• The Canadian Press

    Quebec premier says pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill 'has to be dismantled'

    MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault on Thursday called for the end to the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the lower field of McGill University's downtown campus in Montreal, saying he expected police to dismantle the tents. His comments followed calls by McGill earlier this week for police to remove the dozens of tents that have been pitched on the field since Saturday in protest of the war in Gaza. "The encampment is illegal," Legault told reporters in Quebec City. "The law must be

  • Associated Press

    Average game time drops 1 minute to 2:37 in second season of MLB pitch clock

    The average time of a nine-inning game is 2 hours, 36 minutes through the first full month of the major league season, down 1 minute from 2023 in the second year of the pitch clock. Over objections from the players' association, MLB lowered the timer to 18 seconds from 20 with runners on base while keeping it at 15 seconds with no runners. Union head Tony Clark claims the pitch clock may have contributed to pitcher injuries, calling the timer “an unprecedented threat to our game and its most valuable asset — the players.”

  • Raleigh News and Observer

    As tensions erupted at UNC pro-Palestinian protests, reaction from Jewish groups varied

    While some students said they felt threatened by the encampment and other events on campus, a professor said he would not let administrators and others “weaponize antisemitism.”