The Global Update

A faculty rights group at Columbia University condemned the administration’s response to an anti-Israel protest at the campus library on Wednesday, which resulted in dozens of arrests. A letter from the executive committee of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) at Columbia aimed at addressing the “erosion of shared governance” denounced a decision made…

I’ve been a mom longer than I’ve been a governor, so I’m hardwired to protect kids — my own and yours.  That’s why, as New York’s first Mom Governor, I led the nation last year in taking on the addictive algorithms driving social media feeds. And now, we’re taking another bold step: becoming the largest…

Sean “Diddy” Combs added high-profile criminal defense lawyer Brian Steel to his team in the weeks prior to his sex-trafficking trial. Steel filed a notice that he was joining the music mogul’s defense on April 15, just weeks before the rapper appeared for the first time in front of potential jurors on May 5. Diddy…

A tough-on-crime Republican district attorney is using his years of prosecuting some of the most infamous cases in Colorado to crack down on crime across the blue state.  In January, George Brauchler became the first-ever district attorney for Colorado’s 23rd Judicial District, making it the first time in more than 60 years that Colorado added…

After Prince Harry’s latest explosive interview, Prince William is committed more than ever to protecting his children from an heir-and-spare nightmare. The claim was made by British royals expert Hilary Fordwich, who believes that Harry’s struggles with being a royal “spare” have not only been a “nightmare” for the senior royals today but serve as…

The Department of Homeland Security is defending the detainment of a Georgia college student who is in the U.S. illegally after she was pulled over for traffic violations and arrested.  Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old Mexican national, was arrested by police in Dalton, Georgia, on May 5 after illegally turning right on red and driving without…

A West Point professor’s resignation over education shifts brought, in part, by the Trump administration, drew a scathing comment from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.  West Point philosophy professor Graham Parsons announced his resignation Thursday, following a 13-year tenure with the academy. Hegseth quickly took to social media, voicing his opinion after the departure. “You will…

Randy Travis is leaning into artificial intelligence (AI) to continue to produce new music, over a decade after his near-fatal stroke. In 2013, Travis’ stroke left him with aphasia – which is the loss of ability to understand or express speech. With the help of AI and country musician James Dupré, Travis was able to…

A Massachusetts State Police sergeant who played a key role in the investigation that led to Karen Read’s original mistrial on murder charges testified Thursday that, early on, he told other authorities that John O’Keefe may have been hit in the face with a bar glass, causing injuries to his face and head. Investigators, however,…