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Harvard commits $100 million to redress ties to slavery

"Harvard benefited from and in some ways perpetuated practices that were profoundly immoral."

Axios

Harvard commits $100m to study and redress ties to slavery

Exhaustive report reveals university’s ‘extensive entanglements with slavery’ joining US institutions examining their legacies of enslavement

The Independent UK

Supreme Court OKs 'race neutral' admissions policy to admit more Black, Latino students

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a Virginia school board to admit more Black and Latino students — and slightly fewer Asian students — to a magnet high school for math and science.

Los Angeles Times

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CEO parent appeals conviction in college bribery case

A Massachusetts business executive who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in the college admissions cheating scandal has appealed his conviction

The Independent UK

Seth Towns to Return for Seventh College Basketball Season

The former Harvard star, now at Ohio State, has battled injuries throughout his college career.

Sports Illustrated

Oar-some auction: Historic college sports prize up for bid

The 170-year-old prize awarded in the first U.S. intercollegiate sports competition is going up for auction next month

The Independent UK

Nets' Ben Simmons plays 4-on-4 with contact; Game 3 return possible

BOSTON — Nets star forward Ben Simmons participated in four-on-four drills on Monday and five-on-zero “scripting, running through the plays” on Tuesday with no setback to the lower back injury that has restricted him from making his Nets debut, head coach Steve Nash said after Tuesday’s practice at Harvard.

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Rick Caruso's role in the 2002 rejection of a Black LAPD chief created a furor

LOS ANGELES — Two decades ago, the Los Angeles Police Department faced a defining moment, as crime ticked upward, a massive corruption scandal smoldered and a federal judge pushed to correct the department's long history of civil rights violations.

Los Angeles Times

Durham Distillery to open £800,000 shop, bar and visitor centre beneath the city streets

Planning and building work has been under way for some time to make the distillery's new venture a reality

Birmingham Post

Car parking in Manchester city centre is just getting a bit ridiculous

Ticketless car parks, mind-melting machines and ridiculously expensive charges...

Manchester Evening News

The most massive comet ever found

Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein's nucleus is about 80 miles in diameter — larger than Rhode Island

Salon

Biden’s trailblazing federal judicial picks: Asian American, Hispanic nominees for Chicago spots

Sens. Durbin and Duckworth said John Lee and Nancy Maldonado will bring “demographic and professional diversity that will strengthen our federal bench.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Stock Wars: Twitter Vs. Meta Platforms

Benzinga’s weekly Stock Wars matches up two leaders in a major industry sector with the goal of determining which company is the better investment.

Benzinga

Why did the CDC get so much about Covid-19 wrong?

In this edition of Inverse Daily, find out about the consequences of the CDC and the WHO's initial Covid-19 messaging, an interstellar meteor dividing the science community, and more.

Inverse

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Harvard astronomer believes an interstellar meteor (or craft) smashed into Earth in 2014 — others aren't so sure

Avi Loeb, a famous Harvard University astronomer, believes he and a student discovered an interstellar object that hit Earth in 2014. But the wider space science community is skeptical.

Inverse

The perfect diet: Why one nutrient-rich food could help your heart

Researchers at Harvard University analysed data from two large U.S. studies. It found that there could be a link between avocados and a reduction in cardiovascular disease.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Lessons learned from Ketanji Brown Jackson

Lacking any valid reason to reject Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, some Senate Republicans chose an utterly pointless pretext: her refusal to say whether she supports packing the court with more justices, as some of its critics advocate.

The Canberra Times

A personal story of love and history from Canberra to Harvard

ANU professor gets ultra-prestigious role at Harvard.

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How Former NFL Players Rob Sims And Calvin Johnson Launched A New Career In Cannabis

This article was originally published on Weedmaps and appears here with permission.

Chicago Tribune

Martha Minow is the new chair of the MacArthur Foundation — some of her first work was as a Chicago copy clerk

CHICAGO — On the March morning she officially became the chair of the board of directors of the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, Martha Minow sat on a couch in the handsomely appointed apartment of her father and remembered the past.

Axios

Jackson joins a Supreme Court at fever pitch

She'll join the court as it dives headfirst into the most controversial issues in American politics.

The Independent UK

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hopes to transform her adopted city

When she was elected mayor of Boston in November, Michelle Wu transformed the image of the city’s chief executive

Chicago Sun-Times

Ketanji Brown Jackson approved as first Black woman Supreme Court justice

Jackson was confirmed 53-47, mostly along party lines but with three Republican votes.

The Guardian - US

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s blazing trail to become the first Black female justice

A background as a public defender, a public school education, and two rulings against Donald Trump from the bench

The Independent UK

Senate poised to confirm Jackson to Supreme Court

The Senate is expected to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his historic pick

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