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Los Angeles (AFP) - A top US university has canceled its plans for a graduation speech by a Muslim student over what it says are safety concerns, after pro-Israel groups criticized her selection. The decision by the University of Southern California is the latest controversy to roil American higher education since the conflict between Israel and Hamas erupted in October. Asna Tabassum, who has been attacked online for "antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric," had been selected as class valedictorian. USC's valedictorian is chosen by college officials from among scores of applicants with high ac...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - The gunman who killed three people and injured another at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was an academic who had applied for a professorship but was not hired, US media reported Thursday. The incident at UNLV, a short distance from the gambling hub's tourist-packed Strip, marked the latest shooting in a country plagued by gun violence, and comes six years after Las Vegas suffered one of the worst mass shootings in US history. Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill on Wednesday said there were three confirmed deceased victims and that the attacker was shot dead by police. A fou...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - Three people were killed and another seriously injured by a gunman who was shot dead by police at a US university on Wednesday. The incident at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a short distance from the gambling hub's tourist-packed Strip, was the latest in the United States, where gun violence is a part of the fabric of daily life. "Three of the victims are confirmed deceased," Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill told a press conference. He said a fourth victim had been critically injured by the shooting but that condition later upgraded to stable. The identity of the shoot...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - At least three people were hospitalized after a shooting at a US university on Wednesday, police said, with the suspect dead. The condition of the three victims was not immediately clear after the incident at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but it was the latest in a country where gun violence is a part of the fabric of daily life. "No more threat to the community," Sheriff Kevin McMahill of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said on social media. "The suspect is deceased. Right now, we know there are 3 victims, but unknown extent of the injuries. That number could...
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New York (AFP) - A prestigious US university has suspended two student groups that organized protests against Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza, saying they violated campus policies. Gerald Rosberg, Columbia University's chair of the special committee on campus safety, said Friday that Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace would be suspended throughout the fall semester. "This decision was made after the two groups repeatedly violated University policies related to holding campus events, culminating in an unauthorized event Thursday afternoon that proceeded despite warn...
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Brussels (AFP) - From "Alice in Wonderland" to "The Great Gatsby", "Rebecca" to "Jane Eyre", the songs of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift are filled with clear and subtle literary references. Now, a literature professor in Belgium has seized on the bookish qualities of Swift's lyrics to launch a course using the US superstar's songs to delve into the greats of English writing and the themes of their work. For Elly McCausland, an assistant professor at Ghent University, Swift's songs offer an opportunity to explore feminism, for example through "The Man", and the anti-hero trope through the aptl...
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Washington (AFP) - US lawmakers heard proposals Wednesday for a new national standard regulating how college athletes are paid for their image rights -- one of the most polarizing issues in the sporting landscape. College sports are hugely popular in the United States, with basketball and American football teams playing in packed stadiums and garnering national headlines as well as primetime TV coverage. For a century, the athletes whose performances drove the money-spinning industry were held to strict standards of amateurism -- forbidden from being paid to play or earn money from promotional...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden called on Congress Tuesday to act against America's epidemic of gun violence, one day after a new massacre on a Michigan university campus killed three people and injured five. As the leader of a nation plagued by daily shootings, Biden said he had promised the state's Democratic governor the "deployment of all necessary federal law enforcement." The gunman shot his victims, all students, during a rampage on the Michigan State University (MSU) campus before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound several hours later. At an emotional press conference in...
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Washington (AFP) - Three people were killed and five others wounded Monday when a gunman opened fire on a university campus in the United States, before fleeing the scene, local police said. The suspect opened fire inside a building at Michigan State University shortly after 8 p.m. local time, said Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of campus police. The gunman then moved on foot to a nearby building where more shots were fired. "There are three confirmed fatalities," Michigan State University police said in a statement on Twitter. "This is in addition to the five victims who have been transpo...
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Washington (AFP) - A former US college football player was arrested Monday and charged with murder after three members of the current University of Virginia team were shot dead at the school a few hours south of the US capital. The latest outburst of campus gun violence came as four people were found dead in a separate incident near the University of Idaho. Police chief Timothy Longo told a news conference that a 22-year-old UVA student, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr, had been taken into custody on suspicion of carrying out the shooting Sunday night and faces murder charges. Police in Henrico C...
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