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Police investigate the site of a shooting at Buford's in Austin, Texas, March 1, 2026. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
March 1, 2026, 10:14 pm
Gunman in ‘Property of Allah’ sweatshirt kills 2 in mass shooting at Texas bar; terrorism motive probed
Suspect Ndiaga Diagne, 53, shot dead at by police at scene in Austin; official says he was also wearing shirt with Iranian flag emblem; 14 wounded
By JACK MYER, OLIVIA DIAZ and John Seewer
People rally on the campus of Columbia University which is occupied by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters in New York on April 22, 2024. (Charly Triballeau / AFP)
July 10, 2024, 10:29 pm
US activists begin to grapple with repercussions of their anti-Israel college protests
Some students and faculty members who took part in events are facing disciplinary action and other penalties
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Alexandra Ahdoot visits Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
May 29, 2024, 1:13 am
As they gird for worse campus vitriol, North American Jewish students plug into Israel
Initially shocked by the antisemitism and hatred they encountered, the 20 visitors are preparing to push back hard at their universities come fall
By Canaan Lidor
University of Southern California protesters fight with University Public Safety officers as they try to remove tents at the campus' Alumni Park during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel occupation in Los Angeles, on April 24, 2024. (Richard Vogel/AP)
April 25, 2024, 9:02 pm
A look at Gaza war protests that have emerged at US colleges, campus by campus
Dozens arrested as students from Massachusetts to California gather for rowdy rallies, which some Jewish students say have veered into antisemitism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Texas State Troopers and other law enforcement personnel monitor the scene as pro-Palestinian students protest against Israel, on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin on April 24, 2024. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP)
April 25, 2024, 9:20 am
Dozens arrested at U of Texas, USC as anti-Israel protests spread to more US campuses
Texas governor says protesters ‘belong in jail,’ White House upholds commitment to free speech, condemns ‘hateful rhetoric’; House speaker tells Columbia president to restore calm or quit
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Dina Powell, US President Donald Trump's senior counselor for economic initiatives, listens during a meeting between the president and business leaders in the White House, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
December 9, 2017, 3:09 am
Deputy national security adviser Dina Powell to leave White House
‘Invaluable member’ of president’s team expected to continue working with Trump administration on Middle East policy issues
By AP
Screen capture from video showing construction workers removing a statue of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the University of Texas campus, August 30, 2015. (YouTube/kxan)
August 21, 2017, 9:42 am
University of Texas removes all Confederate monuments
Campus president Greg Fenves says statues have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism, will be moved to museums
By AP
A man is arrested after a fatal stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, on May 1, 2017. (Ray Arredondo via AP)
May 2, 2017, 10:05 am
One killed in University of Texas stabbing spree
Suspect arrested; filmed self wearing Jewish prayer shawl hours before Austin attack
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of the University of Texas Hillel (via Facebook)
March 1, 2017, 7:29 pm
Window smashed in University of Texas Hillel
College president says Austin police are investigating incident to determine if it was a hate crime
By JTA
Rabbi Neil Blumofe of Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin, Texas, August 31, 2016. (Ricky Ben-David)
September 7, 2016, 2:50 am
The American rabbi who dared consider a visit to Arafat’s grave
A Conservative congregation in Austin, Texas, is in uproar as its spiritual leader seeks conversation about Israeli and Palestinian narratives, seen by some as beyond the pale
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative photo of a prisoner, December 2008 (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
August 30, 2016, 3:04 pm
Iran releases jailed Texas graduate student
Omid Kokabee will be granted ‘conditional freedom’ for rest of 10-year sentence, having spent nearly half in prison
By AP
Pro-Palestinian protesters at Loyola University, 2014. (courtesy ADL)
November 24, 2015, 8:51 pm
How would Orwell feel about today’s college campuses?
As students ‘occupy’ Brandeis University this week, a look at how the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is playing out at universities in a new post-PC world order
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Kenneth Waltzer
November 22, 2015, 2:54 pm
Kenneth Waltzer
Political theater took over the seminar
Pro-Palestinian students who disrupted a lecture at Texas U are now cynically blaming their victim
University of Texas, September 14, 2015. (AP/Statesman.com, Ricardo B. Brazziell)
September 14, 2012, 7:06 pm
All-clear after bomb threats prompt evacuations at three US campuses
FBI working to determine whether the threats to the University of Texas, North Dakota State University, and Hiram College in Ohio are related
August 12, 2012, 4:30 pm
ADL defends U. Texas admissions diversity policy
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case, and its eventual ruling could have profound consequences for the future of affirmative action
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