The four law enforcement officers killed during a shootout Monday afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina, have been identified. Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. Weeks Jr. Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. Weeks Jr., 48, a 13-year-veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), was killed, the service confirmed Tuesday. Weeks leaves behind a wife and four children. This undated photo provided by …
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Former President Trump condemned the anti-Israel throngs at Columbia University Tuesday as they began to feel the power of the NYPD after the department received permission from administrators to move in on the demonstrations and made arrests. Trump also took umbrage at certain Jewish politicians who he said have not been at the forefront of joining him in condemnation of …
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A facilities worker at Columbia University claims to have been temporarily held hostage by anti-Israel protesters after a mob of anarchists stormed an academic building on the campus and barricaded its doors. The insurrection began at approximately 12:30 a.m., when anti-Israel protesters who had been staying on the academic lawn of Columbia’s Manhattan campus, where about 120 tents remain, stormed …
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Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree that toppled over on Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday. Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A.D. 122 by Emperor Hadrian to guard the northwest frontier of the Roman …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Johnny Jennings broke down during a Tuesday press conference remembering the four officers who died during a Monday shootout while serving a warrant for a felon in possession of a firearm. The four fallen officers have been identified as Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. Weeks Jr; North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) …
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Pennsylvania took a step Tuesday toward becoming the latest state to punish someone for using a Bluetooth-connected device to track someone without their permission. The state House of Representatives voted 199-1 to approve legislation that would make using a tracking device to secretly track another person part of Pennsylvania’s laws against stalking. The crime would be punishable as a third-degree …
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After anti-Israel agitators at Columbia University took over an academic building early Tuesday morning, students and administrators alike have been left to wonder: What’s next? At approximately 12:30 a.m., more than 100 protesters marched across the academic lawn of Columbia’s Manhattan campus and invaded Hamilton Hall, an academic building used by the dean. The mob shattered windows, barricaded doors using …
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Authorities in Kazakhstan arrested a former interior minister on Tuesday, in connection with deadly police crackdown on unrest that gripped the country in 2022, Kazakh news media reported. The Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Monday that Erlan Turgumbayev was detained on charges of “abuse of power and official authority resulting in grave consequences” in the harsh crackdown of riots by …
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Two Columbia University students attempted to blunt the break-in of Hamilton Hall on campus at the hands of anti-Israel throngs, telling Fox News they wanted to make a quiet statement by standing up to unruliness. Charles Beck and Rory Wilson spoke to “The Ingraham Angle” on Tuesday after Beck was filmed being assailed by masked demonstrators. Wilson joined his classmate …
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Hours after Columbia University began suspending students who did not abandon their anti-Israel encampment in the heart of campus, the agitators dialed up their demonstration by taking over an academic building. Early Tuesday morning, hundreds of anti-Israel protesters at Columbia’s Manhattan campus took over Hamilton Hall, an academic building used by the dean and other senior offices. The unruly group …
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