Football star Elyjah Staples embraces his ‘family’ at Marquez High
It’s a tradition for the Marquez High football team to raise a black Gladiators flag up the stadium pole after each victory. Imagine how often…
They witnessed Charlie Kirk’s killing. Now students reckon with the trauma
OREM, Utah — One student holed up in his house for two days after witnessing Charlie Kirk’s shooting, nervous about going back to the Utah college campus…
FBI says Charlie Kirk shooter is college age, blended into campus
OREM, Utah — Authorities said Thursday they have fresh leads in their massive manhunt for a college-age shooter who killed influential right-wing activist Charlie Kirk with a…
California state bill AB 602 would ensure college students seeking overdose help don’t get disciplined
On the night TJ McGee overdosed from a mixture of drugs and alcohol in his freshman year at UC Berkeley, his friends found him passed…
Pierce College closes cross-country course used by local high schools
The Pierce College cross-country course in Woodland Hills, used by thousands of runners since the 1960s, has been closed and will be unavailable to host…
Schools to open with unprecedented protections for children and their parents amid ICE raids
Los Angeles public schools are opening Thursday for the new academic year confronting an intense and historically unique moment: They will be operating in opposition…
LAUSD, Bass, pledge back-to-school protections for immigrant families
Los Angeles Unified school police, staff and community volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools when classes begin Thursday to help ensure…
CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression. Union demands statement against misinformation
As authorities identified the shooter in the deadly attack on CDC headquarters as a Georgia man who blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed…
Shooter in deadly CDC headquarters attack identified
ATLANTA — Investigators identified a 30-year-old man from suburban Atlanta on Saturday as the person who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
Ivy League universities paid hundreds of millions to settle with Trump. Is UCLA next?
University of California leaders face a difficult choice after the U.S. Department of Justice said this week that UCLA had violated the civil rights of…
Bangladesh air force plane crashes into college campus, killing at least 19 | Aviation News
Mostly students killed and more than 50 wounded as training aircraft crashes into campus in capital Dhaka.At least 19 people have been killed as a…
Recap of trial over Trump crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protesters
BOSTON — Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s campaign of arresting and deporting college faculty and students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations spent the first…
L.A. school police to set up safe zones around schools, graduations
Los Angeles school police will set up a safety perimeter around campuses and school events — including graduations — to keep federal immigration agents away…
Trump attack on Harvard to block international students raises fears at California campuses
WASHINGTON — A multifront assault by the Trump administration against the nation’s oldest university intensified on Friday when Harvard sued to block the government from barring international…
Trump administration says Columbia violated civil rights of Jewish students
NEW YORK — The Trump administration is accusing Columbia University of violating the civil rights of Jewish students by “acting with deliberate indifference” toward what it describes…
Why Benito Skinner enlisted Wally Baram to co-star in ‘Overcompensating’
In “Overcompensating,” Prime Video’s newly released comedy series, everyone is doing too much. That’s what Benito Skinner, the creator and star of the A24-produced show,…
Trump order envisions housing veterans in West L.A. center
President Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a center for homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles…
Palisades High baseball field is gone after bulldozers clear land for bungalows
Palisades High baseball coach Mike Voelkel, who is in his 18th season, said he’s been promised a new field after bulldozers did what they do…
Columbia lays off nearly 180 after Trump pulls $400 million in grants
NEW YORK — Columbia University said Tuesday that it will be laying off nearly 180 staffers in response to President Trump’s decision to cancel $400 million in…
Harvard apologizes after reports find campus anti-Semitism, Islamophobia
Harvard’s president is apologizing after a task force revealed Tuesday that a majority of Jewish and Muslim students have been subjected to discrimination and hate…