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Month: July 2023

Education Department opens investigation into Harvard’s legacy admissions

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions. Top colleges’ preferential treatment of children of alumni, who are often white, has faced mounting scrutiny since the Supreme

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A judge blocks limits on asylum at US-Mexico border but gives Biden administration time to appeal

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Presss WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a rule that allows immigration authorities to deny asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through. But the judge delayed his ruling from taking effect immediately to

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A judge blocks limits on asylum at US-Mexico border but gives Biden administration time to appeal

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Presss WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a rule that allows immigration authorities to deny asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through. But the judge delayed his ruling from taking effect immediately to

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Massachusetts rejects request to discharge radioactive water from closed nuclear plant into bay

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts environmental regulators have denied a request by the company dismantling a shuttered nuclear power plant to release more than 1 million gallons of radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay. The state Department of Environmental Protection’s draft decision issued Monday said it denied Holtec’s request for a

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Biden honors Emmett Till and his mother amid debate over how to teach kids about the painful parts of US history

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden named a new national monument Tuesday honoring Emmett Till and his mother amid a national debate over how to teach painful facts about American history in classrooms. “In a time when there are those who seek to ban books, bury history, we’re making it clear, crystal, crystal clear: While

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issues school choice voucher warnings

By Anne Simmons Click here for updates on this story     TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — With the new school year approaching Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued a warning Monday over the use of now-universal school choice vouchers, or Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) funds—reminding families that private institutions fall outside the realm of some federal protections

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Israeli doctors walk off the job, more strikes may be looming after a law weakening courts passed

By ISABEL DEBRE and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israeli doctors have walked out of work while labor leaders are threatening a general strike and senior justices have rushed home from a trip abroad. Tuesday’s developments followed a day after the government approved a law weakening the country’s Supreme Court .

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