Hundreds more US arrests made in Gaza campus protests
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Police have arrested hundreds more protesters at locations across the US, as protests against the war in Gaza intensify across university campuses
Universities have seen a growing number of students walk out of class or try to set up encampments in protests prompted by Israel's military campaign in Gaza
Some 108 arrests were made overnight at Emerson College, Boston police told the BBC's US partner CBS News
Earlier, 93 people at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles were taken into custody on trespassing charges
Activists and police also clashed at the University of Texas in Austin, where authorities said another 34 people had been arrested
The latest arrests follow others at Columbia, Yale and New York University
At some of the protests, there have been reports of antisemitic incidents - with some members of pro-Israel and Jewish groups saying they do not feel safe