27 h. ago Donald Trump calls Harvard a ‘joke’ and says it should be stripped of funds – US politics live

President says university should lose government research contracts after it refused demands to accept outside political supervisionSeveral international students who have had their visas revoked in recent weeks have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration, arguing the government denied them due process when it suddenly took away their permission to be in the US. The actions by the federal government to terminate students’ legal status have left hundreds of scholars at risk of detention and deportation. Their schools range from private universities like Harvard and Stanford to large public institutions like the University of Maryland and Ohio State University to some small liberal arts colleges. At least 901 students at 128 colleges and universities have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated since mid-March, according to an Associated Press (AP) review of university statements and correspondence with school officials. In lawsuits against the Department of ...

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55 h. ago Dallas high school shooting suspect in custody after four students wounded

Suspect apprehended within hours of Tuesday violence, says school district, while superintendent says such shootings ‘becoming way too familiar’A suspect in a shooting at a Dallas high school that wounded four students and drew a heavy police response to the campus has been taken into custody, school district officials have announced.Three of the students were injured by gunfire and the fourth was injured in their lower body, according to the Dallas fire-rescue department. It said units were dispatched to Wilmer-Hutchins high school just after 1pm and that the four male students were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from serious to not life-threatening. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Shooting reported at a Dallas high school, and officials soon after say campus secured

School officials in Texas say police have responded to reports of a shooting at a Dallas high school where students were seen leaving the campus

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4 d. ago Teenagers in court accused of murdering Kelyan Bokassa, 14, on Woolwich bus

Kelyan Bokassa died at the scene after being stabbed on board a bus in south-east London

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5 d. ago Wild West Yorkshire town where locals are terrified of knife

Huddersfield has been shaken by the murder of a teenage boy who'd fled war-torn Syria for a better life in the UK - it comes amid a background of growing fear in a town plagued by violent knife crime

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7 d. ago Yvette Cooper reverses Tory failure with vow to tackle knife crime and extremism

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said schools have found it harder to get help with pupils because neighbourhood police teams were decimated under the Tories - and vowed to put that right

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8 d. ago Knifeman on the run after Berlin tram passenger seriously injured in stabbing

The victim was attacked around 2.30am on the M2 tram at Karl-Liebknecht-Straße in the city's Mitte district

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9 d. ago Axing 'safer school' Met police officers will leave more pupils vulnerable to knife crime, say teachers

Pupils say they are worried ‘more knives and drugs’ will be brought in as a result of the move

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9 d. ago Teachers angry over ‘staggering’ plan to axe 370 Met safer school officers despite knife crime fears

Pupils say they are worried ‘more knives and drugs’ will be brought in as a result of the move

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9 d. ago 'Young team' play will deliver strong message about knife crime across Lanarkshire venues

When We Were Young is now in its third and final year, and is from Geez A Break Productions.

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9 d. ago US tourist arrested in quiet UK seaside town after wielding steak knife ‘for protection’

Holidaymaker, reportedly from an open-carry US state, had UK weapons laws explained to him by officers, Kent Police said

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1 week ago NY public schools tell Trump administration they won't comply with DEI order

New York state school officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding

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1 week ago 'It was like being in a police state': The deplorable truth of what REALLY happened when six police officers turned up to arrest a couple over WhatsApps about their child's school

Amid the horror of being told she was under arrest, Rosalind Levine remembers a flash of another, visceral, emotion.

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1 week ago Fed chair warns of high inflation and slower growth as Trump tells him to cut interest rates – live

Federal Reserve chair says ‘we face a highly uncertain outlook’ as president tells him to cut interest ratesPeople in the US: how have your shopping habits changed due to Trump’s tariffs?Trump insists he won’t back down from global trade war as markets slumpThe Trump administration is taking aim at Brown University with threats to freeze $510m in grants, widening its promise to withhold federal funding from schools it accuses of allowing antisemitism on campus, according to multiple media outlets including Reuters and the New York Times.University officials said they had not yet been formally notified, but the school was among dozens warned last month that enforcement actions could be coming as the administration seeks to crack down on academic institutions . Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘My policies will never change’: Trump doubles down on trade war after China announces retaliatory tariffs – live

US president says on Truth Social that ‘this is a great time to get rich’ despite China issuing a 34% tariff on all US goods The Trump administration is taking aim at Brown University with threats to freeze $510m in grants, widening its promise to withhold federal funding from schools it accuses of allowing antisemitism on campus, according to multiple media outlets including Reuters and the New York Times.University officials said they had not yet been formally notified, but the school was among dozens warned last month that enforcement actions could be coming as the administration seeks to crack down on academic institutions . Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israeli bombing of Gaza school housing displaced Palestinians kills at least 27, say medical officials

Most of those killed were women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry

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2 w. ago At least 27 killed as Israeli strike hits a school in Gaza, say medical officials

The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, say officials

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2 w. ago Knifeman ran at police before they shot him dead in Milton Keynes

Thames Valley has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct

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2 w. ago Revealed: The school WhatsApp messages that led to six police officers raiding 'reasonable' couple's home before arresting them and holding them in a cell for 11 hours

Friends of a couple arrested over their comments made in a school WhatsApp group have spoken of their 'shock and anger' over the incident.

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2 w. ago Harvey Willgoose's devastated mum issues heartbreaking 'please stop' knife crime plea

The 'heartbroken' mum of a teenager who died after being stabbed at school battles tears during a break away in Turkey to deliver her latest appeal for an end to knife crime

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