‘Chromebook Challenge’ Brings Suspensions and Criminal Charges Across U.S.
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‘Chromebook Challenge’ Brings Suspensions and Criminal Charges Across U.S.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Across the country, students are short-circuiting their laptops at school in a new and sometimes dangerous social media trend. The “Chromebook challenge” involves students jamming objects into their laptops until they spark and smolder. Students then record the smoking laptops and share the…

Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds
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Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University agreed on Friday to make changes to its protest rules, campus security policies and Middle Eastern studies department in a remarkable concession to the Trump administration, which had refused to consider restoring $400 million in federal funding without an overhaul. The…

Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year
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Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University — embroiled in crisis after the Trump administration revoked $400 million in grants and contracts for the school’s “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students” — announced on Thursday a range of disciplinary actions against students who occupied…

Mahmoud Khalil Sues Columbia and Lawmakers to Keep Activists’ Names Secret
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Mahmoud Khalil Sues Columbia and Lawmakers to Keep Activists’ Names Secret

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate detained by the Trump administration last weekend, and seven current students asked a federal court on Thursday to block the school from producing student disciplinary records to a House committee that demanded them last month. The committee’s…