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Students at Emory University and Kennesaw State University protested the war in Gaza and the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Thursday, resulting in arrests and disruptions.

The University of Southern California canceled its main commencement ceremony after dozens of campus arrests. Meanwhile, students at several schools around the country set up solidarity encampments.

Right-wing commentator and homeschool advocate Bethany Mandel talks with Rolling Stone about her campaign for school board.

Right-wing commentator and home-school advocate Bethany Mandel talks with Rolling Stone about her campaign for school board

FORT DRUM — A familiar face has returned to command the 10th Mountain Division. On Monday, Brig. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr. assumed command of the division, and of Fort Drum, marking his second assignment to the Army post. In an interview Thursday, he said returning to the north country comes with a sense of familiarity, which has made the command transition comparatively comfortable. “If feels like I’m coming back someplace familiar,” he said. “There’s a sense of ...

Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP In a little-noticed story that broke on Friday night, it was reported that Jennifer Davis, Chief of Staff to UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (pictured above), has been reassigned because her security clearance was revoked. According to the Politico article, Davis is a career foreign service officer, having worked for 18 years in the State Department with previous assignments in Mexico, Turkey, and Colombia. The decision to revoke Davis’s clearance came after...