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New York police arrested more students at Columbia University.
Donald Trump was held in contempt yesterday for violating a gag order.
What that means:The judge in Trump’s New York criminal trial fined him $9,000 for breaking the court’s rules, and warnedhe could go to jailif he keeps doing it.
Schools are finding ways to keep cellphones out of the classroom.
How?Having students put phones ina magnetically locking pouchat the beginning of the school day. At least 2,000 U.S. schools were using them last year.
One example:A Connecticut middle school got the pouches in December, angering some students and parents. Now,students smoke and fight lessand take shorter bathroom breaks.
Archaeologists keep finding mysterious, 12-faced objects from Ancient Rome.
This “very strange and bizarre object” — about the size of a clenched fist — was unearthed in England last June. (Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group)
What you’re looking at:One of around 130 hollow metal dodecahedrons found in Europe since the 1700s. They date to Roman times, andnobody knows what they’re for.
Some theories:They could have been candleholders, dice, tools, or used in rituals. But these are just guesses — there are no references to them in ancient Roman texts.
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