#House committee to investigate allegations of plagiarism against Harvard president

#House committee to investigate allegations of plagiarism against Harvard president

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said Wednesday that the House Education Committee will expand its investigation into Harvard President Claudine Gay to include allegations that she committed plagiarism in academic work. The Education Committee previously held a hearing on campus antisemitism featuring Gay and the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania and MIT. At that hearing,…

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#US, UK shoot down 15 drones launched from Yemen over Red Sea

#US, UK shoot down 15 drones launched from Yemen over Red Sea

The United States and the United Kingdom shot down 15 drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen early Saturday morning that were targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea. U.S. Central Command said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, that the USS Carney “successfully engaged 14 unmanned aerial systems launched as a drone wave from Houthi-controlled…

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#California to vote on allowing ‘toilet-to-tap’ projects: What to know

#California to vote on allowing ‘toilet-to-tap’ projects: What to know

Some Californians could find themselves flushing a future drinking water source down their commodes in just a few years’ time — pending the approval of long-awaited, but misnamed, “toilet-to-tap” rules next week.  The California State Water Resources Control Board will consider a landmark proposal Tuesday to streamline “direct potable reuse” (DPR) — a process by which…

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