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U.S. Homeless Count Surges 12% to Highest-Recorded Level
15Dec By adminNo Comments
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U.S. Homeless Count Surges 12% to Highest-Recorded Level

Updated Dec. 15, 2023 3:33 pm ETThe U.S. count of homeless people surged to the highest level on record, reaching more than 653,000 people early this year as Covid-19 pandemic-aid spending faded, new federal data show.The increase reflects a collision of factors: rising housing costs; limited affordable housing units; the opioid epidemic; and the expired pandemic-era aid that had helped keep people in their homes, federal officials said Friday. A surge of migrants into shelters in places such as New York City, Massachusetts and Chicago also contributed to the challenge.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Harvard Facing Pressure to Remove—and to Keep—President  
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Harvard Facing Pressure to Remove—and to Keep—President  

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 9:54 pm ETPressure continued to mount Monday on Harvard University President Claudine Gay, with critics calling for her resignation following comments she made last week before Congress about antisemitism on campus.A letter signed by hundreds of alumni as well as some students and a few dozen faculty and staff has called for Gay to step down. The letter says Gay “selectively applies the principles of free speech to protect certain groups over others.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Texas Woman Who Sought Exception to Abortion Ban Decides to Leave State
11Dec By adminNo Comments
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Texas Woman Who Sought Exception to Abortion Ban Decides to Leave State

A pregnant Texas woman locked in a real-time legal battle over aborting a fetus with a fatal abnormality has decided to leave the state for the procedure.The decision defuses a ticking clock in a case that appeared to be the first since the overturning of Roe v. Wade to test whether a pregnant litigant could use the courts to secure an abortion in a state that outlawed the procedure with only an exception for certain medical emergencies.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Hate Crimes in U.S. Increase Amid Israel-Hamas War
11Dec By adminNo Comments
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Hate Crimes in U.S. Increase Amid Israel-Hamas War

Listen to article(2 minutes)Shots fired in the parking lot of a synagogue in New York. A 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy fatally stabbed outside Chicago. Violent assaults on people in religious and cultural attire.Police in major cities including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and San Francisco have seen a rise in reports of hateful events, including hate crimes, after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the nation’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza. Jews are often on the receiving end, according to cities that have broken down data, while reported attacks on Muslims—which include some of the most violent instances reported recently—are also on the rise.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Trump Changes Mind, Won’t Testify Again as New York Fraud Trial Nears End
10Dec By adminNo Comments
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Trump Changes Mind, Won’t Testify Again as New York Fraud Trial Nears End

Donald Trump changed course on Sunday and said he wouldn’t testify again in his civil-fraud trial, an unexpected pivot in his defense against allegations that threaten the Republican presidential front-runner’s business empire.Trump had been scheduled to take the stand Monday as his lawyers near the conclusion of their defense presentation. The trial began in October and is being decided without a jury, over allegations that the former president lied about his wealth for financial gain.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The Politics of Campus Free Speech Draw Scrutiny
10Dec By adminNo Comments
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The Politics of Campus Free Speech Draw Scrutiny

Updated Dec. 9, 2023 6:25 pm ETAppearing before a House committee examining antisemitism, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill acknowledged that calls for genocide to the Jewish people are hateful—but said they are protected by the school’s commitment to freedom of speech.The next evening, in a video message, Magill backtracked and apologized for her testimony, saying the attacks were unacceptable.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism
9Dec By adminNo Comments
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Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism

Updated Dec. 8, 2023 7:01 pm ETPHILADELPHIA—The board of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school and more than 70 members of Congress have called for the Ivy League institution to name a new leader, ratcheting up pressure on Penn’s governing board after a furor erupted over the school president’s remarks on harassment of Jewish students.The letter from lawmakers dated Friday also urged the boards of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to fire their presidents, citing the three leaders’ congressional testimony regarding whether calls for genocide against Jewish people would qualify as harassment at their institutions.  Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Court Allows New York to Prohibit Guns in Sensitive Places
9Dec By adminNo Comments
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Court Allows New York to Prohibit Guns in Sensitive Places

Updated Dec. 8, 2023 4:29 pm ETA federal appeals court in New York ruled Friday that the state can prohibit permitted gun owners from carrying concealed weapons into theaters, bars, public parks and other public spaces.The ruling is the first from a federal appeals court to broadly consider where legally licensed gun owners have a right to go armed since the Supreme Court last year announced a broader interpretation of the Second Amendment that called a range of gun regulations into question.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism
9Dec By adminNo Comments
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Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism

Updated Dec. 8, 2023 7:01 pm ETPHILADELPHIA—The board of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school and more than 70 members of Congress have called for the Ivy League institution to name a new leader, ratcheting up pressure on Penn’s governing board after a furor erupted over the school president’s remarks on harassment of Jewish students.The letter from lawmakers dated Friday also urged the boards of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to fire their presidents, citing the three leaders’ congressional testimony regarding whether calls for genocide against Jewish people would qualify as harassment at their institutions.  Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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