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Three Ivy League Universities Evacuate Campuses After Bomb Threats Days After Threat At Yale Three Ivy League Universities Evacuate Campuses After Bomb Threats Days After Threat At Yale
Three Ivy League Universities Evacuate Campuses After Bomb Threats Days After Threat At Yale Investigations are underway after bomb threats have led to evacuations on three Ivy League campuses on Sunday, Nov. 7, multiple news outlets are reporting. Columbia University in New York City, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, were all evacuated on Sunday afternoon due to bomb threats, ABC News said. NBC New York reported that Columbia University confirmed that it had received the threats at about 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. New York City Police Department deemed the threats not credible later that day, the university reported. UPDATE:…

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by Nicole Valinote
Schools
Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State
Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State Over half of Niche's Top 10 ranked colleges are situated in the Northeast with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading in first place.  Following MIT, Harvard is the list's second-ranked university. Yale University is fourth, after Stanford University Duke University is ranked fifth and Princeton University sixth. For a list of best colleges by state, follow these links: New York Connecticut Massachusetts The list was assembled using data from the United States Department of Education and surveys of students and faculty. Academics, including the quality of pr…

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by Christina Coulter
Lifestyle
TV Show 'Cake Boss' Puts Spotlight On Pomona Baker TV Show 'Cake Boss' Puts Spotlight On Pomona Baker
TV Show 'Cake Boss' Puts Spotlight On Pomona Baker It might have taken a couple of years to make it to the spotlight, but a 24-year-old area resident and baker will be able to watch herself on TV, along with her cousin, bake up a storm on  "Bake it Like Buddy." A "Cake Boss" fan since she was a child, Rockland County's own Amarachi Onwumelu couldn't believe it when months after applying to be on the show back in 2017, she received a call in 2018 from a producer of the show asking if she was still interested. "It is still so surreal," Onwumelu said with a laugh from her home in Pomona. "I can remember baking with my mother as a little k…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Big East Program Cancels Basketball Celebration After Death Of Area Student Big East Program Cancels Basketball Celebration After Death Of Area Student
Big East Program Cancels Basketball Celebration After Death Of Area Student A sophomore college student from Fairfield County died in his dorm room at Providence College on Thursday night. Augustus Cardello of Westport was 19. Police have ruled out foul play and the Providence Police Department said the death does not appear suspicious, but no cause of death has been given, the Providence Journal reported. Cardello graduated from Staples High School in 2017. Providence College canceled its men's and women's basketball "Late Night Madness Celebration" marking the start of official preseason practices for its Big East programs that had been scheduled for …

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by Joe Lombardi