U of M students take list of demands to Board of Regents
Student protestors are taking their demands straight to the top. A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched to the Board of Regents' office at the University of Minnesota.
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Student protestors are taking their demands straight to the top. A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched to the Board of Regents' office at the University of Minnesota.
Political analyst David Schultz says these students could swing the presidential election.
After a couple of days, things have quieted down at the University of Minnesota. Despite the calm Wednesday night, students say they plan on making their message heard one way or another. Allen Henry has more.
Students continue to call for the university to divest from companies they say support Israel.
Several protesters were arrested on Tuesday morning at the University of Minnesota, where they had set up a pro-Palestinian encampment to demand the university divest from companies and academic institutions they say support Israel.
Coast-to-coast pro-Palestinian encampments are popping up on college campuses, including right here at the University of Minnesota, where nine students were arrested and released after setting up tents.
Earlier Tuesday, nine protesters were arrested at the university. A rally started as a call to drop charges against them.
Protesters have been arrested at Columbia and Yale as they've refused to move, calling for a break from Israel.
The Golden Gate Bridge reopened to traffic early Monday afternoon following a pro-Palestinian protest that shut down the span in both directions for hours, according to CHP.
Protesters were wearing signs reading "Free Palestine" and "Stop Genocide" blocked all lanes of traffic headed to the O'Hare terminals.
The protests stemmed from two students in Edina who were suspended for chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
Around 100 people are said to have shown up to the University of Minnesota's Eastcliff Mansion to protest investments in programs that help the Israeli government amid the war with Hamas.
The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected to police harassment and even hurt while covering protests over the police killings of George Floyd.
President Biden took the stage surrounded by supporters with signs saying "Defend choice" and "Restore Roe," but less than a minute into his remarks, he was interrupted by the protesters.
WCCO is working to learn more about major traffic congestion and law enforcement presence on Interstate 94 at the Lowry Hill Tunnel on Monday afternoon. Click here to read more
A Texas prosecutor is dropping most of the charges levied against police officers in Austin over tactics used during the 2020 protests that followed George Floyd's killing.
Pro-Palestinian protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza blocked all westbound lanes of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for hours during the Thursday morning commute.
U.S. Capitol Police said about 150 people were "illegally and violently protesting" outside Democratic National Committee headquarters.
The group of about 150 is demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War.
Five weeks after the Hamas terror attack left more than 1,200 dead in Israel, community members in the Twin Cities are continuing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. Our Beret Leone talks with members of the Jewish community and Palestinian supporters at the rally.
President Joe Biden says he thinks there should be a humanitarian "pause" in the Israel-Hamas war.
Blinken was interrupted multiple times by protesters who called for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Police are investigating after reports of disturbances at a pro-Palestinian protest in Minneapolis on Sunday.
The Minneapolis Police Department says it received several reports of disturbances surrounding a demonstration near the intersection of Hennepin Avenue and Lyndale Avenue around 3:23 p.m. Sunday.
Activists sat clapping and singing on the floor in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building, holding up large banners that read "Ceasefire" and "Let Gaza Live."
