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Fauci said the pandemic was over in US, then backpedaled. What do experts say?

PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Fauci caused a stir this week when he said on national television that the United States was “out of the pandemic phase.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pig Model Law

From Judge Wendy Beetlestone (E.D. Pa.)'s opinion in Houser v. Feldman & Temple Univ., decided Thursday, here are the plaintiff's allegations (note, as usual, that they are just the allegations, since this is an opinion on defendant's motion to dismiss): Houser and his laboratory staff ("lab") developed a pig model…

Reason

Biden’s $1.75 trillion student-debt problem by the numbers

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is considering forgiving at least $10,000 in student loans per borrower, a promise he made on the campaign trail, through executive action.

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Paying for Harvard just got cheaper with decades-high inflation

Parents paying the full cost of Ivy League tuition bills are getting a little relief — and they can thank inflation.

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Harvard report brings joy, grief for descendants of enslaved

In Harvard’s pledge to atone for its ties to slavery, it identified dozens of people who were enslaved by the university’s first leaders and faculty members

The Independent UK

Prologue to the past

Following a massive five-year makeover, the modern red-ochre compound of Ban Kao National Museum rises in the middle of vast green landscapes and rice fields on the banks of the Khwae Noi River, serving as a prologue for a day trip to explore Prasat Muang Sing Historical Park, which is…

Bangkok Post

First Thing: crisis talks in Europe as Russia cuts gas to Poland and Bulgaria

Kremlin accused of blackmail while Gazprom claims supply halted because of failure to pay in roubles. Plus, Santa takes on Sarah Palin

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Harvard pledges $100 million to address its historical ties to slavery

Harvard University is earmarking $100 million to study and make amends for its history of and ties to slavery, as well as the perpetuation of racist eugenics by some of its past faculty. The school’s president, Lawrence S. Bacow, announced the fund in a letter on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Prehistoric crocodile fossil, Kronosaurus queenslandicus, lingers far from home at Harvard

While the world's only mounted Kronosaurus queenslandicus fossil is at Harvard University, palaeontologists say there are better specimens still waiting to be found in outback Queensland.

ABC News

Youth voters not pleased by either party, poll finds

BOSTON — A research poll out of Harvard held several stark warnings for politicians: The youngest voting bloc in the country isn’t the least bit impressed with either party’s messaging and they intend to vote about it.

Tribune News Service

Harvard University acknowledges slavery ties, sets up $100M reparations fund

Report by oldest US university lays out history of slavery on campus and its role in perpetuating racial oppression.

Al Jazeera

Harvard pledges $100 million to atone for role in slavery

Harvard University is vowing to spend $100 million to research and atone for its ties with slavery

The Independent UK

Harvard commits $100 million to redress ties to slavery

"Harvard benefited from and in some ways perpetuated practices that were profoundly immoral."

Axios

Harvard commits $100m to study and redress ties to slavery

Exhaustive report reveals university’s ‘extensive entanglements with slavery’ joining US institutions examining their legacies of enslavement

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Supreme Court OKs 'race neutral' admissions policy to admit more Black, Latino students

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a Virginia school board to admit more Black and Latino students — and slightly fewer Asian students — to a magnet high school for math and science.

The Independent UK

CEO parent appeals conviction in college bribery case

A Massachusetts business executive who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in the college admissions cheating scandal has appealed his conviction

Sports Illustrated

Seth Towns to Return for Seventh College Basketball Season

The former Harvard star, now at Ohio State, has battled injuries throughout his college career.

The Independent UK

Oar-some auction: Historic college sports prize up for bid

The 170-year-old prize awarded in the first U.S. intercollegiate sports competition is going up for auction next month

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Nets' Ben Simmons plays 4-on-4 with contact; Game 3 return possible

BOSTON — Nets star forward Ben Simmons participated in four-on-four drills on Monday and five-on-zero “scripting, running through the plays” on Tuesday with no setback to the lower back injury that has restricted him from making his Nets debut, head coach Steve Nash said after Tuesday’s practice at Harvard.

Los Angeles Times

Rick Caruso's role in the 2002 rejection of a Black LAPD chief created a furor

LOS ANGELES — Two decades ago, the Los Angeles Police Department faced a defining moment, as crime ticked upward, a massive corruption scandal smoldered and a federal judge pushed to correct the department's long history of civil rights violations.

Birmingham Post

Durham Distillery to open £800,000 shop, bar and visitor centre beneath the city streets

Planning and building work has been under way for some time to make the distillery's new venture a reality

Manchester Evening News

Car parking in Manchester city centre is just getting a bit ridiculous

Ticketless car parks, mind-melting machines and ridiculously expensive charges...

Salon

The most massive comet ever found

Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein's nucleus is about 80 miles in diameter — larger than Rhode Island

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden’s trailblazing federal judicial picks: Asian American, Hispanic nominees for Chicago spots

Sens. Durbin and Duckworth said John Lee and Nancy Maldonado will bring “demographic and professional diversity that will strengthen our federal bench.”

Benzinga

Stock Wars: Twitter Vs. Meta Platforms

Benzinga’s weekly Stock Wars matches up two leaders in a major industry sector with the goal of determining which company is the better investment.

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