Columbia University's main campus will switch to hybrid learning for the rest of the semester amid protests over Israel's war with Hamas that have roiled colleges across the U.S., officials announced. “Safety is our highest priority as we strive to support our students’ learning and all the required academic operations,” the Ivy League university's provost, Angela V. Olinto, and chief operating officer, Cas Holloway, said in a statement late Monday. The move came after more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had camped out on Columbia’s upper Manhattan campus were arrested last week. S ..read more

Patrick McDowell’s defense will turn from character witnesses to psychological experts on Tuesday as his attorneys attempt to convince a jury not to recommend the death penalty for the man who admitted to fatally shooting Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers during a 2021 traffic stop. Mentors of McDowell through the Veterans Treatment Court said Monday on the stand that they blame themselves for the downfall of the military veteran, who was once a model success story of the program. On Tuesday, the defense will call five to six witnesses, two of whom will be experts, likely psychologists. McDow ..read more

Following its dramatic role in the recent total solar eclipse, the moon is back with another celestial performance – the Pink Moon! This captivating full moon will grace the night sky this coming Tuesday evening, offering Jacksonville residents a beautiful sight. But hold on, won’t the moon look pink? While the name might conjure up images of a rosy moon, our skywatching experience might be a little different. The Old Farmer’s Almanac clarifies that the moon will likely appear in its “usual golden color near the horizon,” eventually transitioning to a “bright white” as it climbs higher. So, wh ..read more

The U.K. on Tuesday pledged an additional $620 million in new military supplies for Ukraine, including long-range missiles and four millions rounds of ammunition, at a time when Ukraine is struggling to hold off advancing Russian forces on the eastern front line of the war, now in its third year. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday morning to confirm the assistance and "assure him of the U.K.’s steadfast support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s brutal and expansionist ambitions,” Sunak's office said. Sunak was traveling to Wars ..read more

Despite a small dip in U.S. vehicle sales, General Motors' first-quarter net income rose more than 25% on strong deliveries of pickup trucks and other higher-profit vehicles. The Detroit automaker said that while its average sales price per vehicle was down slightly from last year at just under $50,000, pickup sales remained strong, and it's not seeing the price erosion across its lineup that other companies have experienced. GM on Tuesday said it made $2.97 billion from January through March, with revenue increasing 7.6% over the same period a year ago to just over $43 billion. Excluding one ..read more

A veteran tabloid publisher was expected to return to the witness stand Tuesday in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial. Prosecutors and defense attorneys in opening statements Monday painted competing portraits of the former president — one depicting him as someone who sought to corrupt the 2016 presidential election for his own benefit and another describing him as an innocent, everyday man who was being subjected to a case the government “should never have brought.” David Pecker, the National Enquirer's former publisher and a longtime friend of Trump’s, was the only witness Monday. He i ..read more

The Senate is returning to Washington on Tuesday to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United States should be abroad. The $61 billion for Ukraine comes as the war-torn country desperately needs new firepower and as Russian President Vladimir Putin has stepped up his attacks. Soldiers have struggled to hold the front lines as Russia has seized the momentum on the battlefield and forced Ukraine to cede si ..read more

On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her. They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen machine while keeping their eyes on a computer screen that reflected a dangerously low oxygen level of 84%. No one knew what was wrong with her. Even more worrisome, the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Cite Soleil slum was running low on key medicine to treat convulsions. “The medication she really needs, we barely have,” said Dr. Rachel Lavigne, a ..read more

A woman was found shot to death at an apartment complex in the Arlington area on Monday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police said they received several calls from residents of the apartment complex located on Edenfield Road reporting they had heard gunshots. When they arrived, police found a woman, believed to be between 40 and 50 years old, suffering from gunshot wounds lying in the parking lot. Paramedics responded, but the woman died at the scene. READ | Masked gunman shoots at parked car at Regency convenience store, leaves 2 injured No arrests have been made. “A ..read more

Britain’s plans to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda were swiftly condemned by international humanitarian organizations after Parliament approved legislation allowing the deportation flights to begin later this year. Both the U.N. refugee agency and the Council of Europe on Tuesday called for the U.K. to rethink its plans because of concerns that the legislation undermines human rights protections and fears that it will damage international cooperation on tackling the global migrant crisis. “The new legislation marks a further step away from the U.K.’s long tradition of providing refuge to th ..read more