Brown University students hold vigil for fellow student shot in Vermont

At a vigil Monday for a Palestinian Brown University student shot in Vermont, hundreds of students shouted down the school’s president and demanded the university divest from investments that support Israel. Hisham Awartani, a junior at Brown, was one of three Palestinian young men shot at about 6:25 p.m. Saturday near the University of Vermont campus in Burlington. Authorities have said the incident may have been a hate crime. Brown President Christina Paxson said at the vigil that the shooting was an “irrational and hateful act of violence.” “Although we...