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Columbia Student Released After Mamdani Raises Case With Trump

NEW YORK — Federal immigration authorities arrested a Columbia University student early Thursday, triggering protests on campus and allegations that agents gained entry to the university-owned

U.S. News

Township Doubts Over Army Plan to Tackle South African Gangs

Cape Town, South Africa – Two ominous letters are spray-painted on a wall at the entrance to Tafelsig, a township in Mitchells Plain on the outskirts of Cape Town: HL – the insignia of the Hard Livings gang, which has threatened communities there for five decades.

Sports

Northern Italy Feels Like Home for U.S. Olympians

In January, American athlete Jessie Diggins, the world's top-ranked female cross-country skier, sprinted up a steep slope in Italy's Val di Fiemme, poles pumping, for her

Health

Immigrant Alleges ICE Beat Him, Causing Skull Fractures

MINNEAPOLIS — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still

U.S. News

Massive Potomac sewage leak: what happened and next steps

It could now take months to repair a broken sewer pipe that pumped millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River about 8 miles from the White House. The damage is

Politics

Pentagon Ends Harvard Military Training Programs

The Pentagon said Friday it is cutting ties with Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with the Ivy

Sports

Recovering After a Fall: Olympic Skaters' Comebacks

Milan — After years of practice and competition, American pair Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea finally took the Olympic ice on Friday, moving in near-perfect harmony in the team pair short program. Then, in a blink, Kam fell.

U.S. News

Alternate Endings for Short Attention Spans

Rose Horowitch has caused a stir with a recent piece in The Atlantic where film professors say many of their students don't watch the whole movie they are

World

Gaza Deaths: Civilians Outnumber Fighters

By the Numbers The Palestinian civilian death toll in Gaza is far worse than Netanyahu claims. The Palestinian Ministry of Health keeps a list of the confirmed dead. Israel dismisses it as “Hamas propaganda”. But the Israeli military uses the same data. Published On 8 Feb 2026

Health

California Children's Hospital System Ends Gender-Affirming Care

Two hospitals in California are discontinuing hormone treatments for transgender youth, citing Trump administration pressures. In the past year, many hospitals and clinics have scaled back that care.

Health

Outcry Over US-Funded Hepatitis B Infant Trial in Guinea-Bissau

Danish researchers were set to begin a controversial United States-funded vaccine trial on newborns in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau last month when public outrage derailed their plans.