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Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026Three professors at Atlanta’s Emory University in the United States have filed a lawsuit over their arrests during a 2024 campus protest over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.Their lawsuit on Thursday argued that the university broke its own free-speech policies when it called in police and state troopers to aggressively disband the protest, making 28 arrests.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“The judicial system would find that Emory failed to protect its students, to protect its staff, to protect the educational mission of the university,” said philosophy professor Noelle McAfee, one of the…

The Internet has erupted in condemnation of Palantir’s manifesto. Understandably so. It is the open declaration of a private company to take over government systems and dictate policy. It is the admission by a concrete group that they have enough power to state their claim openly. I have been arguing through different forms of analysis what I consider to be one of the main drivers of events in the U.S. and, by extension, much of the world in recent years. A new class of people has arrived at the upper echelons of system power through the development of new digital…

WASHINGTON — President Trump heralded a drug pricing agreement with Regeneron on Thursday, closing the last of 17 deals initially sought by the White House last year. Regeneron, as part of the private deal, will reduce prices on drugs to Medicaid, provide cholesterol medicine Praluent on TrumpRx for $225, and invest $27 billion in drug development in the United States. On the same day, Regeneron also announced Food and Drug Administration approval of Otarmeni, the first gene therapy to be greenlit under the agency’s new National Priority Voucher program. In early trials, the drug provided modest hearing gains for people…

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Leo expressed frustration Thursday that U.S. and Iranian leaders have not been able to get the diplomatic efforts to end the war back on track.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.“One day Iran says ‘yes,’ the United States says ‘no,’ and vice versa,” Leo told reporters on the flight back to the Vatican after an 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. “We don’t know where this is going to lead, which has created again this chaotic situation, critical for the world economy.”Leo spoke out as the fragile…

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The first year of the Trump administration almost destroyed the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Elon Musk’s purge of the federal civil service was just one of many blows to FEMA. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem instituted a freeze on almost all disaster recovery and response spending, paralyzing the agency’s core function. This held up billions of dollars for communities around the country, delayed disaster response during catastrophic events like the July 4 floods in Central Texas, and all but ended the agency’s efforts to prepare for future disasters.…

Snoop Dogg is clearing the air after social media users went off about a surprise guest at a recent performance. Earlier this week, the rapper headlined a concert in Colorado and invited a young fan to join him on stage. As the girl showed off her dance moves, a pole dancer was in the background dancing, too. The backlash was swift after videos of the moment went viral on social platforms. In response, Snoop seemed to point his finger at the girl’s parents!RELATED: Bow Wow Says He Feels “Bad For The Good Guys” While Speaking On The Women He Saw In…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 263/5 vs Pune WarriorsThis game was the first real score blow-out in the history of IPL. Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 263/5, boosted by a magnificent performance from Chris Gayle, who scored 175. Such a score was unbelievable at the time. Gayle took on all the bowlers with brute force and he smashed big sixes and re-established the power-hitting norms. This was the highest score in more than 10 years and it demonstrated to the teams that aggressive batting could utterly dominate the bowling assaults in T20 cricket.Sunrisers Hyderabad -266/ 7 vs Delhi Capitals Sunrisers Hyderabad rekindled the trend…

Week 5 of the 2026 UFL season kicks off Friday, with another game Saturday and a doubleheader Sunday.FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt and Curt Menefee will be on the call once again this week on FOX UFL Friday — a dedicated night of UFL action taking place each Friday on FOX during the 10-week regular season.All 40 regular-season games — plus the playoffs on Sunday, June 7 and the championship game on Saturday, June 13 — will be televised across FOX, FS1, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and NFL Network. Games will also be available to stream on FOXSports.com, the FOX Sports app and FOX…

South Africa’s top police official, Fannie Masemola, has been suspended by the president after being charged with breaking finance lawsJOHANNESBURG — JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s top police official was suspended by the president on Thursday after he was charged with breaking finance laws related to an allegedly corrupt police contract.Fannie Masemola appeared in court on Tuesday and was set to return alongside 12 other senior police officers suspected of fraud, corruption and money laundering in connection with the contract, which was allegedly awarded unlawfully to a local company. Charges against Masemola relate to his responsibilities as the accounting officer…

A cellphone belonging to David Anthony Burke, better known as the singer D4vd, contained “a significant amount of child pornography,” a prosecutor said in court Thursday morning.Los Angeles County Deputy Dist. Atty. Beth Silverman made the claim during a court proceeding to schedule a preliminary hearing on murder charges in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The images were uncovered as part of a broad series of search warrants executed on Burke’s phone and iCloud, Silverman said. Burke’s attorneys have insisted he is innocent and are demanding a preliminary hearing begin next week, meaning evidence in the closely followed…