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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), pressed Columbia University’s president about pro-Hamas professors on campus during a congressional hearing Wednesday. Stefanik, a senior member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, had numerous rounds in which she attacked the Columbia president for antisemitism on campus under her watch. “I’m talking about the faculty members who are supporting terror,” Rep. Stefanik said while …

Authorities in New York City said shooters riding on scooters gunned down four people on Tuesday evening, leaving one dead and three others injured. New York City Police Department Assistant Police Chief Benjamin Gurley said the shooting happened on the corner of East Mount Eden Avenue and Townsend Avenue in the Bronx after 6 p.m., when two scooters pulled up …

Western powers are urging the Israeli government to show restraint in its expected response to the Iranian missile strikes last week. Officials from Germany, the United Kingdom and elsewhere have asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration not to escalate the situation into an active conflict — but those same officials say Israel is not listening to outside input. “It’s …