The police crackdown on peaceful student protesters continues across the country. In Illinois, police cleared an encampment at the University of Chicago. Here in New York, police forces raided a protest camp at the Fashion Institute of Technology and arrested dozens of protesters Tuesday.

Meanwhile, in Europe, police arrested more than 100 activists at the University of Amsterdam. Police also dismantled an encampment at Berlin’s Free University.

Strong to severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds are possible across Massachusetts Wednesday. “The primary threat is large hail, but damaging wind gusts are possible especially across western MA and northern CT,” the National Weather Service wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. On Tuesday afternoon, Massachusetts had a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms. By Wednesday morning, the Storm Prediction Center maps show the storm has moved south. But there is still a risk of thunderstorms in the area. “A few thunderstorms may be capable of producing damaging...

The hearing officer has the authority to decide whether Zhukovskyy can resume driving in New Hampshire, but cannot address restrictions he faces from drivers licensing agencies in other states, including Massachusetts. Zhukovskyy, of West Springfield, Mass., was granted a driver’s license in Massachusetts in 2013, and obtained a commercial license in 2018, records show. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy , 28, has been ordered to appear by video conference at the administrative proceeding in Concord, N.H., during which a hearing officer will consider his request.

AG Andrea Campbell wasted no time telling a Texas bankruptcy court that floundering hospital operator Steward Health Care Systems “extracted value” from Massachusetts by burdening its facilities with debt at the same time it was hauling in hundreds of millions of dollars from the Bay State’s generous health care plans, charged she outlined in court papers filed Tuesday. Campbell told the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas that Steward Healthcare has spent the years since it started operating for-profit hospitals in the commonwealth making one bad decision after...

Emma Cate Duggar, 18, is passionate about love. In an essay, she said, "you're defined by love, not hate." She lives by the principle and applies it in all aspects of her life. Her inspirational words in the essay, has earned her a $277,720 scholarship over four years to Mount Holyoke College, in South Hadley, Massachusetts. According to the school's website, the estimated cost of attendance is $86,702 annually. Mount Holyoke, established in 1837, is recognized as the first full-fledged college for women in the country. The private liberal arts...

Judge Robert F. “Bob” Fischer, who retired from the Appellate Court of Maryland, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease April 16 at the Pineapple House at Sapphire Lakes, a Naples, Florida, assisted living facility. The former Ellicott City and Grasonville resident was 92. “I first met Bob in the fall of 1994 when I joined the court, and I must be his No. 1 fan,” said U.S. District Court Judge Ellen L. Hollander. “He commanded love and affection from the bench and the bar,” she said. “He was warm, humble,...

The Massachusetts baseball team took its eighth win in nine games as it defeated UMass Lowell 5-4 on Tuesday afternoon. After going down early, the Minutemen (22-23, 11-7 Atlantic 10) battled back to take the lead against the River Hawks (21-25, 10-10 America East) and never looked back. After an early run in the top of the first inning for the River Hawks, Kevin Skagerlind responded for the Minutemen in the bottom of the third with a solo home run deep to left field to tie the game up 1-1....

WE’RE HERE AT SAINT ELIZABETH’S IN BRIGHTON. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT STEWARD MADE THIS FILING, THIS BANKRUPTCY FILING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE STATE SAYS IT HAS BEEN EXPECTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN FROM STEWART. BUT STILL, WORKERS AND PATIENTS, THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT. BUT WORKERS WORRY NOW THAT STEWART HEALTH CARE HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. THEY SAY THE STATE CAN’T AFFORD TO HAVE MORE HOSPITALS SHUT DOWN. PEOPLE WILL DIE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STATE. TOWNS AND OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM. AND YOU’RE ONE OF THE...

On Tuesday at 6:02 p.m. a coastal flood statement was issued by the National Weather Service valid for Tuesday between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties. The weather service states, "Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways (2.3 to 12.7 feet Mean Lower Low Water)." "Roads remain passable. Shallow pockets of flooding less than one foot deep affect more vulnerable coastal roads along the North Shore from Salem and...

Florida is the top state for education for the second year in a row, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking announced Tuesday. The outlet said the state’s standing is “largely fueled by several stellar metrics in higher education, and less so by Florida’s still fairly strong performance in the prekindergarten- through-12th-grade arena.” The recognition follows a period of controversial change in the last two legislative sessions for a system that includes 12 public universities and 28 state colleges. Gov. Ron DeSantis and lawmakers have banned diversity, equity...