The longtime head coach of Brandeis University’s women’s basketball team, Carol Simon, is retiring, according to the Boston Globe.
This comes after 11 players wrote a letter asking her to resign or facing the prospect of them refusing t…
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Police investigating apparent murder-suicide in Lowell
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10-year-old struck in hit-and-run incident in Reading
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WATCH LIVE: Multiple people arrested during protests at Northeastern University
Multiple people have been arrested as police break up the pro-Palestinian encampments at Northeastern University on Saturday morning.
Students had been preparing for a raid overnight as Police gathered inside Shillman Hall earlier this morning, then came out and started to spread out around the centennial common, telling protesters to go home. But their chants just keep getting louder. Moving trucks also just arrived on scene.
Northeastern University has called the demonstration a violation of the student code of conduct, but many students have said they are willing to face discipline from the school as they call for a ceasefire in Gaza and divesting from companies with ties to Israel.
Similar demonstrations have been going on at Emerson, Harvard MIT and Tufts, as well as other universities across the country. More than 100 protesters were arrested when police broke up an encampment at Emerson Thursday morning.
Northeastern University released a statement saying the following:
“Earlier this morning the Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) — in cooperation with local law enforcement partners — began clearing an unauthorized encampment on the university’s Boston campus. What began as a student demonstration two days ago, was infiltrated by professional organizers with no affiliation to Northeastern. Last night, the use of virulent antisemitic slurs, including “Kill the Jews,” crossed the line. We cannot tolerate this kind of hate on our campus.”
Protesters at the scene have denied that those antisemitic slurs have taken place at the encampment.
MassDevelopment chair Rivera resigns mid-contract
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Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao…
