The City University of New York has become a “pervasively hostile environment for Jewish students,” according to a newly filed complaint to the US Department of Education that alleges violations of the Civil Rights Act.“Some of the harassment on CUNY campuses has become so commonplace as to almost be normalized,” according to the complaint by the American Center for Law & Justice in Washington DC.

When you type your name into a search engine, you typically expect to see links to your social media profiles or personal websites. But you might also find your home address, email, phone number, the names of relatives, and more.For many, this boon of publicly available personal information is upsetting simply because we want some level of privacy. For others, there is a concern that people can take advantage of

The criminal investigation into efforts by former President Donald J. Trump and his allies to overturn his election loss in Georgia has begun to entangle, in one way or another, and expanding assemblage of characters: A United States senator. A congressman. A local Cadillac dealer. A high school economics teacher. The chairman of the state Republican Party. The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor.

President Biden is experiencing body aches and other minor symptoms that “continue to improve” with treatment, three days after he was diagnosed with COVID-19, his doctor said in a letter Saturday.“His primary symptoms, though less troublesome, now include sore throat, rhinorrhea [a runny nose], loose cough and body aches,” presidential physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote. “His voice remains deep.

Donald Trump is appearing before a crowd of young Republican voters in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday night – where he will be greeted by a billboard reminding him he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. Trump is speaking on the second night of Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit, an annual multi-day gathering of MAGA world teens and young adults. But hours before his appearance, the Democratic

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Parkland Florida One Question Remains: What Is Justice?Sometime after 1:30 a.m. in a hotel conference room, the law enforcement officer’s eyes — even before his words — told Tom and Gena Hoyer that their youngest child was gone, killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. They remember so little about the ride home. Almost as soon as

DETROIT — Even Motor City is running short of cars these days.Rental counters at the Detroit airport have run out of vehicles recently. Dealerships all over town are reporting scarce inventory. And buyers are facing months-long delays and soaring prices before they can get their hands on a new truck or SUV.The root problem across the country is a global computer chip deficit that has forced automakers to slash output

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called out China for reportedly buying up massive amounts of property in the Sunshine State, telling “The Ingraham Angle” he signed legislation to curb what he deemed “undue influence from rogue states” like the Chinese Communist Party.Host Laura Ingraham reported on growing concern over China buying up American real estate, especially in the agricultural and residential sectors,

ROME — On a scorching afternoon, some of Italy’s most powerful politicians gathered in the shade of a luxury villa in one of Rome’s most exclusive neighborhoods, sat down to a lunch of swordfish and salad, and plotted to overthrow the government of Mario Draghi. The host at Villa Grande on Tuesday, July 19 was Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s billionaire former prime minister who leads the center-right

A string of explosions rocked Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa on Saturday, hitting one of the country’s most important ports less than 24 hours after a deal was signed to secure the transit of millions of grain through the Black Sea routes. The strikes risk undermining the deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, to facilitate the shipping of Ukrainian grain before it could even be put

The United States has a deep, decades-old housing shortage. Also, at the moment, homebuilders across the country are pulling back on development because they can’t sell enough homes. How can both of these things be true? That riddle is at the heart of the boom-bust nature of housing, where an excess of regulation and the mixed incentives of the market mean there is never a supply that lines up with

Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who told The Washington Post that the company’s artificial intelligence was sentient, said the company fired him on Friday. Lemoine said he received a termination email from the company on Friday and a request for a video conference. He asked to have a third party present at the meeting, but he said Google declined. Lemoine says he is speaking with lawyers about his options.

The Yankees’ once-fearsome bullpen took another serious hit Friday night when they lost Michael King with what sources told The Post’s Joel Sherman is a fractured right elbow. King exited the 7-6 win over the Orioles on Friday night after throwing a pitch to Ramon Urias in the bottom of the eighth inning. Asked what he thought when he saw King, clearly upset, leave the mound, Aaron Judge said: “Nothing good.

