Anti-Israel agitators took over part of the Butler Library at Columbia University in New York City on Wednesday, interrupting students studying for finals.

Two security officers were hurt in a "crowd surge" during a protest at a library on the campus of Columbia University in New York on Wednesday, officials said.

A faculty rights group at Columbia University condemned the administration for calling the NYPD to gain control over an anti-Israel protest at the campus library.

They then told him that Hamas has an ‘army’ operating out of Gaza that focuses specifically on media and sending Hamas ...

New York police intervened after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the university’s main library Wednesday evening.

New York City police took 80 people into custody after responding to protests on Columbia's campus, the police department said.

New York City police officers took dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators into custody at Columbia University's Butler Library on Wednesday evening. NYPD officers were seen removing about 76 ...

Jason Kao, a former Bloomberg News reporter and Columbia University alumnus, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass ...

"When rules are violated and when our academic community is purposefully disrupted, that is a considered choice — one with real consequences," a Columbia official said.

At 6:02 p.m., about two hours after leaving the library, a university-wide email alert came from Columbia Public Safety: “Alert: Butler Library is closed and the area must be cleared.” ...

At least 40 to 50 students, their hands cuffed with plastic zip-ties, were seen being loaded into New York Police Department vans and buses.