25 h. ago Judge orders Tufts University student in detention case to be brought to Vermont

A federal judge has ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by immigration authorities in March to be brought to Vermont

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28 h. ago FSU shooting victims include a school employee whose dad was a Cuban exile turned CIA operative

Two people were killed and six others were injured when a gunman opened fire at Florida State University, sending students fleeing from the student union and putting the Tallahassee, Florida campus under lockdown

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42 h. ago Fury as FSU student callously films wounded classmate while sipping on Starbucks iced coffee

A Florida State University student callously strolled past a wounded classmate and filmed her while sipping iced coffee, without lifting a finger to help. This came after the shooting that killed two people.

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49 h. ago Florida State University shooting: Two dead and six injured as student opens fire with mother's gun

Phoenix Ikner, 20, killed two and injured six others at a Florida university on Thursday, using his mother's handgun to perpetrate the chilling college campus mass shooting

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50 h. ago Two killed and six injured in Florida university shooting, officials say

Police took in suspect Phoenix Ikner, 20, a Florida State University student and son of a sheriff’s deputyTwo people were killed in a mass shooting at Florida State University (FSU) campus on Thursday, and six others were injured, police said.The 20-year-old suspect is a student and the son of a sheriff’s deputy who had access to one of her weapons, a handgun, which was found at the scene, Sheriff Walt McNeil said at a news conference. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Trump official threatens Harvard foreign student admissions as more universities rally in support

Kristi Noem demands university’s records on foreign students’ ‘illegal’ activities while president threatens to strip it of tax-exempt statusDonald Trump has declared that Harvard University should no longer receive federal funds, calling it a “joke” that “teaches hate and stupidity”, while his administration said the pre-eminent US university could lose its ability to enrol foreign students.Harvard made headlines on Monday by becoming the first university to stand up against a series of onerous demands from the Trump administration, setting the stage for a showdown between the federal government and one of the US’s most prestigious institutions. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Queen's University rejects calls for Irish language signage despite student protests

A student-led campaign to introduce physical Irish language signs to Queen's University has been rejected, despite accusations that it the university is infringing on the rights of Irish speakers

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3 d. ago Sporty student who thought she had flu wakes up to find all four of her limbs amputated

Medical student Lily McGarry, 23, was studying at Cardiff University when she was taken to hospital after feeling unwell with flu-like symptoms - but the truth was far more serious

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4 d. ago Woke white Washington State University teacher filmed beating Indian

Washington State University student Jay Sani said he left with severe injuries after he was beat up outside of a college bar for wearing a MAGA hat.

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4 d. ago Canadian universities report jump in US applicants amid Trump crackdown

UBC and others report spike in interest from US citizens as Trump withholds funds and revokes foreign student visasMore students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.Officials at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Vancouver campus said the school reported a 27% jump in graduate applications as of 1 March from US citizens for programs starting in the 2025 academic year, compared with all of 2024. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian green card holder and Columbia student, detained by Ice

Mahdawi was at a naturalization interview in Vermont when he was taken in move his lawyers say is ‘retaliation’Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green card holder and student at Columbia University, was apprehended by US immigration authorities in Vermont on Monday, according to his lawyers and a video of the incident.Mahdawi, who was a leader of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia last spring, was arrested by Ice on Monday morning in Colchester, Vermont, while he was attending a naturalization interview, his lawyer said in a statement to the Guardian. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Judge in Vermont considers whether he has jurisdiction of detained Tufts University student's case

A federal judge in Vermont who's considering whether he has jurisdiction over the case of a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration officials has raised the idea of having her brought back to his court for a hearing

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7 d. ago Immigration judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported: a timeline of events

An immigration judge has ruled that a Palestinian Columbia University graduate student who participated in protests against Israel can be deported

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7 d. ago What to know about activist Mahmoud Khalil and his attorneys' plan to appeal his deportation ruling

An immigration judge has ruled that a Palestinian Columbia University graduate student who participated in protests against Israel can be deported

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7 d. ago I disagree with Mahmoud Khalil’s politics. But the deportation decision is abhorrent | Jo

Expelling the Columbia activist for his views would leave our nation weaker and endanger all of our rightsWhen the federal immigration judge Jamee Comans ruled in favor of allowing the government to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student in the US on a legal visa, her decision was based on “foreign policy concerns” presented by US secretary of state Marco Rubio. It was so shocking that I had to reread the news report several times before I could believe it.Rubio’s claim is based on Khalil’s leadership role in the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. I didn’t agree with Khalil’s politics when he led the protests and I don’t agree today with his politics, nor even his actions during the protests. But I’m unwavering in supporting his right to his views, and his right to shout them in what, until Trump took the reins, was our free American nation.Jo-Ann Mort, who writes and reports frequently about Israel/Palestine is also author of the forthcoming book of poetry, ...

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8 d. ago Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil based on the federal government’s argument that he poses a national security risk

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1 week ago Trans woman who joined University of Nottingham women's hockey team hits back at online trolls

Rachel Saunders, 42, a rights researcher at the University of Nottingham 's School of Law, transitioned when she was just 17 years old.

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1 week ago Trans woman who joined University of Nottingham women's hockey team 'sues online trolls'

Rachel Saunders, 42, a rights researcher at the University of Nottingham 's School of Law, transitioned when she was just 17 years old.

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1 week ago Protest planned after Florida student deported following traffic stop

Politicians and student activists decry ‘outlandish’ deportation of Felipe Zapata Velázquez to ColombiaA campus protest is planned at the University of Florida on Wednesday in support of a Colombian student deported by the Trump administration following his arrest for alleged traffic violations.The family of Felipe Zapata Velázquez, 27, said on Tuesday he was “undergoing a physical and emotional recovery process” in his home country after police arrested him in Gainesville on 28 March for offenses including having an expired tag and suspended driver’s license, then turned him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'I'm finding the UK's best Wetherspoons by visiting every single one before I turn 30'

A university student has gone viral on TikTok with her quest to find the greatest 'Spoons in the country

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