Glenbrook South High School under fire over post in yearbook about Oct. 7 attacks
An investigation has been launched, and the results will be made public in the coming weeks.
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An investigation has been launched, and the results will be made public in the coming weeks.
The Israeli strike came hours after Hamas claimed it fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza toward central Israel for the first time in months.
Israel said it was targeting two Hamas commanders in the area.
U.S. diplomatic efforts to broker a deal to release hostages held in Gaza by Hamas and other allied groups are expected to continue in the coming week, four sources with knowledge told CBS News.
The optional assignment asked for scientific analysis and critical thinking to understand "the impacts of genocide on human biology."
Schill defended the university's agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters last month to end a tent encampment on campus.
Northwestern University President Michael Schill spent hours testifying before Congress on Thursday, at a hearing about anti-Semitism on college campuses, and defended the school's negotiated end to a student protest encampment last month.
The lawsuit also criticizes the school for allowing tent encampments in protest of the war in Gaza – in violation of its own campus policies.
The families of several Israeli hostages kidnapped in Gaza on Oct. 7 released new video footage in an effort to pressure the government to reach a deal to release them.
Israel received another blow from the international community on Wednesday as it continues its war against Hamas in Gaza. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand reports.
With Biden in attendance, DeAngelo Jeremiah Fletcher felt his speech was the best way to protest and use his voice.
Chicago native DeAngelo Fletcher, the 2024 valedictorian at Morehouse College in Atlanta, called for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza during Sunday's graduation ceremony with President Biden sitting just feet away.
Several Israeli tanks fired warning shots along one of the main roads in central Gaza in an attempt to clear the path of Palestinians before the aid convoys arrived.
Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip have started rolling across a newly-built U.S. floating pier into the besieged enclave for the first time.
Chicago police said a man and woman were arrested outside the encampment for obstruction of traffic.
The U.S. military says it's installed the temporary pier that will be used to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza, and trucks carrying the aid should begin "moving ashore in the coming days."
While students at DePaul held a moment of silence, faculty at the University of Chicago held a teach-in of the Nakba.
As Jewish people around the world celebrated Israel's independence day this week, for Palestinians, it marked what is known as the "Nakba," or "catastrophe," when more than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced in 1948 to make way for the state of Israel. It was a moment in history with ramifications that are still being felt today amid the war in Gaza. Students in the Chicago area observed the 76-year mark of the Nakba on Wednesday, including a walk-out at DePaul University.
The pier is expected to be operational in a matter of days, but the humanitarian crisis in Palestine continues to grow.
A coalition of pro-Palestinian activists groups said they will march with or without permits during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Dr. Adam Hamawy, a surgeon from New Jersey, was in a hospital Wednesday near the city of Rafah.
As Jewish people around the world celebrated Israel's independence day this week, for Palestinians, it marked what is known as the "Nakba," or "catastrophe," when more than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced in 1948 to make way for the state of Israel. It was a moment in history with ramifications that are still being felt today amid the war in Gaza. Students in the Chicago area observed the 76-year mark of the Nakba on Wednesday, including a walk-out at DePaul University.
It comes days after the U.S. withheld shipments of certain weapons, with President Biden saying more could be held back if Israel expanded its attacks in Gaza.
Chicago Police were on high alert as the two sides met in the heart of the Loop Tuesday, using the event as a dry run for what is expected to be an even more heated Democratic National Convention this summer.
Chicago Police using the events of the day as a dry run for the type of protests that will come with this summer's Democratic National Convention. CBS 2 Political Investigator Chris Tye reports.
