Over 50 students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University (Picture credit: NYT) Over 50 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested Wednesday evening after occupying a reading room in Columbia University’s Butler Library, in a protest that reignited tensions over the Gaza war on US campuses.The occupation began around 3 pm (local time), when masked protesters, many […]
A 21-year-old Indian student in the US was arrested in North Carolina for allegedly impersonating a “federal agent” to scam a 78-year-old woman.The accused, identified as Kishan Kumar Singh, was taken into custody by deputies from the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office after the woman reported receiving phone calls from individuals claiming to be deputies with […]
A Columbia University student, Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested by masked immigration agents after a naturalisation interview in Vermont, has been freed from detention while his case continues. On Wednesday, US District Judge Geoffrey Crawford stated that Mahdawi’s two-week detention “so far demonstrates great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime.”Mahdawi’s […]
Lawyers for Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil say they will argue that his deportation should be blocked after the Trump administration acknowledged he was arrested without a warrant. Govt said in a court filing Thursday ICE agents didn’t have a warrant when they took Khalil, who led anti-Israel protests, into custody in March outside a […]
FBI agents on Friday (local time) arrested Milwaukee county circuit court judge Hannah Dugan, accusing her of helping a man evade federal immigration agents in a courthouse incident that has sparked fresh tensions between the judiciary and the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.Dugan was charged with concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest, and […]
Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on Friday morning. She was released later. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI on Friday on charges of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent their arrest. FBI director Kash Patel announced the arrest and said the judge intentionally misdirected federal agents away […]
Kash Patel announces arrest of arrests Wisconsin judge for obstruction of ICE agents, then deletes his X post. FBI director Kash Patel said on Friday that agents had arrested a county judge in Milwaukee, Hannah Dugan, on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement. The bureau arrested Judge Hannah Dugan on suspicion that she “intentionally misdirected federal […]
Picture courtesy: US District Court for the District of New Mexico Former Dona Ana County magistrate Judge Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy, were arrested on Thursday following a raid by federal agents at their Las Cruces home after it was discovered that they had allegedly harboured Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, a suspected member of the Venezuelan […]
Virginia school stabbing: 15-year-old arrested after fight leaves classmate hospitalized A 16-year-old Virginia high school student was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed at school by a 15-year-old fellow student.In a press conference held after the West Potomac High School incident in Alexandria, officials with the Fairfax County Police Department confirmed that the victim […]
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) A gunman opened fire at a church in Sri Lanka’s Manampitiya village on Friday evening, raising safety concerns just days ahead of the country’s Easter Monday commemorations for the victims of the 2019 Easter bombings. While no injuries were reported, the shooting damaged a church window, triggering a swift police […]
