Protests in Bolivia triggered by a feud between the president and a political rival have caused turmoil. One fallout: fuel shortages that have left drivers lining up for gas for days.
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Cornell University Cancels Friday Classes After Antisemitic Threats
The university said it would take a day to allow the campus to reflect and to calm tensions after an arrest in the case.
Hochul Visits Cornell to Reassure Jewish Students Rattled by Online Threats
“I want them to know they are not alone,” New York’s governor said of the students, after posts on a student forum called for violence against Jews.
Cornell Jewish Center Under Guard After Online Threats to Jewish Students
“We will not tolerate antisemitism at Cornell,” the university president said after threats were made against the Center for Jewish Living.
Iraq Reclaims 17,000 Looted Artifacts, Its Biggest-Ever Repatriation
The cuneiform tablets and other objects had been held by the Museum of the Bible, founded by the family that owns the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, and by Cornell University.
Yuri Orlov, Bold Champion of Soviet Dissidents, Dies at 96
A prominent physicist, he founded the Moscow Helsinki Group to hold his government accountable after serving time in prison and in exile.
Birds Are Vanishing From North America
The number of birds in the United States and Canada has declined by 3 billion, or 29 percent, over the past half-century, scientists find.
Wired Bacteria Form Nature’s Power Grid: ‘We Have an Electric Planet’
Electroactive bacteria were running current through “wires” long before humans learned the trick.