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Sonoma State University President Mike Lee is retiring just days after being placed on administrative leave for making concessions to anti-Israel student groups on campus.As Politico noted, Lee announced his retirement two days after being reprimanded by the university for making the concessions “without the appropriate approvals.” They included telling anti-Israel students he would initiate efforts to divest the university from Israel, among others.”President Ming-Tung ‘Mike’ Lee has informed me of his decision to retire from his role at Sonoma State University.,” California State University Chancellor Mildred García said in a statement on Thursday. COLUMBIA PRESIDENT ‘SORRY’ FOR CANCELED COMMENCEMENT AMID ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS, NOW FACES ‘HARD QUESTIONS’The retiring Sonoma State president was publicly reprimanded after sending out a campus-wide memo on Tuesday detailing several agreements he had already made with anti-Israel groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine, without approval from other school administrators. These agreements included the creation of a Students for Justice in Palestine advisory council, an academic boycott of Israeli universities, expansion of Palestinian Studies programs at the school, and a demand for a ceasefire in Gaza.García addressed the memo in a statement, Wednesday, saying that Lee made the concessions “without the appropriate approvals” and that the California State University system’s board is “actively reviewing the matter.”The chancellor added, “For now, because of this insubordination and the consequences it has brought upon the system, President Lee has been placed on administrative leave because of this insubordination and the consequences it has brought upon the system.”Following the reprimand, Lee expressed regret for his actions in a follow-up statement, saying, “In my attempt to find agreement with one group of students, I marginalized other members of our student population and community.” CALIFORNIA MAYORS DUEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO UC IRVINE ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTSLee’s actions also took heat from local lawmakers. Local Bay Area outlet KRON 4 reported that Democrat State Sen. Scott Wiener remarked on the memo, stating, “This is horrific and wrong, my jaw dropped when I read the letter.””He is basically blacklisting Israel,” the politician added. Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs and Chief Academic Officer Nathan Evans was appointed as acting president in wake of Lee’s leave.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREIn her statement on Lee’s retirement, García added, “I will continue to work with Acting President Nathan Evans and our Board of Trustees leadership during this transitional period. Additional information will be forthcoming.”Evans provided his own statement upon taking up the role, which read, “We will create spaces and places to process President Lee’s retirement and other recent developments as a community in the coming days and weeks. For now, I encourage all of us to focus on our graduates and their supporters.”Reps for Sonoma State University did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 



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The first Triple Crown winner since 2018 is on the line this weekend as Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan competes in the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore this weekend. Hall of Fame horse trainer Bob Baffert, who was not eligible to enter a horse at the Kentucky Derby because of his ban at Churchill Downs, is also making his return to the Triple Crown races on Saturday with Imagination as he seeks his record-extending ninth win at the Preakness.  Mystik Dan will be ridden by jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. in hopes of becoming the first Triple Crown winner since Baffert’s Justify won it in 2018. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM”He didn’t win the Derby without the job Brian did. I’m thrilled Brian is finally getting the credit he deserves,” McPeek racing said last week. Read below for more on the racing field, odds, and where to watch.  PREAKNESS STAKES FAVORITE AND BOB BAFFERT-TRAINED HORSE RULED OUT AFTER SPIKING A FEVERMuth, a Baffert-trained colt, was the early favorite heading into the Preakness this week until it was announced that Zedan Racing Stables had ruled the horse out after it spiked a fever. “We are incredibly disappointed that Muth won’t be able to run in the Preakness due to high fever,” the group said in a statement Wednesday. “Based on the recommendation of our trainer, we are giving priority to the horse’s long-term health and keeping him from this race. We expect Muth to fully recover soon.”Baffert will still have a horse entered this weekend, but the heavy favorite following Muth’s exit is none other than Kenny McPeek’s Mystik Dan. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHow to watch?Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Several anti-Israel agitators were arrested at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday night after hundreds of protesters descended into a campus building and attempted to occupy it.Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that there were multiple arrests at the university’s Fisher Bennett Hall on Friday night. It is unknown at this time how many were arrested.The UPenn Police Department announced in a community notice that a “large disorderly crowd” began gathering at 8 p.m. on Friday, and moved into Fisher Bennett Hall on the university’s campus and attempted to occupy it.Law enforcement advised students to “avoid the immediate area.”BLACK STUDENT ERUPTS ON ANTI-ISRAEL ‘WHITE LIBS’ FOR BLOCKING PATH ON CAMPUS: ‘COSPLAYING AS THE OPPRESSED’Campus police, along with assistance from the Philadelphia Police Department, escorted the protesters from the campus building.POLICE ON UC IRVINE CAMPUS AFTER ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS SWARM BUILDINGS; STUDENTS TOLD TO ‘LEAVE AREA’In an 11 p.m. update, authorities said that the protesters had dispersed.The occupation came one week after police dismantled an encampment that had taken over part of the Ivy League’s campus for two weeks.In a statement, members of the Penn Gaza Solidarity Encampment accused the University of Penn administration of not negotiating with them in good faith over “Penn’s investment with Israel.”



