost of college. A new report found that incoming freshmen may have $37,000 in debt by graduation.

CNBC - US News - 1 day ago

Texas School Districts Violated a Law Intended to Add Transparency to Local Elections

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune analyzed 35 Texas school districts that held trustee elections last fall and found none that posted all of the required campaign finance records.

ProPublica - Politics - 1 day ago

Ridgefield school bond still failing to get supermajority in second round of election results

Wednesday’s second round of ballots counted in Tuesday’s special election yielded no change to the results of measures in Camas and Ridgefield. With just 200 ballots left to count across the county, i

The Columbian - Politics - 1 day ago

Biden considers climate emergency declaration -- The White House is considering declaring a national climate emergency to unlock federal powers and stifle oil development, according to a Bloomberg report. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is announcing several projects this Earth Week. Columbia University Climate School professor Dr. Melissa Lott joins with analysis. -- Apr 23

The White House is considering declaring a national climate emergency to unlock federal powers and stifle oil development, according to a Bloomberg report. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is announcing several projects this Earth Week. Columbia University Climate School professor Dr. Melissa Lott joins with analysis.

CBS News - Science - 1 day ago

CBC Investigates -- Ont. doctors' college orders Toronto pediatrician to undergo 'further education' on breastfeeding drug -- Tara Carman -- News

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has expressed concern about the prescribing and oversight practices of a Toronto breastfeeding doctor in a case where a woman was prescribed domperidone, whose off-label use to induce lactation is controversial.

CBC News - Health - 2 days ago

Rothenberg: Website offers key info about school board elections

School board elections are grassroots democracy at its best. In Delaware, you don’t even need to be registered to vote to cast your ballot; every adult resident is eligible to vote in their local school district.

Bay to Bay News - Opinion - 2 days ago

Video - How this med school is trying solve the family doctor shortage - April 24

Canada is losing its family physicians to burnout and it’s creating a primary care crisis. Can a new program that prioritizes family doctor recruits help solve the shortage? The National's Nick Purdon gets special access to Queen's University and Lakeridge Health’s medical school program to see how it is preparing preparing students for the realities they’ll face on the job.

CBC News - Health - 2 days ago

Spiraling out of control: pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses up the ante

Hundreds of protesters set up tents at Yale, 50 arrested; Columbia University moving to partial remote learning as President Minouche Shafik under pressure from GOP legislators to resign for 'losing control' of students

YNET News - World - 2 days ago

Fewer medical school graduates choosing family medicine, Ontario doctors warn -- News -- - -- Canada

An organization that represents Ontario doctors is expressing concern about what it says is a declining number of medical school students choosing family medicine.

CBC News - Health - 2 days ago

California's math wars are roiling the state's educational system, with contentious debates over high school curricula.

California’s math wars are roiling the state’s educational system, with contentious debates over high school curricula.

Korea Times - Opinion - 2 days ago

Ministry of Education launches Mobile Library in collaboration with Mowasalat

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) yesterday launched the Mobile Library in cooperation with Mowasalat Company Karwa,...

Peninsula Qatar - Health - 2 days ago

Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Bill Allowing School Staff to Carry Concealed Handguns

Republicans say that the bill would enhance security measures in schools.

Epoch Times - US News - 2 days ago

The US child care system is in crisis. It's hardest on moms without degrees. -- Women have reached historic highs in the workforce. But the gap is growing for one group, and lack of affordable child care is to blame. The Education Reporting Collaborative kicks off its series, "Fixing the Child Care Crisis."

Women have reached historic highs in the workforce. But the gap is growing for one group, and lack of affordable child care is to blame. The Education Reporting Collaborative kicks off its series, “Fixing the Child Care Crisis.”

