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Students interrupted Columbia University’s graduation ceremony in New York City on Tuesday morning by heckling Acting University President Claire Shipman and shouting, "Free Mahmoud!"Shipman was immediately met with boos when she stepped up to the podium to speak during the Columbia College Class Day ceremony.The crowd continued to heckle Shipman as she spoke about the class facing more trials and hardships than it deserved while proving that it can adapt […]

The body of a father of five who vanished last week while kayaking on a Georgia lake has been discovered underwater, police said.Dustin Valencia, 43, was reported missing Wednesday by his wife after he did not show up to pick up his children from school, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said.A search ensued and authorities tracked his last location to Lake Lanier in Georgia, where they found Valencia’s car parked […]

The Justice Department has agreed in principle to pay $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a former Air Force veteran who was shot dead during the Capitol Riot on Jan. 6, 2021, Fox News has learned.Babbitt’s estate, through her husband Aaron, filed a $30 million lawsuit last year over her fatal shooting when she attempted to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the […]

A man who murdered an 18-year-old woman in Utah four decades ago has finally been identified, authorities said Thursday.Christine Gallegos was found dead on May 16, 1985, along Jefferson Street in Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake City Police Department said. She had been beaten, stabbed, sexually assaulted and shot to death near an area known then as Dirk’s Field.Detectives were unable to find any leads despite years of investigative efforts […]

Parents and residents clashed at a school board meeting in Chicago on Monday after a trans junior high school student won multiple events at a local track meet.The Naperville 203 Community School District Board meeting was at times contentious, with roughly 100 people in attendance, split between the main room and an overflow viewing area.Those in support of the trans athlete waved the blue, pink and white striped transgender flag, […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A man accused of killing a father of three in a 2024 road-rage shooting in Lake Norman, North Carolina – a popular vacation town north of Charlotte – is seeking a reduced bond, according to court documents and local news.Terrell Eugene Giddens, 75, is accused of fatally shooting Jeffrey Michael Guida, 40, on Oct. 12, 2024, just before 5 p.m., while Guida was driving with his three […]

The Orleans Parish Jail maintenance worker arrested in connection with the escape of 10 inmates from that jail on Friday reportedly said he was threatened with violence by the escapees before helping them get loose. Sterling Williams, 33, an employee of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office (OPSO), has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and malfeasance in office, according to a Tuesday morning statement from […]

An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state’s second execution in 15 years.Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on Indiana’s death row since 2002, when he was convicted of killing Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney during a chase on foot.Ritchie was executed at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, according to Indiana Department of […]

Officials said Monday that an inspection of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City determined the load-bearing elements of the structure did not sustain any significant damage when a Mexican navy sailing ship crashed into the landmark on Saturday night, killing two people on board.The New York City Department of Transportation announced the discovery in a post on X just before the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) held a […]