Feds charge 8 pro-Palestinian activists with conspiring to intimidate U of Michigan officials

Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against eight pro-Palestinian activists who are accused of conspiring to run a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials while trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel. The indictment unsealed Wednesday also describes vandalism against some companies that operate in Michigan and against the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. The document highlights several incidents that made headlines in the...