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University of Chicago police clear protest encampment early Tuesday, days after president announces intention to intervene
CHICAGO — University of Chicago Police cleared a pro-Palestine protest encampment in a brief raid at the South Side university early Tuesday morning, organizers said.
About 50 UCPD officers began dismantling tents and makeshift barriers surrounding them around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, protester Christopher Iacovetti said.
“They started throwing ...Read more
US Dept. of Education launches FAFSA support strategy with deadline for federal aid inching closer
The U.S. Department of Education announced additional steps on Monday to support the many students and their families who are in the process of completing the overhauled Free Application for Federal Student Aid after a shaky relaunch and complicated start for applicants.
“We are determined to close the FAFSA completion gap,” said U.S. ...Read more
Change Healthcare lacked safeguards even as it gave security advice
WASHINGTON — In the months surrounding UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s $13 billion purchase of software company Change Healthcare Inc. in 2022, experts at Change published articles and policy papers extolling the need for cybersecurity measures in the health care industry.
While it dished out that advice, one of Change’s web portals used to ...Read more
UCLA detectives use Jan. 6 tactics to find masked mob who attacked pro-Palestinian camp
LOS ANGELES — It is shaping up to be perhaps the biggest case in the history of the UCLA Police Department: how to identify dozens of people who attacked a pro-Palestinian camp at the center of campus last week.
The mob violence was captured on live television, but it took three hours for police to bring it to an end. Those involved left, and...Read more
Russians are coming to terms with Putin's war in Ukraine
Russians are learning to live with the war that Vladimir Putin has unleashed in Ukraine.
With Putin being sworn in on Tuesday for another six years as president, the invasion has become part of everyday life for many Russians, confounding expectations that the pressure of international sanctions and deepening isolation would eventually turn ...Read more
Israel's troops take control of Rafah border crossing in Gaza
Israeli forces took control of the Rafah border-crossing in Gaza on Tuesday morning ahead of a possible assault on the city.
It’s the first time Israel’s army has entered that part of Gaza since the war with Hamas, an Iran-backed militant group, began in October.
The development came a day after Israel told residents in parts of eastern ...Read more
Putin sworn in for new term amid growing conflict with West
Vladimir Putin, who’s ruled Russia for the whole of the 21st century so far, was sworn in for a fifth term as president, amid renewed nuclear saber-rattling with the West over his war in Ukraine.
Placing his hand on a copy of Russia’s constitution, Putin took the oath of office at his inauguration on Tuesday in the golden imperial splendor ...Read more
San Francisco shelter operator got $105,000 for work it never did, city officials say
All you had to do was drive by this shelter for homeless people, and it was clear that San Francisco had been duped, officials say.
There was no new paint job brightening the Oasis Hotel, which houses some of the city's most vulnerable residents. That was just some of the work for which the city was brazenly charged but was never actually ...Read more
India election campaign turns bitter as Modi casts his vote
Voters went to the polls in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat in the third phase of India’s election, with campaigning becoming increasingly acrimonious between the two main parties.
Modi, 73, cast his vote Tuesday morning in Gujarat’s largest city of Ahmedabad. Appearing before supporters outside a polling station in a...Read more
Artists created images of Christ that focused not on historical accuracy but on reflecting different communities − a scholar of religious history explains
In 1915, Norwegian artist Emanuel Vigeland, one of the most respected Scandinavian artists of his time, created an image of Christ with golden hair and fair skin.
Vigeland was well aware of a widely popular Bible illustrated by French artist James Tissot showing Christ as Middle Eastern with dark hair and brown skin. Tissot had spent ...Read more
Voting in unconstitutional districts: US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first
For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens.
A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February 2022 let Alabama use these illegal districts during the election while the court heard the state’s appeal on the case ...Read more
Lung cancer is the deadliest of all cancers, and screening could save many lives − if more people could access it
Many medical organizations have been recommending lung cancer screening for decades for those at high risk of developing the disease.
But in 2022, less than 6% of people in the U.S. eligible for screening actually got screened. Compared with other common cancer screenings, lung cancer screening rates fall terribly behind. For ...Read more
An ambulance, an empty lot and a loophole: One man's fight for a place to live
After a hard day's work, Cameron Gordon sometimes finds a bit of solace as he lounges on the gurney in his yard, surveying a patchwork of weeds, potted plants, garden beds and a hose that meanders across the dirt.
This is where his struggle to navigate the housing crisis has left him: living by day on an 18,000-square-foot lot in Sun Valley, ...Read more
Black homeowners start to close gap in property values
Black homeowners’ property values are on the rise across the country, with some of the biggest upswings in Midwestern and Southern states. The boon to Black homeowners, after decades of lagging property values, could help them close a racial wealth gap that has kept the American dream out of reach.
Home values increased on average 84% in ...Read more
Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison
A new policy that allows states to provide Medicaid health care coverage to incarcerated people at least a month prior to their release has drawn bipartisan interest and a slew of state applications.
Federal policy has long prohibited Medicaid spending on people who are incarcerated in jails or prisons, except for hospitalization. As a result, ...Read more
Why Laphonza Butler is reading banned books out loud on the Senate floor
WASHINGTON — If you were looking for the book “Sister Outsider” a few years ago at a school in Tennessee, you might not have found it there. But thanks to California Sen. Laphonza Butler, parts of it now live in the Congressional Record.
“Perhaps for some of you here today, I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a Black woman,...Read more
Grizzlies are returning to Washington's North Cascades. How will that work?
SEATTLE — Among the jagged peaks of the North Cascades, lush alpine meadows rich with berries and wildflowers blanket valleys carved by glaciers, some threaded with trickling creeks.
But these idyllic landscapes are missing one big thing that had helped sustain them over the millennia: grizzly bears.
That will soon change after federal ...Read more
Kratom products have gone unregulated in California, unnerving both fans and critics
It comes in greenish powders, capsules and extracts, and is readily found in smoke shops and online.
Some say they use it for an energy boost or as a mood lifter. Others seek relief from pain. It can act both as a stimulant and as a sedative. Doctors have warned that in some cases, it has spurred seizures or vomiting, and the Drug Enforcement ...Read more
Anxiety over squatters, fueled by TikTok, inspires a wave of legislation
Across various news channels and outlets, a visceral fear of some property owners — that an unwanted guest could move into their vacant home, refuse to leave, and then claim ownership — has been a trending story.
These squatter horror stories have reached a fever pitch in the past month after a migrant TikTok influencer, Venezuelan national...Read more
Maryland allocates record funds to child care. For some families, it still may not be enough
BALTIMORE — Mindy Bowman started online classes to get her psychology degree because she feels it will make her a better mom. To meet that goal, she sends her 2-year-old daughter to day care three days a week, which costs $474 a month.
That’s after the child care scholarship Bowman receives as a single parent going to school full time, ...Read more
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