A California man who claims Skittles candy contains a “known toxin” that makes it “unfit for human consumption” is suing the manufacturer, Mars. That ingredient — titanium dioxide — is just one of the thousands of legal food additives in the U.S. In his lawsuit, Jenile Thames says Mars failed to warn consumers about the potential dangers of the ingredient, which is used as a color additive in Skittles. According

The Mega Millions jackpot soared to $790million after no lucky winners took home the coveted $660million on Friday – meaning it is now the fourth largest prize in US lottery history. Not everyone went home empty-handed, though, as four players won $1million each, and many others took home smaller prizes. No one has won the coveted jackpot in the last 28 consecutive drawings,

Two Americans have been killed while fighting against Russia in Ukraine. Officials confirmed to ABC News two US citizens have died in the ‘Donbas region of Ukraine.’ Their identities have not been released ‘out of respect to the families, and no further details on the circumstances surrounding their deaths have been shared. ‘We are in touch with the families and providing all possible consular assistance,’ officials told

Cases of monkeypox have been identified in the United States for the first time in children – a toddler in California and an infant who is not a US resident, health authorities say. The two cases of the viral disease were unrelated and were likely the result of household transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement on Friday. The agency said the children were in good health

It felt as if there was no chance in hell this day would ever come. But on Friday, Vince McMahon has retired as chairman and CEO from WWE, effective immediately. McMahon’s announcement comes weeks after news emerged that WWE’s board was investigating settlements that McMahon reached with former female WWE employees with whom he had sexual relationships with. In a statement, McMahon announced

Two men were taken into custody after a person was shot and killed near a condominium building in Coral Gables Friday morning, leading to a pursuit and large police perimeter in Coconut Grove. Coral Gables Police officials confirmed that someone was shot and killed after an altercation near the 10 Aragon Condominium located at 10 Aragon Avenue, just after 10 a.m. Witnesses said the victim was picking up trash

A former Florida Supreme Court chief justice and a state legislator are calling for an end to governors dictating who joins the state’s highest court based on politics instead of excellence.Retired Justice Harry Lee Anstead’s July 17 opinion piece in the Tallahassee Democrat targets the Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC), which, in theory at least, screens Supreme Court applicants and sends the governor a short list

A jury found former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress in a misdemeanor charge Friday after less than three hours of deliberation. The former Trump advisor now faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days incarceration and up to two years behind bars. He could also face a fine of up to $1,000. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 21. The jury concluded prosecutors

President Biden had a slightly elevated temperature last night, but his physician says that “his symptoms have improved” as he receives treatment after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a statement released by the White House that Biden had a temperature of 99.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday evening, which has since returned to normal since he received Tylenol. O’Connor says

Russia and Ukraine agreed Friday to resume exports of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea for the first time since the Russian invasion, a deal aimed at freeing up vital supplies amid fears of a global food crisis.The deal is the product of months of diplomacy led by the United Nations and Turkey, both of which are signatories to a pair of parallel agreements with Russia and Ukraine. It raises hopes

Former NFL player Paul Duncan died aged 35 after he went into cardiac arrest while on the run in his local neighborhood. The former Notre Dame football star, who has two young daughters with his wife Ellen, fell unconscious on Friday, 15 July, and the next day he was pronounced brain dead. Ellen said that when she first told the children their father had died, their daughter Dillon asked to listen to the song

It appears that a crypto Twitter user named Cobie influenced the FBI into bringing an insider trading case. The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is bringing an indictment against a former Coinbase employee, who allegedly tipped his brother and his buddy about which assets were about to list on Coinbase — leading to $1.5 million in “realized and unrealized gains,” according to the indictment.

