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How the Columbia protests sparked campus demonstrations across the country
It just added fuel to the fire. The decision by Columbia University’s president, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, to call in the New York Police Department to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus last week appears to have sparked the spate of increasingly strident demonstrations that have erupted at universities in New York City and across the country in recent days, students and faculty members said. Since Thursday, when police arrested 108 Columbia University demonstrators, including Rep....
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'Active' situation at Woodbury Target sparks SWAT response
Woodbury officials are warning people to avoid the area of the Target store at Valley Creek Plaza due to "an active scene" outside the store.Police say a SWAT team has responded to the incident but, right now, FOX 9 is working to learn more about the situation.A shelter-in-place has been ordered for people in the area.Aerial video shows crime scene tape, blocking access to the parking lot. A SWAT vehicle is also set up in the parking area and the focus appears to be a vehicle in the lot.
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Vehicle vandalism reports in Republic spark police investigation
REPUBLIC, Mo. -- The Republic Police Department (RPD) is asking the public for assistance after responding to a string of vandalism incidents in the city on Saturday. Police have already detained one vandalism suspect and have identified the suspects as minors. According to the RPD, they received many reports early Saturday morning about vehicles being []