New York City police raided Columbia University late on Tuesday to arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some of whom had seized an academic building, and to remove a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks.
<p>NEW YORK  — New York City police raided Columbia University late on Tuesday to arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some of whom had seized an academic building, and to remove a&
&quot;</p><p>Within three hours the campus had been cleared of protesters, said a police spokesperson, adding &quot;dozens&quot; of arrests were made.
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