A Rochester, New York police officer died Thursday evening, and another officer was injured after they were shot by a suspect while on duty in the northeast part of the city.”This is a tragedy for our community,” Rochester Mayor Malik Evans said, according to WHAM-TV. “I’m asking Rochester to pray for these officers and their families. They go out every day and put their lives on the line. And while there are some people

Shonka Dukureh an actress and blues singer who portrayed Big Mama Thornton died on Thursday in Tennessee, police confirmed. She was 44. The musician was found dead inside her bedroom in the Nashville apartment she shared with her two children, according to aby the Metro Nashville Police Department. The Tennessean reported that one of Dukureh’s children found her unresponsive before rushing to a

Few Americans are shielded as heavily from the coronavirus as President Biden. White House staff members are regularly tested before meetings with the 79-year-old president, and they still wear masks and stay 6 feet away from him during meetings, according to press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The virus found him anyway. With his positive test for COVID-19 on Thursday, President Biden joined the throngs

Tenants of 1,400 rental units in Indianapolis are on the brink of a water shut-off due to nonpayment by their corporate landlord — a tenant-landlord dispute of such a scale that city and state officials have stepped in with legal action to head off the possibility of a mass eviction.With an unpaid water bill of $1.7 million and counting, an Indianapolis utility company posted notices to residents of four apartment complexes owned

A man attacked U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin at a campaign event near Rochester, New York, Thursday evening, according to officials and witnesses. David Jakubonis, 43, went on stage at the event at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Perinton with a weapon around 8 p.m. and attacked Zeldin before being restrained by people in the audience and members of his campaign Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said. Zeldin,

President Donald Trump spent hours in front of a television at the White House watching the attack on the Capitol unfold on Jan. 6, 2021, ignoring pleas from staff, supporters, and family to call off the rioters—and even at times encouraging them—according to testimony Thursday at a prime-time hearing of the House committee investigating the attack.“The case against Donald Trump, in these hearings, is not made by

While rioters smashed through police lines at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump asked aides for a list of senators to call as he continued to pursue paths to overturn his defeat.“He wanted a list of senators,” former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in recorded testimony, aired by the Jan. 6 select committee at a public hearing Thursday night.McEnany didn’t identify which senators

The January 6 House select committee shared outtakes of an address former President Donald Trump made to the nation on January 7, still unable to say he lost the election publicly. ‘I don’t want to say the election is over,’ Trump says ‘yesterday is a hard word for me,’ SLAMS the podium and refuses to say he lost in outtakes of the January 7 speech shared at the committee hearing, from July 22, 2022.

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to restore immigration enforcement guidelines issued by the Biden administration that have been blocked by a federal judge in Texas who said they allowed the release of undocumented immigrants with criminal records. In a brief order, the court gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications, but it said it would take up an appeal of the case and hear

A massive brawl erupted at Disney World after two families got into an argument while waiting in line, sparking a fracas that landed at least one man in the hospital. The saga kicked off in the Orlando, Florida, theme park’s Magic Kingdom, where two families were standing in line for a performance at Mickey’s PhilharMagic theatre, according to multiple reports. One family member left the line to retrieve her phone,

Miami-Dade County students could go months without sex education books after school board members this week rejected two proposed textbooks over concerns they violate the state’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill, known by opponents as “Don’t Say Gay.” The decision, which came down to a tight 5-4 vote on Wednesday, marks one of the first major instances of the contentious measure shaping local

The right to use contraceptives would be written into law under a measure that Democrats pushed through the House on Thursday, their latest campaign-season response to concerns a conservative Supreme Court that already erased federal abortion rights could go further. The House’s 228-195 roll call was largely along party lines and sent the measure to the Senate,where its fate seemed dim.The bill is the latest

AT&T said more of its customers are starting to fall behind on their bills a sign that rising costs are pinching many households even for services most Americans consider essential.The wireless giant logged another customer surge in its latest quarter after smartphone promotions helped it lure new clients and keep existing ones. But executives said that subscribers were paying their monthly phone and internet bills

Lawyers for Stephen K. Bannon, the former adviser to President Donald Trump, said they would not call any witnesses in Bannon’s defense, clearing the way for closing arguments in his trial. Bannon’s attorneys told the judge Thursday morning that prosecutors had failed to show that their client was guilty of contempt of Congress for his alleged refusal to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6

The New York Department of Health on Thursday reported a case of polio in a resident of the state’s Rockland County. This case marks the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. The department said it was identified through sequencing at the Wadsworth Center – it’s public health laboratory – and confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The sequencing showed revertant polio Sabin type 2 virus.

