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How college communities are reacting to funding threats, international student arrests

Recent threats to federal funding and arrests of international students have created a sense of unease on many college campuses. A trio of editors at student newspapers across the country share a unique perspective about what they are seeing on the ground and how campus communities are reacting.
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Top Hegseth Aide Escorted Out of Pentagon in Leak Probe

One of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s right-hand men was put out to pasture Tuesday after being accused of leaking. Dan Caldwell was escorted out of the Pentagon and placed on administrative leave for an “unauthorized disclosure,” reported Reuters. Caldwell was named in the “Signalgate” drama when Hegseth told the rest of the leaked group what that he was the Pentagon’s best staff point of contact for the National Security Council as it…
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Major solar storm could bring the Northern Lights to New York — and chaos to satellite systems

A strong geomagnetic storm unleashed by multiple magnetic eruptions on the Sun means many Americans in the Lower 48 could be treated to quite a spectacle late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
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In the red: global wine sales fall to lowest levels since 1961

Consumption and production falls in almost every market as industry fears a ‘generational’ change in drinking habits

Worldwide consumption of wine fell in 2024 to its lowest level in more than 60 years, the main trade body has said, raising concerns about new risks from US tariffs.

The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said on Tuesday that 2024 sales fell 3.3% from the previous year to 214.2m hectolitres.

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Why the Patriots traded Joe Milton when they did

The reasons for the Patriots’ surprise trade of their backup quarterback are coming into view.
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Hiker who was hanging from cliff with ‘death-grip’ is rescued in death-defying video

The deputy on the cable even managed to rescue the hiker’s cell phone — which she had been gripping in her hand — while saving her life.
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Looking for Mr. Big bird: Rosie the Roosevelt Island turkey on the hunt for love in Manhattan

The horny bird’s quest for love is causing nothing but chaos in Midtown East.
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Transgender activist Charlotte Clymer claims ‘science is on our side’ while pushing Dems to fight back on the issue

Charlotte Clymer complained about not seeing ‘a lot of fight’ from congressional Democrats on trans issues.
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Brick-wielding maniac who attacked decorated Delta Force vet appears in court covered in bruises

Troubled vagrant James Lawson is charged with attacking US Army vet Mark Antal with a brick in an unprovoked attack on Sunday.
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Chris Matthews says Trump ‘smart’ to target Harvard and elite universities over antisemitism: ‘He knows what he’s doing’

The Trump administration announced Tuesday it would be freezing $2.2 billion in federal funding to the Ivy League school.