Harvard Pro-Palestine Protests May Be Approaching Their End

It does not appear they’ll get the big Hollywood denouement that their Columbia counterparts achieved.

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Trump trial live updates: Ex-president threatened with jail for gag order violations

Former president back in Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday for further witness testimony

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Trump Posts—Then Quickly Deletes—Post About Trial Witness

The former president complained he’d just learned who would be taking the stand and complained his lawyers had “no time” to prepare.

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US repatriates 11 US citizens from northeast Syria

The United States has repatriated 11 US citizens, including five minors, as well as the sibling of one of those minors, from northeast Syria in what Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the “largest single repatriation” of Americans from that region to date.

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Israeli Troops Fight Through Rafah, Seize Border Crossing, Key Road

The IDF seized the strategic Rafah-Egypt border crossing, and the Philadelphi road along the Egyptian border, as it began its operation.

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Trump trial live updates: Ex-president back in court after being tied to Cohen checks

Follow live updates as Donald Trump faces new testimony on his alleged cover-up of a hush money scheme to unlawfully interfere with an election.

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'Irish Lives Matter' -- Thousands Protest Against Mass Migration in Dublin

One of the largest anti-mass migration protests to date took place in Dublin on Monday as protesters decried the open borders agenda.

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Walt Disney, Hims & Hers, Palantir and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in early trading.

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Trump’s hush money trial resumes after former president threatened with jail time

Warning: the following livestream has not been independently fact-checked and may contain misinformation. The Independent strives to counteract misinformation across its platforms.

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World Leaders Snub Putin but Hollywood Action Star Saves the Day

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says he was so excited to see Putin sworn in for the fifth time he barely got any sleep the night before.

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Trump’s Business Records Trial Resumes After Judge Threatens ex-President with Jail over Gag Order

Donald Trump returns to a New York City courtroom Tuesday as his business records trial resumes with big-name witness testimony expected in coming days.

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Rep. Jared Moskowitz Apologizes For Joke About Gov. Kristi Noem, Kim Jong Un

Jared Moskowitz apologized Monday after making a remark on social media about Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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Putin sworn in for another term as Russian president in glittering Kremlin ceremony

The United States and many other Western countries boycotted the inauguration, which came just a day after Moscow’s latest round of nuclear saber-rattling.

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California police are using a controversial tactic after someone dies in their custody

When police kill someone, they have to notify the family. Some officers are using that moment for something else.

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At least 5 dead, dozens missing after a building under construction collapses in South Africa

“So many people trapped in a building like that is like searching for a needle in a haystack,” said disaster management chief, Colin Deiner.

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Despite US warnings, Israel signals it's going ahead with what could be a 'disaster' in Rafah

Israel has warned Palestinian civilians to evacuate the eastern part of Rafah ahead of an expected assault.

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Ukrainian Olympic weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko killed "defending Ukraine" from Russia's invasion

Ukraine's national weightlifting coach said Oleksandr Pielieshenko "died a hero defending" his country from Russian forces.

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A 78-year-old receptionist fired a month after she was recognized as a top employee wins $78,000 in age-discrimination settlement

The company had said an issue with the worker's blood pressure was a "safety concern" and offered her a volunteer role instead, the EEOC said.

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Boeing’s Historic Starliner Launch Scrubbed After Rocket Issue

A “buzzing” valve was to blame for the postponement.

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Judge holds Trump in contempt for 10th time, warns of jail time

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With truce talks with Hamas at critical stage, Israel seizes Gaza side of Rafah border crossing with Eqypt

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One killed in Oklahoma tornado as severe storms batter central and southern states

The unidentified person died as a result of a tornado in Barnsdall, a city of about 1,000 people some 40 miles north of Tulsa, the local sheriff said.

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Russian court says American man jailed for hooliganism after drunkenly breaking into children's library

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Federal judge blasts threat by Alabama to prosecute groups aiding out-of-state abortions

A federal judge smacked down a series of threats by Alabama’s Republican attorney general to prosecute groups that help women obtain out-of-state abortions, weighing into a debate over access to the procedure that has lingered since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago.

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3 surfers from Australia and the U.S. were killed in Mexico's Baja California. Here's what we know.

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5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day.

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U.S. Repatriates 11 American Citizens From ISIS War Camps in Syria

The group — the largest set of Americans retrieved from the war zone — was joined by a 9-year-old noncitizen whose brother is an American.

