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Student Protesters Hunker Down as More Unrest Rocks US Campuses

Columbia University locked down its campus on Tuesday morning as pro-Palestinian activists defied orders to disband their encampment and instead seized control of the college's Hamilton Hall - where they plan to remain until the university severs all financial ties to Israel.

NEW YORK — Hundreds of NYPD officers in riot gear stormed Columbia University Tuesday evening, forcing out pro-Palestinian student protesters who had had seized an administration building and making dozens of arrests. The NYPD was also arresting protesters gathering in the streets surrounding the Manhattan campus following the removal of students from the building. Social media posts from ...

NEW YORK — Hundreds of NYPD officers in riot gear stormed Columbia University Tuesday evening, hours after administrators at the school announced Pro-Palestinian student protesters who forced their way into a campus building are facing expulsion. It was not immediately clear from official sources if the police had entered Hamilton Hall, Columbia’s main administration building. Social media ...

NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian student protesters who forced their way Tuesday into an academic building at Columbia University are facing expulsion, university administrators announced after demonstrators damaged school property and prompted censure from the White House. The occupation began past midnight at Hamilton Hall, Columbia’s main administrative building, hours after the school suspended ...