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NEW YORK — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a short and turbulent period in charge. During her time at the helm of the prestigious New York university, she faced protests regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict and criticism over

Hurricane Ernesto intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rain and wind gusts reaching 75 mph to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Numerous areas across Puerto Rico remain under flood flash

Manchester United and Brazilian soccer star Geyse Ferreira has publicly condemned homophobic comments directed towards her. The 26-year-old soccer player received hateful messages after she shared photos with her female partner on Instagram on Aug. 10. “I love you, us

Parenting is hard enough without any additional complications. So imagine trying to parent from behind bars. A new Netflix documentary film sensitively explores this challenge by profiling a father-daughter dinner-dance that took place at a Washington, D.C. prison in 2019,

PETERSBURG, Va. — Chesterfield County Police reported that a shooting incident occurred early Wednesday morning at Virginia State University, leaving four individuals injured. Authorities have identified multiple suspects, and charges are pending. Officials have assured the community that there is

The annual inflation rate has slowed down, according to new data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The July consumer-price index shows an annual inflation rate of 2.9%, which is slightly lower than expected and the smallest

TOKYO — Japan, a nation highly susceptible to earthquakes, issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week after a significant earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of Kyushu, the southern main island. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake did not result in any

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will not seek a second term as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in September, paving the way for a new leader and a subsequent change in the prime minister’s position.

A federal court ruling on Friday has thrown the future of student loan forgiveness into uncertainty for millions of borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. This decision is the latest in a series of legal

Mars, once thought to be a watery world like Earth, may still hold vast reserves of water, but not in the way we imagined. For billions of years, Mars was partially covered in water, evidence of which remains in the

Arizona voters will have a crucial decision to make in November: whether to formally protect the right to abortion in the state constitution. This move, in a state considered pivotal in the presidential election, could have a significant impact on

Doctors at a large number of government hospitals in India have been on strike since Monday following the rape and murder of a 31-year-old resident trainee doctor while she was working in Kolkata, the capital of India’s West Bengal state.