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Videos from Wednesday night show officers tackling two of the four protesters at the intersection of Rose and Alexander Walk. Two of the four people arrested are Yale students.

President Joe Biden has canceled $6.1 billion of student debt for 317,000 borrowers.

In a Monday afternoon email, Yale President Peter Salovey said 60 protesters had been arrested on Beinecke Plaza. The News confirmed, however, that there were 48 arrests; Salovey has not yet publicly acknowledged his apparent error.

Following the arrest of 48 pro-Palestine protesters on Monday morning, smaller demonstrations calling for Yale to divest from military weapons manufacturers continued on Tuesday. Lead organizers of “Occupy Beinecke” — the group that set up the three-night encampment on Beinecke Plaza — announced on social media that they had handed off leadership to a broader cohort of activists, renaming the coalition as “Occupy Yale.”

Obel Manuel joins Morning Edition and Up First as Digital Editor

Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say they issued nine misdemeanor summons for second-degree breach of peace during a sit-in at Union Station protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza and U.S. military aid for Israel. Attendees say 13 people were arrested.

Rae spoke about the importance of the Stony Island Arts Bank in the development of her newest album, which delves into the Black experience in America.

Disney will soon hike the price of its online streaming service by around €2 following others like Netflix, which have done the same in recent months.

The Bulldogs excelled across 17 games at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last weekend.