Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy building on the University of Chicago campus

A group of pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the Institute of Politics building on the University of Chicago campus Friday afternoon. At around 4:40 p.m., masked protesters unlawfully occupied the building, said university spokesman Gerald McSwiggan. “Protesters attempted to bar the entrance, damaged University property and ignored directives” from police “to clear the way,” the spokesman stated. Police later entered the building,...