The U.S. State Department has named 60 current and former officials and some corporate figures in its latest list of people suspected of corruption or undermining democracy in four Central American countries. This year’s list especially focused on politicians, judges, and others suspected of working to stack courts in Guatemala and the judges and prosecutors involved in cases against opposition political

Ricky Martin is declaring “justice” in his case against his nephew, who withdrew his previous bombshell claims of harassment and being involved in a sexual relationship with the singer. The Latin pop icon’s 21-year-old nephew claimed the pair were in an illegal “incest” relationship and that Martin harassed him when it ended. Martin, 50, appeared on Zoom before a judge in Puerto Rico to face the shocking allegations

Amazon has agreed to buy primary-care practice under the name One Medical, for $3.9 billion, including debtthe retailing giant’s latest foray into the healthcare space. Amazon on Thursday said it is paying $18 a share in cash for the San Francisco-based 1Life Healthcare. Amazon said the total deal value includes One Medical’s debt. According to its website, One Medical is a membership-based primary care practice

President Biden on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19, the White House said in a statement.“This morning, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.“He is fully vaccinated and twice boosted and experiencing very mild symptoms. He has begun taking Paxlovid,” she said.“Consistent with CDC guidelines, he will isolate himself at the White House and continue carrying out

Joe Biden has cautioned against the reported trip to Taiwan next month by the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, saying the US military had assessed “it is not a good idea right now.”The Financial Times reported earlier this week that Pelosi would lead a delegation to Taiwan in August to show support for the democratically ruled island, which Beijing claims is a breakaway province. The trip was initially scheduled for April

Two penthouses in Miami Beach, Fla., are hitting the market for $45 million. The seller is Caryl Englander. Married to hedge-fund titan Israel Englander, Ms. Englander is a photographer and chairman of the board of the International Center of Photography in New York City, according to the center’s website. The units comprise the top floor of the Tresor condominium at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach resort,

Apple’s latest slate of updates — iOS and iPadOS 15.6, macOS 12.5, watchOS 8.7, and tvOS 15.6 — are starting to show up for some users. Given the next versions of the OSes are likely due out in a few short months (and beta testers are already using them), it’s not a surprise that Wednesday’s updates are all relatively light on features. According to the release notes, here’s what’s new: iOS and iPad OS 15.6

Tesla already reported vehicle shipment numbers for the second quarter, and now its full Q2 2022 financial report (pdf) reveals it’s dealing with inflation and the overall economic downturn, combined with a plunge in prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In the letter to investors, Tesla execs reveal the company has sold 75 percent of its Bitcoin holdings, adding $936 million in cash to its balance sheet.

The Jan. 6 committee plans to use its Thursday night hearing to call out insurrection-friendly lawmakers who cowered during the Capitol attack but have since downplayed the insurrection’s severity, according to two sources familiar with the committee’s planning.“They have plans to paint a striking picture of how some of Trump’s greatest enablers of his coup plot were — no matter what they’re saying today

Mario Draghi has confirmed his resignation as Italy’s prime minister after an attempt to salvage his broad coalition failed when three key parties snubbed a confidence vote, paving the way for snap elections that could take place as early as late September. Backed by a groundswell of public support, the former European Central Bank chief had attempted to continue his administration on the condition that his alliance

The U.S. housing market is rapidly cooling as record prices and rising mortgage rates weigh on home sales, locking out potential buyers.Economists said that slower activity in the housing market, halting a torrid stretch of sales induced by the pandemic, is another sign of a slowing economy, adding to the risks of a recession.The median sales price of an existing home climbed to $416,000 in June, the National Association

The government rested its contempt of Congress case Wednesday against former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon after calling just two witnesses — a congressional staffer and an FBI agent — to describe the tough-talking podcaster’s alleged refusal to provide documents or testimony to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.The fast pace of the prosecution, which began Tuesday

Natural gas began flowing again through the main pipeline from Russia to Germany on Thursday, allaying European fears that a shut-off during scheduled maintenance would become permanent but not resolving broader concerns about the continent’s energy being held hostage in Russia’s war. Gas flows resumed through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline at 6 a.m., according to data provided by German operator Cascade.