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Month: January 2024

House takes aim at Harvard, MIT and UPenn’s tax-exempt status over antisemitism

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The powerful House Ways and Means Committee is threatening to reconsider the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University amid allegations the elite schools have failed to fight antisemitism on campus. Rep. Jason Smith, the Republican chair of the

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Tennessee governor, music leaders launch push to protect songwriters and other artists against AI

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday unveiled new legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. Lee made the announcement while standing in the middle of Nashville’s famed RCA Studio A, a location where legends such

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Tennessee governor, music leaders launch push to protect songwriters and other artists against AI

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday unveiled new legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. Lee made the announcement while standing in the middle of Nashville’s famed RCA Studio A, a location where legends such

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SEC gives bitcoin ETFs the green light

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — After a false start Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission gave its approval Wednesday for some investment companies to offer “spot bitcoin” exchange-traded funds. The regulator’s highly anticipated move is expected to make bitcoin investing more accessible to Main Street investors, without requiring them to own the

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Gobierno de Venezuela rechaza decisión de la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. que desestimó intento de frenar la subasta de las acciones de Citgo

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Venezuela condenó este martes como “un vulgar despojo” la decisión de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Estados Unidos, que el lunes había rechazado revisar un fallo en el que se autoriza la subasta en Estados Unidos de las acciones de PDV holding, que es la

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Ohio House overrides Republican governor’s veto of ban on gender affirming care for minors

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican-dominated Ohio House has voted to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of legislation banning gender-affirming care for minors. The legislation also restricts transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams. As of Wednesday, the measure is one step closer to becoming law.

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Federal lawsuit against Florida school district that banned books can move forward, judge rules

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit may move forward against a Florida Panhandle school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves. The Pensacola-base judge ruled Wednesday that the writers’ group PEN America, publisher Penguin Random House, banned authors and parents have standing

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Chris Christie says he’s dropping out of the Republican presidential race before the Iowa caucuses

By STEVE PEOPLES, JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday that he’s ending his Republican presidential bid just days before Iowa’s leadoff caucuses in a last-ditch effort to deny Donald Trump a glidepath to the nomination. “My goal has never been to be

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