Police have begun dismantling an illegal encampment at UW-Madison established by pro-Palestinian supporters.

WISC-TV reported that just before 7 a.m., several police officers arrived at the encampment on Library Mall and played a recorded message on a loop saying that it was a final warning and that protesters were in violation of university code. About 20 minutes later, nearly 60 police officers, some with riot shields but not dressed in full riot gear, arrived and began removing tents and other items.

There were no initial physical clashes with police but just after 8 a.m., police began arresting some protesters. Law enforcement from the the Wisconsin State Patrol, Dane County Sheriff's Office Madison Police and UW-Police were on the scene, according to initial reports. Television images showed a line of officers between protesters and other officers, who worked to remove the encampment.

In an unusual effort to head off the disruptions that have rocked other campuses around the country, campus leaders and the UW Police Department warned students last week to comply with state law and university rules, which prohibit unauthorized camping on campus.

WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Police responded to UCLA early Wednesday morning after violent clashes erupted between competing protest groups at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus.

People were beaten and hit with sticks as the clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters went on for roughly three hours before police intervened. At times, protesters would use barricades as weapons.

Before police arrived, a group piled on one person who lay on the ground, kicking and beating them until others pulled them out of the scrum.

"The violence unfolding this evening at UCLA is absolutely abhorrent and inexcusable," Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass posted on X. Later in the morning, Bass said she would be returning to Los Angeles early in wake of the incident. She was in Washington D.C.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election Tuesday for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins.

Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson for the upstate New York seat, helped by a 2-to-1 Democratic registration advantage in the district, which includes Buffalo, Niagara Falls and several suburbs.

Kennedy has been in the state Senate since 2011. Describing Washington as “chaotic and dysfunctional,” he said he would focus in Congress on reproductive rights, immigration and stronger gun laws like those passed in New York after a 2022 mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.

“New York has been a bulwark against Donald Trump’s extremist MAGA agenda that has infected our politics and our nation’s capital,” he said during the campaign. “The MAGA extremists have made the House of Representatives a laughingstock.”

Penn opened disciplinary cases into at least three students participating in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on College Green.

A University spokesperson wrote in a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian that Penn has “clearly communicated” that encampment participants “are in violation of the University’s policies.” The University is “checking IDs in accordance with Penn’s Open Expression Guidelines,” according to the statement.

The spokesperson added that “several student disciplinary cases” have been opened through the Center for Community Standards and Accountability, and that faculty and staff violations “will follow the relevant disciplinary processes.”

“These actions, while unfortunate, are necessary,” the spokesperson wrote.