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Campus chaos continues as anti-Israel-Hamas war protesters have reportedly taken over a Columbia University academic building. Overnight, reports came in that pro-Palestinian students had stormed Hamilton Hall and turned over desks, smashed windows and caused other damage. Columbia has started suspending students through next school year who refused to leave the encampment set up on campus after Columbia set a two p.m. Monday deadline for protesters to leave.        Former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial resumes this morning in New York City. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in order to hide hush money payments. Those payments were allegedly to keep potentially damaging stories from going public in the run up to the 2016 election.       Four law enforcement officers are dead and at least four others are injured after a shootout in Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings says the officers were part of a fugitive task force serving a warrant at a home on Monday, when a suspect opened fire.        The Equal Opportunity Commission is taking steps to protect workers right to pronouns, bathrooms and abortion. The new federal workplace guidelines released Monday are not legally binding. They do however instruct against misgendering transgender employees and keeping them from using the bathroom that matches their identity. The guidelines also prohibit discrimination against a woman who has an abortion.        Philips Healthcare is agreeing to a one-point-one-billion-dollar settlement following lawsuits and recalls over its CPAP sleep apnea [[ APP-nee-uh ]] machines. The FDA said it had received more than 100-thousand reports on problems with the insulating foam in the devices, including more than 500 reports of death. The affected devices were sold between 2008 and 2021, according to Philips' summary of the settlement.       A 40-year-old Idaho man is recovering from injuries and facing multiple charges after allegedly kicking a bison at Yellowstone National Park. Charges against Clarence Yoder include approaching and disturbing wildlife, as well as disorderly conduct and an alcohol-related charge.        

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