New tensions on college campuses
Students in Rhode Island took over an administrative building as pro-Palestinian protesters broke through barricades to re-take an encampment at MIT. ABC News' Em Nguyen reports.
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Rudy Giuliani served with Arizona fake electors indictment after 80th birthday party
Rudy Giuliani was served Friday night with notice of his indictment related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona after his 80th birthday party and after boasting on social media that he had avoided being served. Mayes shared a screenshot of the post even after it was deleted.
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19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for trying to occupy UPenn building
The University of Pennsylvania police arrested 19 pro-Palestinian protesters Friday night after they allegedly tried to occupy a campus building, the school said. The university's police department said the protesters, the majority of whom were not students, attempted to get into Fisher-Bennett Hall when campus officers and officers from the Philadelphia Police Department intervened. Officers were seen scuffling with protesters and several people were taken away in handcuffs.
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Star golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested prior to start of PGA Championship's 2nd round: Report
Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 golfer in the world, was arrested Friday morning for allegedly driving past a police roadblock at the Valhalla Golf Club, according to ESPN. Around 5 a.m., a man was fatally struck by a shuttle bus as he tried to cross a road near the course holding the PGA Championship, according to a statement released by the Louisville Metro Police Department. The roadblocks and confusion over the accident allegedly led Scheffler to drive past police who were on site, according to reports from ESPN.
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Shop Spanx's 'Early Summer Sale' with leggings, bodysuits and more 40% off
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Frontier Airlines eliminates change fees and introduces 4 new fare classes
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Radio Caroline, Britain's pirate radio station broadcasting from sea, turns 60 years strong
Over that time span, it’s been a fascinating tale of trials and tribulations just to keep the renegade broadcaster on the air and running for as long as it has. The story begins in 1964, when a maverick Irish businessman by the name of Ronan O'Rahilly decided to break the BBC monopoly and set-up a station on a ship in international waters off the English coast. As broadcaster and author Ray Clark points out, the radio landscape was very, very different then.
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Oregon man charged with murder in suspicious deaths of 3 women in 'complex' case: DA
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Houston storm: At least 5 killed, more than 600,000 without power
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Alabama State University receives Wall Street firm’s historic endowment assistance
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A few hundred seniors at Atlanta's Morehouse College gathered into the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on campus on Friday to take their senior class photo -- just days before President Joe Biden is set to deliver their commencement speech, a controversial and high-stakes event that comes as the president works to make inroads with a key voting bloc in the swing state: young Black men. Last month's announcement that Biden would give the commencement address on Sunday led to threats of protests because of frustration over Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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Democrats look to band together after Maryland's bruising Senate primary
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State Department issues travel alert for LGBTQ people, events abroad
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Diddy allegedly seen assaulting former girlfriend Cassie Ventura in hotel surveillance video: Report
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Man in custody for punching actor Steve Buscemi in Manhattan: Authorities
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Trump attends son Barron's high school graduation on day off from court
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