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By Sarah Boxer, CNN (CNN) — Staff members at Columbia University and Barnard College in New York City said they were taken aback earlier this week after receiving text messages on their personal devices linking to a survey which asked, in part, if they were Jewish or Israeli. The survey on Monday came from the

By Dalia Faheid and Sarah Boxer, CNN (CNN) — Authorities raided five homes in southeastern Michigan on Wednesday as part of a yearlong vandalism investigation into pro-Palestinian graffiti targeting the homes of University of Michigan officials and others. Search warrants, authorized by a Michigan state court, were executed in Ann Arbor, Canton and Ypsilanti, according

By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The investigator leading the probe into Thursday’s crash that killed champion aerobatic pilot Rob Holland at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia says he was “coming in to land on runway 8,” but it is unclear “why he lost control and impacted terrain beside the runway.” Holland was

By Gloria Pazmino and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested at an interview for US citizenship will remain detained in Vermont after a judge ordered his attorneys and the Department of Justice to provide additional briefing papers to the court. Attorneys for Mohsen Mahdawi and the Department

By Brynn Gingras, Carolyn Sung, Shimon Prokupecz and Holly Yan, CNN New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) — Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was confronted by some pro-Palestinian demonstrators Wednesday night in New Haven, Connecticut, according to a statement and videos shared by Ben Gvir’s office. “Water bottles were thrown” at Ben Gvir, his office

By Matt Friedman, CNN (CNN) — The Uvalde City Council unanimously approved a settlement with the families of the victims from the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in 2022 on Tuesday. The final agreement comes nearly a year after it was first announced and a month shy of the three-year mark since a teenage gunman

CNN By Taylor Romine, Taylor Ward, Mary Gilbert and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old man has been arrested on arson charges in connection with a southern New Jersey wildfire that has scorched more than 15,000 acres, prompted about 5,000 evacuations and briefly shut down part of the Garden State Parkway, officials said. Joseph

By Diego Mendoza and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A Tampa man was arrested last week on suspicion of tackling an 11-year-old girl he believed had been throwing eggs at his home, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said. “This type of behavior is not only unacceptable, it’s reprehensible,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in

KYW, X, @LAKEWOODSCOOP, CNN, X/@LAKEWOODSCOOP By Taylor Romine, Taylor Ward and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Weather conditions are improving Wednesday as firefighters continue to battle a still-growing wildfire that has burned at least 13,250 acres in southern New Jersey since it ignited on Tuesday, prompting about 5,000 evacuations and briefly shut down part of

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A picture of Dr. David Walt, a pioneering scientist whose research helped significantly lower the costs of DNA sequencing, greets visitors to Harvard University’s website right next to a large headline: Research Powers Progress. Since Harvard has become embroiled in an ideological battle with the Trump administration, Walt has

By Taylor Romine, Taylor Ward, Mary Gilbert and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old man has been arrested on arson charges in connection with a southern New Jersey wildfire that has scorched more than 15,000 acres, prompted about 5,000 evacuations and briefly shut down part of the Garden State Parkway, officials said. Joseph Kling

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — A delegation of congressional members traveled to Louisiana Tuesday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk and inspect conditions at the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities where the two remain in custody. It’s the first time a congressional delegation has met with Khalil or