Month: August 2018

Harvard University(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday sided with a group of students rejected for admission by Harvard University who allege the school discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Filing a “statement of interest” in the [Read More…]

Harvard University(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday sided with a group of Harvard University students and parents who allege the school discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Filing a “statement of interest” in the yearslong case, [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(ENCINO, Calif.) — A California man was arrested Thursday and charged with making violent threats to employees of the Boston Globe in retaliation for the newspaper’s editorial campaign against political attacks on the media, officials [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(ENCINO, Calif.) — A California man was arrested Thursday and charged with making violent threats to employees of the Boston Globe in retaliation for the newspaper’s editorial campaign against political attacks on the media, officials [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(STOCKTON, Calif.) — A week after a 16-year-old girl went missing with her former high school wrestling coach, the two were found together at a home in Stockton, California, the same town where the teen [Read More…]

NASA(MOSCOW) — A small pressure leak was discovered on the International Space Station, according to NASA. Flight controllers at mission control centers in Houston and Moscow began seeing signs of the leak Wednesday night when [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(BALCH SPRINGS, Texas) — A former Texas police officer on Wednesday was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the 2017 shooting death of an unarmed black teenager — and the victim’s family said the [Read More…]

Lerkekasa Vineyard(GVARV, Norway) — What is thought to be the world’s most northerly commercial vineyard is up for sale in Norway. The 15 acres of fertile vineyard, which is used to produce award-winning wines, also [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Record highs were reported in several cities on Wednesday, including Boston and Providence at 98 and 95 degrees, respectively. Thursday should be the last hot and humid day in the Northeast [Read More…]

Paula Bronstein/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Three days after the United Nations released its report saying Myanmar’s military had “genocidal intent” in its massacre last year of the Rohingya, the U.S. is still weighing whether to use [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Using a study from a team of independent researchers, officials in Puerto Rico said they’re raising the official death toll from Hurricane Maria to 2,975 from 64. Researchers have determined [Read More…]

Ralph Freso/Getty Images(PHOENIX) — The doors to the Arizona State Capitol building where Sen. John McCain’s casket is lying in state won’t be open to the public until 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, but that didn’t stop [Read More…]

Yazmin Juarez(NEW YORK) — Seventy days after Yazmin Juarez and her young daughter, Mariee, crossed the Rio Grande seeking asylum, the little girl was dead from a respiratory infection she had contracted in an immigration [Read More…]

Taos County Sheriff’s Office(TAOS, N.M.) — A judge has dismissed child neglect charges against three of the five people who were arrested after authorities discovered children living on a remote compound in New Mexico. The [Read More…]