Anti-Israel protests escalated on Columbia University’s campus over the weekend of April 20. In response, Columbia President Minouche Shafik announced the campus would switch to remote learning on Monday, April 22, out of concerns for student safety. Shafik sent a letter in the middle of the night to the student body, saying the school is…

More than 100 students were arrested Thursday, April 18, at Columbia University during a pro-Palestinian protest on the campus’ main lawn. The arrests occurred as New York City police, in riot gear, dismantled a makeshift tent city that had been set up by the protesters without school permission after a second day of protest. University President Minouche…

New York City will soon begin testing the use of artificial intelligence to help detect guns and other weapons at subway turnstiles. On Thursday, March 28, New York Mayor Eric Adams, D, announced that the city would be deploying the technology in a few months. “This is a Sputnik moment, when President Kennedy said we…

New York City police officers endured a challenging week as they said goodbye to one of their own, Jonathan Diller. The 31-year-old was fatally shot in the stomach during a routine traffic stop in Far Rockaway, New York, Monday, March 25. Diller served on the force for three years and leaves behind a wife and…

Roadrunner Charters has agreed to halt the transport of migrants from Texas to New York, following a lawsuit filed by Mayor Eric Adams against the company and 16 others. The legal action alleges that these companies violated New York’s Social Services Law by transporting asylum seekers to the region without providing necessary support. The city seeks…

Days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called him an obstacle to peace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Senate Republicans. And Neuralink posts a video of a patient playing chess using his thoughts. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Thursday, March 21, 2024. Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to GOP lawmakers Israeli Prime…

Cops who punched and used a stun gun on a migrant man clutching a toddler did nothing wrong, said Mayor Eric Adams. Adams defended the NYPD officers’ actions after the New York Times published a video that revealed a violent melee inside a Queens shelter last week.

New York City officials have quietly approved a new controversial green initiative. The plan requires pizza parlors and matzah bakeries that use decades-old wood- and coal-fired stoves to cut their smoky pollutants by 75%, according to The New York Post. Under Mayor Eric Adams, the Department of Environmental Protection announced that the new regulations will…

Seventy-four migrants alternated turns sheltering in a Queen’s basement until a neighbor filed a complaint, leading to the migrants getting kicked out of the store. Simultaneously, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, D, is expressing frustration with the immigration system and advocating for changes to a decades-old sanctuary city law that offers certain protections to…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said that city lawmakers should modify its sanctuary city law to allow migrants who commit violent crimes to be deported.