Updated: Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University

Updated: 5:30pm (AEST) New York City, US Reuters New York City police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators holed-up in an academic building on Columbia University campus late on Tuesday and removed a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks. Shortly after police moved in, Columbia University President Minouche […]
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Updated: Gunman shot by police at NYC cathedral Christmas concert

7:45am (ADST), 15th December, 2020 New York, US AP A man was fatally shot by police on the steps of a landmark New York City cathedral Sunday after he began firing two semiautomatic handguns at the end of a Christmas choral concert, police said. The gunfire began just before 4pm at the Cathedral of Saint […]
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