Christian Science Monitor - US News - 4 days ago

Turkish Actor Çağlar Ertuğrul shocks fans: Demolishes his old elementary school

ALBAWABA - Turkish actor Çağlar Ertuğrul, known in the Arab world as "Karam" from the series "Al-Ishk Al-Fakher," shocked fans with what he accomplished

Albawaba - Entertainment - 5 days ago

Some things are worth missing school for. An eclipse road trip, and a search for wonder. Our reporter, like many parents, wanted his son to experience the wonder of a total solar eclipse. As so often happens with parenting, the one left most in awe by the celestial event was not the fifth grader.

Our reporter, like many parents, wanted his son to experience the wonder of a total solar eclipse. As so often happens with parenting, the one left most in awe by the celestial event was not the fifth grader.

Christian Science Monitor - Science - 7 days ago

This ancient snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton

Researchers in India have found fossils of an ancient giant snake that could have been longer than a school bus.

AP News - Weird - 8 days ago

We're in the Battle of Britain 2.0 — the Michaela school case is proof

It’s not exactly the Cabinet War Rooms in Whitehall, but another Battle of Britain is being waged almost unaided from a shabby Sixties-era former office block in the shadow of Wembley Stadium.

Evening Standard - Opinion - 8 days ago

Tent schools in Gaza: Fighting for education in the shadow of war

Palestinians in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza established a tent school to provide education for children away from the atmosphere of war

Daily Sabah - Top Stories - 10 days ago

'These kids deserve water': A San Diego County school district has lacked clean drinking water for more than a decade

Warner Unified for years has relied on bottled water as it waits for a water solution from the state

The San Diego Union-Tribune - Environment - 13 days ago

Is Artificial Intelligence in education a threat or a blessing?

The prevalence of any invention is usually confronted with fear. People at first dread it and feel threatened by its existence. Artificial intelligenc...

Peninsula Qatar - Opinion - 29 days ago

Iranian hackers swipe data of thousands of Israeli college students

Thousands of IDs, credit cards and other documents stolen through long-unaddressed breach in college IT systems; security company claims vulnerability patched up two years ago

YNET News - Technology - 1 month ago

Idaho Resolution Would Aim to Lower Voting Threshold to Pass School Bonds

Under restrictive school funding policies, Idaho districts struggle to repair and replace deteriorating buildings. If voters agree, the proposal would, in some elections, reduce the two-thirds threshold needed to pass bonds for school repairs.

ProPublica - Politics - 2 months ago

The End of Affirmative Action | CBS Reports -- In the aftermath of the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions, CBS Reports examines the fog of uncertainty for students and administrators who say the decision threatens to unravel decades of progress.

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions, CBS Reports examines the fog of uncertainty for students and administrators who say the decision threatens to unravel decades of progress.

CBS News - Top Stories - 2 months ago

CBC Kids News - How acting in my school musical made me a braver person - January 10

Rasleen Buttar tells the story of how she auditioned for her school musical and got the lead, giving her confidence to try new things.

CBC News - Opinion - 3 months ago

Heartbroken Irish boy who failed to get into Music college stuns all with viral street performance

WE THINK a certain Irish Music college is going to be regretting losing out on this student...A ...

Irish Post - Weird - 3 months ago

A Texas Billionaire's Associates Are Trying to Sink a School Tax Election via Their Dark Money Nonprofit

Tim Dunn’s public policy groups have helped ensure that tax hike language is attached to school bonds in the state. Now, that language is being used to undercut support for a bond in his hometown of Midland.

ProPublica - Politics - 5 months ago

China uses higher education to increase its influence in North Macedonia

"Probably the most important and long-term strategy for anchoring China’s soft power in North Macedonia is the opening of the Confucius Institute in Skopje, at the oldest and most renowned public university, Ss. Cyril and Methodius in 2013."

Global Voices - Science - 9 months ago

What Increasingly Partisan and Venomous Wisconsin School Board Races Reveal About American Elections

As traditionally nonpartisan school board campaigns become polarized battlegrounds, voters in next week’s Wisconsin races may set the tone for how contentious races across the country will become this year.

ProPublica - Politics - 2 years ago