NEW YORK — Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university announced Monday. “Based on feedback from our students, we have decided to … Continued
Early one July morning in 2019, Bexar County sheriff’s deputies rolled down the quiet residential streets of Castle Hills with a pair of bombshell arrest warrants. The San Antonio-area bedroom community was in the throes of one of the biggest … Continued
A group of 31 sixth graders from Stillwater Middle School wanted to help migrating birds in the St. Croix River Valley. About 80 percent of migrating birds do so at night, using the stars and moon for navigation. According to … Continued
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former … Continued
In 1996, the Tony Award-winning musical “Rent” brought the 1896 opera “La Bohème” into the present day, telling the story of low-income artists struggling to survive at the height of the AIDS crisis. The musical shifted the setting from Paris … Continued
What with women’s basketball’s current surge in popularity, the timing is good for Penumbra Theatre’s production of “Flex,” a very well-crafted play by Candrice Jones about a high school girls basketball team in small-town Arkansas. While it’s about the sport, … Continued