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Bugging devices found in Polish government meeting room

As a hub for Western military supplies to Ukraine during the more than two-year war with Russia, Poland has been on heightened alert for spying.

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Israel seizes Rafah crossing and the best Met Gala looks: Morning Rundown

Plus, experts weigh on what might happen if Trump goes to jail after Judge Juan Merchan again punished the former president over his gag order violations.

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Biden warns Netanyahu against Rafah invasion as Israel prepares for action

President Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone on Monday, warning the prime minister against continuing with plans for an invasion of the Gaza city of Rafah.

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Skeletons from former Hitler base too decayed to determine who they were and how they died

The remains were found at the Wolf’s Lair, which served as Hitler’s chief headquarters from 1941-44 when the area was part of Germany.

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Tanks Block Off the Only Way Out of Gaza After Israel Rejects Ceasefire Deal

The operation came hours after Hamas said it had agreed to a proposal which would pause the conflict.

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A US soldier detained in Russia on theft charges was visiting a girlfriend there, officials say

Staff Sergeant Gordon Black was visiting a woman he was romantically involved with when he was detained on theft charges, US officials told NBC News.

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I spent 18 months and $34,000 traveling the world but was burnt out and unhappy—this was my No. 1 mistake

"I was living my dream," traveling in Asia and South America for a year and a half, writes Helen Zhao, but felt "burned out and hollow," until a realization hit.

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Being an Ambassador in Washington Keeps Getting Harder

American partisanship turns diplomacy into a delicate dance even for the closest of allies.

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Knife attack at Chinese hospital kills 2 and injures 21

No motive was given for the attack at Zhenxiong County People’s Hospital in Yunnan province.

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Karine Jean-Pierre Gives Sage Advice To Kristi Noem After Hint About Killing Biden Dog

The White House press secretary shredded the South Dakota governor like a chew toy during a briefing.

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Neom planners reportedly fear its huge mirrored structure called The Line will kill a 'significant number of birds'

The "horizontal skyscraper" that's part of Saudi Arabia's Neom is on a migration route used by billions of birds, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Australian woman pleads not guilty ahead of murder trial over mushroom deaths

Erin Patterson denied killing her ex-husband’s relatives by serving them poisonous mushrooms in a case that has riveted the country.

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Kimmel says Trump will end up in jail ‘he can’t stop talking about hush money case’

‘Sending the former president on a trip to Bar-A-Lago is ‘the last thing [the judge wants] to do,’ which is funny because it’s the first thing I would want to do. It’s like No. 1 on my list’

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Iran and the UN nuclear agency are still discussing how to implement a 2023 deal on inspections

Iran and the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog are still negotiating over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the Islamic Republic’s rapidly advancing atomic program

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John Leguizamo Laments Trump Winning over Latino Voters: Democrats ‘Take Us for Granted’

Democrats take Latino voters “for granted” and that lackadaisical approach could haunt them in November’s contest between President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump, leftist actor and comedian John Leguizamo lamented Monday.

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House GOP Wants to Hold Garland in Contempt Over Biden Tape

The attorney general refused to hand over the audio of an interview with a president.

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I tried the TikTok dupe creators could flood to if the app is banned, but I'm not convinced it will attract Gen Zers

Clapper was set up as a platform for millennials and Gen X. It's now adjusting its strategy to appeal to younger audience as a TikTok ban looms.

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'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion'

Fashion's biggest night returns.

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California’s Predictably Disastrous Minimum-Wage Hikes

The Golden State could have looked in its own backyard to see the negative consequences of increasing the minimum wage.

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Florida’s Meat-Mandate Hypocrisy

There is a profound difference between opposing efforts to ban meat and prohibiting consumers from purchasing lab-grown alternatives.

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Ruben Gallego Runs from His Progressive Record

‘I’m not against border walls,’ the Arizona lawmaker, who is likely to battle Kari Lake for a crucial Senate seat, now tells NR.

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Australia accuses China of unsafe behavior in aerial encounter with naval helicopter

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a Chinese fighter jet had endangered the helicopter by releasing flares in its flight path, calling it “unacceptable.”

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American is sentenced to 10 days in jail for reportedly breaking into a Russian children’s library

News reports said William Nycum was found in the library on Friday after breaking a window to gain entry.

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