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St. John’s Volleyball Claims First Big East Match of the Season, 3-1

The St. John’s Women’s Volleyball team (12-3) defended home court on Sept. 28 against the Seton Hall Pirates (6-6) in their first Big East match of the season. The Johnnies entered the match 4-0 in ...
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off a New Era for New York City

While most people were watching the ball drop and ringing in the new year, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani officially took office on Jan. 1 as he was sworn in a decommissioned subway station under ...
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U.S. Attacks Venezuela, Captures Maduro

The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a pre-dawn operation in Caracas on Saturday. U.S. officials said the couple was taken on the U.S. warship ...
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St. John’s Fires Men’s Basketball General Manager

Editor’s Note: An earlier edition of this story falsely attributed a quote regarding a connection between “financial deals” and Abdelmassih’s dismissal to Athletic Director Ed Kull, that has since ...
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Frontcourt Firepower: St. John’s Dismantles Butler

To say St. John’s hasn’t lived up to expectations would be an understatement. The unranked 9-5 Johnnies’ most recent disappointment came at the hands of Providence, their first in-conference loss that ...
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A prayer for Kristallnacht

In my role as a minister at St. John’s University, I have been invited to represent the Catholic/Christian community at a Kristallnacht commemoration service at Queens College on Nov. 15.
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America Is Turning Into Nazi Germany. There’s No More Time for Denial.

In the realm of politics, nothing drastic occurs overnight. History is a slow burn, caused in part by negligence towards minute developments in systemic change.  The state-sanctioned executions of ...
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St. John’s Is Rolling Again: Five Takeaways From the Red Storm’s Win Over Butler

St. John’s has been playing up to its Red Storm name — providing the city of New York with red-hot college basketball. Giannis Antetokounmpo rumors may have taken over New York headlines, but the ...
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Pitino Completes His Quest for 900 Wins, Beating Xavier in an 88-83 Nailbiter

St. John’s matchup against the Xavier Musketeers saw the culmination of a 38 year career within the NCAA, across seven different schools and two national championship victories. Rick Pitino notched ...
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Providence Comes Back, Embarrassment Mounts for St. John’s

“Heck of a Big East game,” was Providence head coach Kim English’s review of St. John’s first Big East game in Madison Square Garden, a loss that could end hope of contention for the unranked Johnnies ...
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Giants Look to Restart With John Harbaugh at the Helm

The New York Giants underwent another regime change when the front office fired head coach Brian Daboll after a lackluster ...