Columbia University administrators shut down much of the school on Tuesday, upending campus life for virtually all students and staff in the wake of ongoing student protests over the Israel-Hamas war. Only essential university employees and students who live on campus were allowed through the gates of the Ivy League school in New York City’s … Read more
During the Vietnam War, the CIA and U.S. military recruited Iu Mien in neighboring Laos, many of them subsistence farmers, to engage in guerrilla warfare and to provide intelligence and surveillance to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail that the North Vietnamese used to send troops and weapons through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam. … Read more
SALEM, Ore. — One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week. Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, 46, of Portland, told a news conference held by the Oregon Lottery on Monday that he and his 37-year-old … Read more
PHOENIX — Prosecutors said Monday they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury. The jurors in the trial of George Alan Kelly were unable to reach a unanimous decision on a verdict after more than two … Read more
A missing Colorado woman whose body was discovered in September died by homicide, with drugs often used as animal tranquilizers in her system, an autopsy report concluded. Suzanne Morphew, who vanished in May 2020, “died as a result of homicide by unspecified means in the setting of butorphanol, azaperone, and medetomidine intoxication,” according to the … Read more
An Idaho man was arrested on an alcohol-related charge and other counts after he allegedly kicked a bison at Yellowstone National Park last week — and was injured by one of the massive animals, officials said Monday. The man from Idaho Falls is accused of kicking a bison in the leg on West Entrance Road … Read more
The case of Robert Durst, the notorious real estate scion accused of eluding justice for decades in the mysterious deaths of three people, exploded nine years ago in what appeared to be a rambling confession during the finale of an HBO documentary series about his life, when he famously muttered: “Killed them all, of course.” … Read more
SAN DIEGO — A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said its caretakers recently visited China … Read more
HONOLULU — A trial for a mass environmental injury case begins in Hawaii on Monday, more than two years after a U.S. military fuel tank facility under ground poisoned thousands of people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water. Instead of a jury, a judge in U.S. District Court in Honolulu will … Read more
Columbia University’s president said Monday that talks with student organizers have failed to reach an agreement, and the university will not divest from Israel — a demand that has sparked protests on college campuses across the country. Minouche Shafik asked for those in encampment protests on campus to voluntarily disperse, saying the demonstration has created … Read more