The authorities had given demonstrators until 7 p.m. to vacate a new encampment that had been erected at a fire-damaged complex on campus.

Buildings were damaged in Houston and school officials canceled classes in the city on Friday, citing the destruction. It may take the city as much as 48 hours to restore power to some customers.

It is a time-honored tradition in U.S. politics: wealthy people burning through their fortunes to ultimately lose an election.

Fighting in Rafah has closed off a vital border crossing in southern Gaza, forced hundreds of thousands to flee and cut off humanitarian aid.

Any use of U.N. forces would have to be approved by the Security Council. “There first has to be peace to keep," said a U.N. spokesman.

“It’s on all of us to make sure the next time we need to get help for someone, we do better,” Cara Lamb, the gunman’s ex-wife, told the commission investigating the October mass shooting.