By Omar Jimenez, Bill Kirkos, Ashley Killough and Travis Caldwell, Jurors in Chicago will begin the second day of deliberations Thursday in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett, who has been charged in connection with allegedly staging a fake hate crime and falsely reporting it to police nearly three years ago. The jury of six men and
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By David Williams and Amy Simonson, A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that stood in the heart of Charlottesville, Virginia, for almost a century will be melted down into bronze ingots that will be used to create new public art. The City Council voted 4-to-0 early Tuesday to hand over the statue to a
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By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, A sweeping $1.9 trillion spending plan, known as the Build Back Better bill, is making its way through Congress and could make a key part of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda a reality. A majority of the funding is focused on transforming the nation’s social safety net by reducing the cost of
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By Aaron Cooper, Matt Egan and Chris Isidore, All private sector employers in New York City will now be required to implement a Covid-19 vaccine mandate by December 27, the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. This new move, which de Blasio announced Monday on MSNBC, means everyone who works in the city will
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By Ariane de Vogue, The Supreme Court expressed deep skepticism Wednesday of a Maine school tuition assistance program that allows parents to use vouchers to send their children to attend public and private schools but excludes religious schools from the program. Conservative justices such as Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh suggested that if
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By Fayetteville State University, The Military Order of the Purple Heart has designated Fayetteville State University (FSU) a Purple Heart University, making FSU the first university in the University of North Carolina System to receive the honor. The Purple Heart University designation is in recognition of FSU’s history of supporting veterans and their families. The
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Courtesy of Xavier University, Samuel Ramirez (‘23), a first-year student in Xavier’s Physician Assistant program, was recently selected as a National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarship recipient. In return for the scholarship award, scholars commit to providing primary care health services to underserved communities. The program is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration
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By Jackson State University A team of Jackson State University (JSU) College of Business students were recently named as one of nine regional winners of Deloitte FanTAXtic Tax Case competition. The students, Camryn Gaines, Jayla Manor, Jessica Tate and Ashanti Campbell, competed virtually with nearly 200 other students and faculty, representing more than 40 colleges and universities. “I
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By Florida A&M University, Donation will include scholarships and internships to strengthen pathways to management careers for students in the School of Allied Health Sciences. HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading health care providers, announced Thursday, December 2, that it will donate $1.5 million to Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) School of Allied Health
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By Jenn Selva and Amy Simonson, Hundreds of protestors demonstrated at Boise State University in Idaho over the weekend following comments made at a conference by a professor who said men should be prioritized for fields of study such as engineering, medicine and law. BSU political science professor Scott Yenor made disparaging remarks about women and spoke critically
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