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Trump administration reportedly decides Harvard violated civil rights | Harvard University newsthirst.

The Trump administration has concluded that Harvard University violated federal civil rights law in its handling of Jewish and Israeli students, and it threatened the school with a potential “loss of all federal financial resources” as a result, according to the Wall Street Journal. In a Monday letter addressed to the Harvard president, Alan Garber,…

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Cooperating witness against Kilmar Ábrego García to be spared deportation | Kilmar Ábrego García newsthirst.

Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Ábrego García in exchange for his cooperation in the case. José Ramón Hernández Reyes, 38, has been convicted of smuggling migrants and illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported. He also…

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Google makes foray into fusion with MIT Commonwealth Fusion Systems newsthirst.

Google on Monday announced a partnership with Commonwealth Fusion Systems, or CFS, a private company spun off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which marks the tech giant‘s first commercial commitment to fusion. The company unveiled plans to buy 200 megawatts of clean fusion power from what CFS describes as the world’s first grid-scale fusion…

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Russia has taken first village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk, state media claims | Ukraine newsthirst.

Russian forces have captured a village in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk for the first time in their three-year offensive, Russian state media and pro-war bloggers have claimed, marking a potential psychological blow to Ukraine. There was no immediate confirmation from Ukrainian officials or from the Russian defence ministry. Russia’s state RIA news agency cited…

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US city declares 12-year-old boy a hero for saving his family from house fire | Virginia newsthirst.

A city in Virginia has awarded a hero’s proclamation to a 12-year-old boy who rescued his grandmother and two younger siblings from a fire that burned their house down recently. The courage that Ramir Parker demonstrated when confronted with the blaze “is a shining example of resilience, responsibility and the power of instinctive leadership in…

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Members of public to be selected for ‘honest conversation’ about MPs’ pay | MPs’ expenses newsthirst.

The thorny topic of MPs’ pay and funding will be debated by randomly selected members of the public at a new citizens’ forum, as parliament’s watchdog said it was launching an “open and honest conversation” about what democracy is worth. Invitations are being sent out by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), which this year…

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