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Potential signature fraud in Michigan threatens to disrupt congressional races

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fraudulent signatures could upend Michigan’s congressional races this year as each declared GOP U.S. Senate candidate faces new calls to investigate their attempts to get on the August primary ballot and a Democratic U.S. House candidate appears likely to fall short. Just two years ago, multiple high-profile gubernatorial campaigns fell into […]

Protesters at MIT campus take to the streets, disrupt traffic in Cambridge

Protesters marched in the streets Wednesday afternoon, blocking off traffic in the downtown area. Cambridge Police closed off Massachusetts Avenue from Memorial Drive to Vassar Street around 4:30 p.m. as protesters gathered outside of MIT. The group mobilized about an hour later, traveling along Vassar Street towards Main Street, taking up the entire main road. […]

Solar storm could disrupt communications and produce northern lights in US

A strong solar storm heading towards Earth could produce northern lights in the US and potentially disrupt communications this weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a rare geomagnetic storm watch – the first in nearly 20 years. The watch starts on Friday and lasts all weekend. ICYMI, @NWSSWPC has issued the first […]

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Auschwitz remembrance march

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a remembrance march to honour the victims of Nazi atrocities at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The demonstrators chanted slogans at the marchers, unfurling Palestinian flags and banners reading “stop genocide”. Survivors of the Holocaust and the Oct 7 Hamas attacks on Israel took part in the march on Monday, […]

Pro-Palestinian protests briefly disrupt University of Michigan graduation

(Reuters) – Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a commencement ceremony at the University of Michigan on Saturday while demonstrators faced off with police at the University of Virginia as U.S. colleges braced for more turmoil during graduation festivities. Students across the U.S. have rallied or set up tents at dozens of universities to protest the months-long […]

Students protesting against Gaza war disrupt Cambridge open days

Pro-Palestine demonstrators are disrupting open days at Cambridge as Britain’s leading Jewish student group calls on universities to do more to tackle “antisemitic hatred” on campuses. Activists are telling prospective undergraduates and their families they will be “complicit in Israel’s genocide” in Gaza if they apply to Trinity College, which is said to have invested […]