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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 …

The University of Florida was praised by conservatives for declaring it is “not a daycare” and anti-Israel agitators who break rules will face consequences as campuses across America have been flooded with progressive antisemitic demonstrations. “This is not complicated: The University of Florida is not a daycare, and we do not treat protesters like children — they knew the rules, …

Columbia University has been forced to close its campus indefinitely after an anti-Israel mob broke into an academic building early Tuesday morning. In a statement hours after anti-Israel agitators stormed the iconic Hamilton Hall on the Manhattan campus and barricaded its doors, the university said it would remain closed “until circumstances allow otherwise.” “Effective immediately, access to the Morningside campus …

Faculty members at Columbia University were seen blocking certain students and press from entering the school’s anti-Israel encampment until police were called on Monday as thousands descended on the New York City campus. Fox News Digital witnessed Avi Weinberg, an economics student at Columbia, leading a small group of his Jewish classmates all trying to enter the encampment on the …

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 …

President Biden’s Education Secretary Miguel Cardona was grilled on Capitol Hill Tuesday on whether he would expedite Title VI investigations to possibly pull federal funding from universities riled with antisemitic protests. During a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing dedicated to discussing the president’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., hammered …

Anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations at top universities across America have forced Jewish parents to grapple with whether they can send their children to institutions where safety is no longer a given. Anya Farber, whose only son is currently looking at colleges, told Fox News Digital that facets historically used to select a school such as location, size, available courses, and …

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 …

Kenya has postponed the reopening of its schools by one week due to ongoing flooding caused by heavy rains, as flood-related deaths since mid-March in the East African country neared 100. Some schools remained “adversely affected” by the flooding, the Education Ministry said Sunday night. Local media reported that more than 100 schools were flooded, some with collapsed walls and …

Common sayings used metaphorically are popular in the English language — and are often used all over the world. There’s “break a leg,” “the cat’s out of the bag” — and so many others, often with interesting histories. Why do people use these popular expressions? ANIMAL IDIOMS WE CAN’T RESIST: WHY DO WE SAY ‘CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE’ AND OTHER …