January 11, 2022

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2019 file photo shows the entrance to the main Duke University campus in Durham, N.C. Duke University announced Wednesday, March 10, 2021, that it is considering ending in-person classes as an uptick in COVID-19 cases over the course of five days worsens and students continue to violate health guidelines. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

16 top colleges sued for alleged violation of federal antitrust laws by colluding on their financial-aid practices

Published on January 11, 2022

By Raja Razek, Sixteen top US universities, including Duke, Vanderbilt and Northwestern, are being sued by five former students claiming those schools may be involved in antitrust violations in the way those institutions worked together in determining financial aid awards for students, according to the lawsuit filed in a US District Court in Illinois. The

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by TANNEN MAURY/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (12755362q) An empty street sits in front of Lowell Elementary School as schools remain closed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 10 January 2022. The Chicago Teachers Union has forced schools to be closed and has called for a return to remote learning after the holiday break as Covid-19 cases increase. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and school officials cancelled in person classes as negotiations over safety measures for students and staff continue with the union Chicago Teachers Union schools closings, USA - 10 Jan 2022

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Chicago students are set to return to school after the teachers union and city landed a deal on Covid-19 measures

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By Chris Boyette, Raja Razek, Amir Vera and Holly Yan, Chicago teachers are set to return to work Tuesday and students to get back to in-person instruction Wednesday following a breakthrough in union negotiations with the city over Covid-19 mitigation measures. The standoff, which will have kept 340,000 students in the third-largest US school system out of classrooms for

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Los Angeles, CA - January 07: Los Angeles Unified School District staff distributes free COVID test kits to local families whose children are preparing to return to school next week at Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Middle School on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Omicron devastates services, schools, travel as workers are sick or in quarantine

Published on January 11, 2022

By Theresa Waldrop and Julia Jones, As the Omicron variant sweeps the nation, it’s disrupting everything from garbage collection and emergency services, schools and travel as employees are out sick or in quarantine. In New York, trash is going uncollected and three subway lines are closed because so many workers are out sick. Schools and hospitals are

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