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Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions

WASHINGTON — In another major reversal, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court: Race can’t be considered in college admissions

In a 6-3 decision, the court struck down admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions

The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

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US supreme court rules against affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases

Biden said he was considering executive action following court’s decision to limit power of universities to consider an applicant’s race in admissions

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court limits use of race in college admissions decisions - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Thursday restricted how colleges can use race in admissions decisions, in a decision that struck down two programs.

Roll Call

Daniel Ellsberg: whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers

The “most important whistleblower of our times”, Daniel Ellsberg was the military analyst who smuggled hundreds of pages of top secret material about US actions in Vietnam out of his office at the Rand Corporation, and shared them with a reporter from The New York Times, said The Guardian.

The Week

'UFO' debris pulled from Pacific Ocean floor 'may be proof Aliens visited Earth'

This week, scientists were able to recover items from the bottom of the ocean that landed there out of the sky 10 years ago - and this Harvard professor says they could be proof of extraterrestrial life

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5 facts about new NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell, who will succeed DeMaurice Smith

Howell's appointment is a VERY big deal and will likely have a major impact on the NFL.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Medical students honor body donors through words, deeds and ceremonies

Six people were charged on June 14, 2023, with buying and selling human remains stolen from the Harvard Medical School morgue and from an Arkansas mortuary. The macabre story made national headlines, particularly the indictment of Cedric Lodge: a morgue manager at Harvard from 1995 until earlier this year.

The Conversation

How human 'computers' Annie Jump Cannon and Henrietta Swan Leavitt revolutionized astronomy

In the early 20th century, a team of women went far beyond their job descriptions, not to mention the societal norms of the time, to revolutionize astronomy.

Space

The NFL and Hollywood lessons that Alpine’s US investors bring to F1

It also reflects an intriguing move by Renault to boost the profile of its sportscar brand and eventually generate more income around the F1 project, helped by the involvement of Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds and his associates Rob McElhenney and Michael B. Jordan.

Autosport

Harvard professor who studies dishonesty is accused of falsifying data

Francesca Gino, a prominent behavioral science professor at Harvard Business School, has been accused of fabricating data in studies than span over a decade, and most recently in 2020.

WEKU

Pew: Half Of Americans Disapprove Of College Admissions Based On Race

The Pew Research Center releases data from two surveys before Supreme Court decisions on 2 affirmative action cases.

Zenger

Harvard professor who studies honesty accused of falsifying data in studies

Francesca Gino, a prominent Harvard Business School professor, alleged to have falsified results in behavioral science studies

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The Guardian - US

What was affirmative action designed to do – and what has it achieved?

The US supreme court has banned the use of affirmative-action policies that have been in place for decades

The Independent UK

Tattoo artist charged in Harvard morgue scandal spoke about ‘collecting skulls’ years ago

An unearthed magazine article from 2008 hints at Mathew Lampi’s alleged Interest in collecting skulls

The Week

The world’s most polluted cities

New York was ranked as the world’s most polluted city after smoke billowing in from Canadian wildfires left residents choking on a thick cloud of smog.

The Guardian - UK

Are aliens that bad at parking? What we need to ask about recent UFO revelations

Recent claims by an ex-US intelligence agency whistleblower about alien spacecraft landings have been met with scepticism by scientists – not least over the galactic visitors’ driving skills

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Daniel Ellsberg obituary

Whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers showing that the American public had been misled about the Vietnam war

Al Jazeera

Alleged body part theft by Harvard morgue manager spurs lawsuit

The manager allegedly sold body parts on the black market, prompting a lawsuit for negligence and emotional distress.

The Independent UK

Theft of heads, brains, skin and other body parts from Harvard morgue spurs lawsuit

The son of a woman whose body was donated to Harvard Medical School for research purposes has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all families who believe their loved ones’ body parts were mishandled by the school’s former morgue manager

Los Angeles Times

Daniel Ellsberg, former defense analyst who released top-secret Pentagon Papers, dies at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, the defense analyst whose unauthorized release of the top-secret Pentagon Papers triggered court battles over freedom of the press and led to calamity for the presidency of Richard M. Nixon, has died.

The Independent UK

‘Disgusted’: Woman speaks out after father’s remains trafficked by Harvard morgue manager

Family felt ‘sick, like we were going to throw up’ after learning news of indictment, daughter says

The Independent UK

Woman whose father’s remains were trafficked by Harvard morgue staff says she was ‘going to throw up’

Cedric Lodge allegedly stole ‘heads, brains, skin and bones’ from cadavers donated to school

The Independent UK

‘Heads, brains, skin and bones’: Everything we know about the Harvard morgue body parts case

Reverred institution’s veteran morgue manager Cecil Lodge accused of stealing human remains and selling them online to black market collectors

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