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pro-Palestine protests. Police arrested more than a dozen people including a local news photographer at the university. Some universities including the University of Texas at Austin, have swiftly resorted to law enforcement as they struggle to diffuse tension on campuses throughout the nation.

The Metaverse Institute co-founder Jason Haber discusses the impact Hurricane Idalia could have on Florida's housing market and property value on 'The Claman Countdown.'

American Climate Corps. The first batch of job listings under the program went live on Monday, timed to Earth Day. So far the website features 2,000 positions at organizations across 36 states and territories. It will be updated regularly with new openings, the White House said. The first class of participants will begin their work this summer. Launched in September, the American Climate Corps seeks to recruit more than 20,000 young people and train them up in skills needed to tackle climate change, before funneling them into clean energy trades or federal service. President Joe Biden pledged to create such an initiative in an executive order soon after taking office in 2021.

Indian student at the University of Massachusetts was found dead in March, sparking an investigation into his death as an apparent suicide. The 20-year-old student, whose identity has been withheld at his family's request, was discovered on March 8. The case has drawn attention to the infamous "Blue Whale Challenge," an online game associated with dangerous dares and self-harm. The student, a first-year at the University of Massachusetts, was reportedly engaged in the game, which involves completing escalating challenges over a 50-day period, culminating in self-harm and suicide tasks.

India has opened up its market to the American farming industry in as many as 12 different categories, a top Biden administration trade official told lawmakers on Wednesday as some influential senators raised the issue of wheat and rice subsidies in India and alleged forced labour in the country's shrimp industry. US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tie, responding to a series of questions from the senators during a congressional hearing on trade convened by the US Finance Committee, defended the Biden administration's actions. «We are opening markets for hard-working American families and communities, especially our rural communities. Through negotiations, our administration has secured over USD 21 billion in new agricultural market access in the last three years,» she said. «For example, after the US and India terminated seven WTO disputes, India agreed to remove retaliatory tariffs on several US products. This means improved access for chickpeas, lentils, almonds, walnuts and apples, benefiting farmers across our country, including in Michigan, Oregon, California and Washington,» Tie said.

For many people, tax season isn’t only about gathering W-2 forms or calling an accountant

Crypto-supportive litigator John Deaton is off to a strong start in his bid to displace Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren from her place in Parliament – at least when it comes to fundraising.

Arax has just taken a massive step to expand its wealth management capabilities with a deal in Texas. The wealth firm announced the incorporation of U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, a step that elevates Arax’s assets under management to more than $16 billion.

Sam Bankman-Fried, facing the prospect of spending much of his adult life behind bars, on Thursday appealed his conviction and 25-year prison sentence for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded. Defense lawyer Marc Mukasey had announced plans for the appeal to the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals during Bankman-Fried's March 28 sentencing hearing. The 32-year-old former billionaire crypto wunderkind was convicted in November on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in what federal prosecutors have called one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history.

F.L.Putnam is expanding its reach in New Hampshire as it scoops up a practice specializing in trust services for the high-net-worth.

Wealth Enhancement Group announced some executive leadership appointments as it also celebrates surpassing $81 billion in client assets.

The registered investment advisor arms of independent broker-dealers are showing their cards this spring as they continue to chase clients’ advisory assets, and demonstrate their willingness to reward financial advisors as part of that pursuit.

The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a study says it will pull the medicine from the U.S. market

Who says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has no influence? Her vision to mobilize a government Climate Corps to promote green politics is becoming a reality. President Biden wants to shrink the real Army, but his budget includes more than $8 billion for a domestic green political army.

The Biden administration approved a new wind project off the Massachusetts coast Tuesday that is large enough it will provide more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station

A company that provides services for immigrants in federal detention has been ordered to pay more than $811 million in restitution and penalties in a lawsuit alleging it used deceptive and abusive tactics

Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, as it works to stabilize its finances

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut have received proposals for offshore wind projects as the three East Coast states hope to boost their reliance on the renewable energy source

The Canadian province of Quebec had big plans of becoming the “battery of the U.S. northeast" by feeding power generated from its dams and other hydro plants to millions of people in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York state. Now, dry conditions that have affected energy output worldwide are forcing one of the world’s largest hydropower producers to cut exports.