Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump called for Harvard University to pay a sweeping $500 million settlement to restore its federal funding, saying the elite university has been “very bad.” “We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don’t negotiate, Linda,” Trump said to Education Secretary Linda McMahon during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. He continued, “They’ve been …
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George Mason University president rejects Education Department’s apology demand
George Mason University’s president will not apologize to satisfy the demand of the Education Department, which said it had determined the university has violated federal civil rights law, according to a letter obtained by NBC News. The letter says the federal department’s conclusions, published Friday, make it “glaringly apparent that the [Office of Civil Rights] investigation process has been cut …
Read More »University of Arkansas lifts restrictions on Fayetteville campus after no evidence found of active shooter
FAYETTEVILLE — An active shooter was reported at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus Monday, according to a university alert system, but local police said there is no evidence that a shooting occurred. “Since the original call, multiple calls at multiple locations around the university have come in. As of now, there are no confirmed gunshots, no confirmed injuries, no …
Read More »Active shooter reported on campus at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville | Here's what we know – 5newsonline.com
Active shooter reported on campus at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville | Here’s what we know 5newsonline.com Active shooter reported at University of Arkansas KNWA FOX24 Active shooter reported at Mullins Library on University of Arkansas campus KHBS Police swarm University of Arkansas on report of active shooter at Fayetteville campus Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette University of Arkansas sends active shooter text to students, …
Read More »Victims of deadly New York tour bus crash identified, including Columbia University student
The tour bus, carrying 54 passengers, was returning to New York City from Niagara Falls when it crashed and rolled onto its side The tour bus flipped on its side, killing five people and injuring dozens(Image: NBC News) The five victims of a tragic tour bus crash in western New York have been identified. Among them are foreign nationals and …
Read More »University of South Carolina all clear after unconfirmed reports of active shooter
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina has given the all-clear after issuing an alert Sunday about a possible active shooter near a library on the main Columbia campus, just days after false reports of active shooters at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga led to panic and temporary lockdowns as they kicked off their fall …
Read More »University of South Carolina issues all clear after unconfirmed active shooter report
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina has given the all-clear after issuing an alert Sunday about a possible active shooter near a library on the main Columbia campus, just days after false reports of active shooters at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga led to panic and temporary lockdowns as they kicked off their …
Read More »Active shooter reported on the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus
Update after active shooter reported on the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus at Thomas Cooper Library.Latest update: 7:20 p.m.Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told WYFF News 4’s Nate Stanley that an “all clear” as been given. Latest from university: 7:13 p.m.”No evident of an Active Shooter at this time. Police are searching affected buildings. Please continue to shelter in …
Read More »University of South Carolina: No evidence of shooter at campus library despite alert, spokesperson says
Facebook Tweet Email Link There is no evidence of a shooter at the University of South Carolina’s campus library, a school spokesperson said Sunday, after a schoolwide alert about a shooter who had been reported to be on the Columbia campus. “We received an unconfirmed report of an active shooter at the Thomas Cooper library,” a university spokesperson, Jeff Stensland, …
Read More »Columbia University student among 5 victims identified in deadly New York tour bus crash
Police identified the five people who were killed in a tour bus crash in western New York on Friday. New York State Police said in a news release on Saturday that Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhu Bani, India; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; Columbia University student Xie Hongzhuo, 22, of Beijing, China; Zhang Xiaolan, 55 of …
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