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Portland State University has announced its campus will be closed Wednesday as images are emerging of the graffiti and destruction that anti-Israel protesters have caused insideits main library. Photos show messages including “We’ll stop occupying this building when Israel stops occupying Palestine” and “no more business as usual” spray-painted on the walls of the Millar Library on the downtown Portland, …

UCLA has announced that classes have been canceled Wednesday “due to the distress caused by the violence” that erupted between opposing groups at an anti-Israel demonstration overnight. The Los Angeles school is now recommending that the community stay away from the Royce Quad area after police wearing face shields and riot gear had to be called to the scene to …

As anti-Israel protests escalate on college campuses, Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., is condemning the “intimidation” of Jewish students and conduct that is putting their safety “at risk.” Torres and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., co-sponsors of the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act, joined “America’s Newsroom” Wednesday after Democrat “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., suggested some Jewish students are “pro-genocide.” UNIVERSITIES CRACK …

A bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate has resulted in the USDA retaining its classification of the humble potato as a vegetable under Dietary Guidelines for Americans.A letter written by Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado and GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine “opposing any reclassification of a potato as a grain instead of a vegetable” is responsible for the …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, and other state officials running to replace him after his term is up issued statements Wednesday afternoon following anti-Israel protests at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Berkeley. “The right to free speech does not extend to inciting violence, vandalism, or lawlessness on campus,” Newsom wrote in a post …

Columbia University says it “regrets” having to call in the New York Police Department to clear out anti-Israel protesters Tuesday night, but they were left with “no choice.” University administrators released a statement saying it was their belief that non-student agitators led the push to break into and occupy Hamilton Hall. The university then called on the NYPD to take …

A man was stabbed Wednesday outside a New York City hotel being used to house migrants, authorities said. The 23-year-old victim sustained a flesh wound to the back of the neck outside The Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, the New York Police Department told Fox News Digital. The hotel has been converted into a migrant shelter for newly-arrived asylum seekers. …

Officers with the New York City Police Department restored the American flag on the City College of New York campus after it was replaced with a Palestinian flag by anti-Israel agitators during a protest. NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry applauded the move on X, formerly Twitter, at around 12:39 a.m. Wednesday – not long after officers gained control of the …

Firearms were confiscated at student protests at both the University of South Florida(USF) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) over the last two days, authorities say. Anti-Israel protester Atah Othman, 39, was one of 10 demonstrators arrested on the USF campus on Tuesday — and he was busted carrying a gun in his waistband, Fox 13 Tampa …

A man wanted in connection with the murder of an off-duty Chicago police officer last month has been taken into custody, according to Chicago police. The department said its officers and the U.S. Marashals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 22-year-old Xavier Tate Jr. for first-degree murder in Glendale Heights, Illinois, on Wednesday night. Tate’s arrest comes five days …