IL State Wire

Protests dwindle but college graduations are marked by defiant acts

U.S.
Amanda Smith

A tiny contingent of Duke University graduates opposed pro-Israel comedian Jerry Seinfeld speaking at their commencement in North Carolina Sunday, with about ...

College protests: Pro-Palestinian protesters retake MIT encampment

U.S.
Amanda Smith

CHICAGO (AP) — Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday as tension ratcheted up in standoffs ...

Police in riot gear at UCLA campus where protesters clashed

U.S.
Amanda Smith

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dueling groups of protesters clashed Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, ...

Police clear protestors from Columbia’s Hamilton Hall after college seeks help

U.S.
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, ...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators block roads to Chicago airport, Golden Gate Bridge and more

Trending
Sarah Wilson

CHICAGO (AP) — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roadways in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest on Monday, temporarily shutting down travel ...

Videos show Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots over 41 seconds during fatal traffic stop

U.S.
Amanda Smith

CHICAGO (AP) — Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gunshots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man ...

Ghost Army members who staged secret WWII battlefield deceptions awarded Congressional Gold Medal

U.S.
Amanda Smith

DALLAS (AP) — With inflatable tanks, radio trickery, costume uniforms and acting, the American military units that became known as the Ghost ...

MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million to nonprofits

Business
Jessica Roberts

Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she is giving $640 million to 361 small nonprofits that responded to an open ...

Tornadoes kill 3 and leave trails of destruction in the central US

U.S.
Amanda Smith

LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Blaine Schmidt sifted through the broken glass and splintered wood throughout his Ohio home Friday, salvaging a guitar ...