The Education Department found numerous violations of the federal Clery Act on campus safety.
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A whale native to the North Pacific is sighted off New England. Climate change could be why
The Northwest Passage, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean in Canada, has lacked ice in the summertime in recent years, enabling gray whales to travel through it.
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Court rules Florida’s ‘stop woke’ law restricting business diversity training is unconstitutional
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that limits diversity and race-based discussions in private workplaces is unconstitutional.
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Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads restored after widespread outage
A senior official with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told reporters Tuesday that the agency was ‘not aware of any specific election nexus nor any specific malicious cyberactivity nexus to the outage.’
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Biden and Trump sweep Super Tuesday races and move closer to a November rematch
‘I would love to see the next generation move up and take leadership roles,’ said Democrat Susan Steele, 71, who voted Tuesday for President Biden in Portland.
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Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites
Heavily armed gangs have tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport as they exchanged gunfire with police and soldiers trying to repel them.
Posted inElections, Nation / World, Politics
Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers
The agreements settle a civil lawsuit brought by Democrats in 2022 against the 2 attorneys and 10 Republicans in Wisconsin who posed as fake electors.
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Vice President Harris hosts Israeli war Cabinet member as the U.S. pushes to get more aid into Gaza
The meeting comes after the U.S. on Saturday carried out the first of what are expected to be ongoing airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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First over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S. begins shipping to stores
The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month.
Posted inNation / World, New England, News, Religion & Values
Far-right Catholic news site likely to close in wake of New Hampshire priest’s defamation case
A 2019 Church Militant article cast aspersions on the emotional state of a Manchester church official, said he had ‘botched’ his work and was known as a ‘troublemaker’ in the Vatican – all claims the site now acknowledges were not properly vetted.