Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University defied orders to finish their demonstration. A nasty storm system was shifting throughout the Gulf Coast. And the feds are investigating Ford’s hands-free driving system after two individuals died.
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Campus protesters defy deadline to filter
Columbia University ordered pro-Palestinian protesters to disband their encampment Monday after college representatives and pupil organizers failed to barter a decision of the standoff that started almost two weeks in the past and fueled related protests on campuses throughout the nation, however the college students remained in place after the two p.m. EDT deadline for clearing out. 👉 Here’s the latest on the creating scenario.
📸 See images: Protests erupt at universities throughout the nation.
Blinken pushes Hamas to simply accept truce proposal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas on Monday to swiftly settle for Israel’s latest and “terribly beneficiant” proposal for a Gaza truce to safe a launch of hostages amid a diplomatic drive to finish the struggle between Israel and Hamas. Hamas negotiators had been anticipated to satisfy Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Monday to ship a response to the phased truce proposal Israel offered on the weekend forward of a threatened Israeli assault on the southern border metropolis of Rafah. “The solely factor standing between the individuals of Gaza and a cease-fire is Hamas,” Blinken stated. 👉 Here’s what we all know.
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Big storms batter Gulf Coast after weekend tornadoes
States alongside the Gulf Coast had been underneath extreme climate threats Monday as a storm system that spun up ferocious tornadoes throughout the central U.S. over the weekend – killing at the least 4 individuals and inflicting widespread injury – moved over the area.
Heatwave hits East Coast: Elsewhere, report warmth was potential alongside the East Coast, forecasters stated, as excessive temperatures soared into the higher 80s and mid-90s within the mid-Atlantic, with one spot reaching a scorching 96 levels.
More extreme climate: Thunderstorms rolled throughout southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana into the afternoon, with damaging wind, hail, flash floods and as much as 3 inches of rain falling each hour. More than 48,000 properties and businesses had been with out energy. ⛈️ See the injury + the latest forecast.
📸 See extra images: Midwest states hit by tornadoes.
Feds trying into Ford’s hands-free driving tech
Federal security regulators introduced Monday they’re investigating Ford’s hands-free driver help system, BlueCruise, on the heels of fatalities deadly crashes.
What occurred? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated it confirmed BlueCruise was engaged proper earlier than impression throughout two wrecks this yr, one in Texas and one in Pennsylvania. The deaths mark the primary fatalities involving the system, in keeping with the NHTSA, and each crashes took place throughout “nighttime lighting circumstances.” 🔎 More concerning the investigation.
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