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Multiple high-profile incidents have roiled Columbia University's campus since Israel-Hamas war began.

Trump administration announces review of Columbia’s federal contracts over ‘harassment of Jewish students’

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A federal task force created by President Donald Trump to combat antisemitism could pull more than $50 million in contracts between Columbia University and the federal government, over the school’s “ongoing inaction in the face of relentless harassment of Jewish students,” three federal agencies said in a joint news

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An 11-year-old rape survivor holds his mother’s hand after visiting a psychologist and social worker who are helping him deal with the trauma of rape.

Infants and young children are being raped as a weapon of war in Sudan, UNICEF says

By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Warning: This report contains details of sexual assaults. Reader discretion is advised. Armed forces in Sudan’s ongoing civil war are perpetrating systematic sexual violence against young children, with one-year-olds the youngest survivors of rape, according to a new report from UNICEF, the United Nations’ (UN) children’s agency. The UNICEF

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‘It’s morphin’ time!’ Police disguised as Power Rangers patrol Carnival in São Paulo

By Max Saltman and Angélica Franganillo-Díaz, CNN (CNN) — It’s not unusual to see superheroes in the streets when it’s Carnival time in Brazil. Batman, Superman and Spider-Man are common sights on the streets of São Paulo during what’s sometimes called the world’s biggest party. But among the many people dressed in figure-hugging colorful lycra

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Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus blessing from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square on January 12. Pope Francis experienced “two episodes of acute respiratory failure

Pope Francis in stable condition after episodes of respiratory failure, Vatican says

By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is in stable condition after his episodes of acute respiratory failure on Monday, the Vatican said Tuesday. Francis, who the Vatican said remained alert and cooperative, received high-flow oxygen therapy after being on non-invasive ventilation on Monday. An earlier Vatican update said

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Who are Rafael Caro Quintero and the 28 other alleged criminals extradited to the US from Mexico?

By Max Saltman, Jennifer Hauser, CNN and Sebastian Jimenez, CNNE (CNN) — Mexico has extradited 29 alleged criminals to the United States, among them the so-called “narco of narcos” Rafael Caro Quintero, many accused of murder and several alleged members of cartels now designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The accused men were taken from prisons

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