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100-year-old veteran officially gets college diploma 58 years after graduation

Fifty-eight years ago, a career Air Force officer named John “Jack” Milton earned a degree from the University of Maryland Global Campus. It was a significant achievement because Milton had been ... read more

US has long history of college protests: Here's what happened in the past

Young people have demanded specific changes on their campuses and in their world in demonstrations that often escalated amid clashes with authorities. read more

Jane Fonda Day declared in LA County; she pushes for action on climate crisis

L.A. County Board of Supervisors named April 30, 2024 ‘Jane Fonda Day.’ It will be her day on this date, every year. read more

Pro-Palestinian CUNY students shattered glass doors, vandalized offices before City College NYPD raid

Students at the City College of New York protest the Israel-Hamas war on the campus in Harlem ... Photos from inside the building show metal air vents ripped from the walls and chairs flipped upside ... read more

Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke have a running joke about ‘Wildcat,’ their Flannery O’Connor movie

“I’m not trying to do a college lesson on Flannery. We used her life experience as a launching pad for a conversation." Before getting too deep into the process, they also asked themselves hard ... read more

College protests updates: UCLA cancels all classes due to 'violence' overnight

Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from ... read more

National College Democrats Slam Biden On Gaza And Back Campus Protesters

The Biden White House has pursued a “cold shoulder strategy for its own base and all Americans who want to see an end to this war,” the group said. read more

Colombia's president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday announced his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between the countries over ... read more

Iran has figured out it’s much safer to attack Biden’s America than Israel

Iran smells blood in the water. Tehran is doing everything it can to divide the U.S. and Israel, and the American public. Biden has refused to support any offensive actions against Iran, nor has his ... read more

College protests live updates: Police crackdown leads to hundreds of arrests

Hundreds were arrested at USC, Emerson and UT Austin in the last day. Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. read more

With pandemic over, deadliest infectious disease in world is still tuberculosis

Just a short time after “Gone With the Wind star” Vivien Leigh appeared at Atlanta’s Loews Grand Theatre for the 1939 premiere of the legendary film, the British actress caught tuberculosis on a trip ... read more