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It’s been more than 50 years since a Republican won Minnesota in a presidential election, but former President Trump says he’s got “a really good shot” of breaking the losing streak this November in his 2024 rematch with President Biden.The former president is in the historically reliable blue state Friday evening to headline the Minnesota GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan fundraising dinner. He began his speech with the usual jabs at Biden’s cognitive ability, but also referenced the recently agreed to debates between the two.”He’s going to be so jacked up for those, you watch,” Trump joked, later saying he was going to “demand a drug test” for Biden before the debate.BIDEN CAMPAIGN HIGH ON DOJ’S MARIJUANA SHIFT, ‘SMOKES’ TRUMP FOR INACTION DURING HIS TERMHe went on to promise a rollback of Biden’s environmental mandates relating to automakers, railed against the sour economic statistics under Biden, and vowed to fix the ongoing border crisis.Trump also blasted Biden’s habit of repeating false stories concerning his life experiences. “He’s so full of s–t,” Trump said as the crowd laughed.Trump lost Minnesota by just 1½ points in his 2016 presidential election victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Four years ago, he lost the state to President Biden by more than seven points in his unsuccessful re-election campaign.Ahead of the 2020 election, Trump promised a victory in Minnesota, saying that if he lost, “I’m never coming back.”FIRST ON FOX: TOP JEWISH GOP GROUP STEPS UP FUNDRAISING FOR TRUMP AMID ANTI-ISRAEL COLLEGE CAMPUS PROTESTS Fast-forward four years and Trump is back and once again predicting a victory.”We think we have a really good shot at Minnesota,” Trump emphasized in an interview Wednesday with KSTP, a local TV station in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. “We have great friendships up there.”Trump added that he’s “worked hard on Minnesota” and that “Tom Emmer is very much involved,” pointing to the House majority whip.Emmer, who is joining Trump at the state GOP gala, is chairing the Trump campaign in Minnesota even though the former president and his allies helped sink Emmer’s bid last autumn to become House speaker.As the Trump and Biden campaigns prepare for battle in seven crucial swing states that decided the 2020 election (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which were narrowly won by Biden, and North Carolina, which Trump carried by a razor-thin margin) and will likely once again in the 2024 rematch, both campaigns see opportunities to expand the map.WARNING SIGNS FOR TRUMP, BIDEN, AS THEY CAREEN TOWARD DEBATES Two weekends ago at a closed-door Republican National Committee retreat for top-dollar donors  at a resort in Palm Beach, Florida, senior Trump campaign advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita and veteran pollster Tony Fabrizio spotlighted internal surveys that suggested both “Minnesota and Virginia are clearly in play.””In both states, Trump finds himself in positions to flip key electoral votes in his favor,” the survey, which was shared with Fox News, emphasizes. And both states have sizable populations of rural white voters without college degrees who disproportionately support the former president.Biden’s campaign disagrees that either Minnesota or Virginia are up for grabs.While noting they are “not taking any state or any vote for granted,” Biden campaign battleground states director Dan Kanninen told reporters last week “we don’t see polls that are six or seven months out from a general election, head-to-head numbers certainly, as any more predictive than a weather report is six or seven months out.”Kanninen highlighted that the campaign has teams on the ground in both states engaging voters.”We feel strongly the Biden-Harris coalition in both Minnesota and Virginia, which has been strong in the midterms and off-year elections, will continue to be strong for us in the fall of 2024,” he added.And Biden campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt, pointing to the president’s current fundraising dominance and ground-game advantage in the key battlegrounds, argued “Trump’s team has so little campaign or infrastructure to speak of they’re resorting to leaking memos that say ‘the polls we paid for show us winning.'” But Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, who launched a long-shot and unsuccessful primary challenge against the president, insists “Minnesota’s in play.”Phillips, in an interview this week on Fox News’ “Special Edition,” argued Minnesota’s “like a lot of states that I think a lot of my fellow Democrats don’t want to confess is the reality. … I’m telling my Democratic colleagues who are supporting President Biden, myself included, that there’s a lot of work to do.”While Trump’s campaign looks for opportunities to expand the map in Minnesota and Virginia, Biden’s campaign appears to be eyeing swing state North Carolina and Florida. Trump carried the Sunshine State by less than four points in 2020, but two years ago, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and GOP Sen. Marco Rubio each won re-election by nearly 20 points.LaCivita argued the Biden campaign was playing “a faux game” in both states but insisted Trump has a “real opportunity in expanding the map in Virginia and Minnesota.”Trump’s stop in Minnesota comes a week after he held a large rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, a red bastion in an overwhelming blue state where no Republican has carried the state in a presidential election in over three decades. Trump lost the state to Biden by 16 points four years ago.”We’re going to win New Jersey,” Trump vowed at the rally.Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.



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When flaky “pieces of crab are mixed into a creamy filling and stuffed into flavorful salmon filets, then baked to perfection,” it’s hard not to love this special meal, per Angela Latimer.Latimer, a Minnesota-based cookbook author and the recipe developer/blogger behind BakeitWithLove.com, shared her recipe for crab-stuffed salmon with Fox News Digital.The rich salmon combined with sweet bites of crab is a delicious combination few may be able to resist.MELT-IN-YOUR-MOUTH CHICKEN WINGS FROM A KENTUCKY CHEF: RECIPELearn how to make the fish dish below.Servings: 6
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutesCREAMY, CHEESY TORTELLINI WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND SPINACH: ‘SUPER COZY DISH’CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERThis original recipe is owned by BakeitWithLove.com and was shared with Fox News Digital.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyle



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