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AP says it will no longer name suspects in minor crimes

AP says it will no longer name suspects in minor crimes Via AP News: The Associated Press said Tuesday it will no longer run the names of people charged with minor crimes, out of concern that such stories can have a long, damaging afterlife on the internet that can make it hard for individuals to move on with their lives. In so doing, one of the world’s biggest newsgathering organizations […]

today06/16/2021 4

University of Oregon

University of Oregon claims new authority to punish off-campus student conduct

University of Oregon claims new authority to punish off-campus student conduct Via Just The News: A sweeping new disciplinary policy at the University of Oregon is drawing attention from legal experts for potentially subjecting students to its jurisdiction regardless of where they are, physically or online. The Board of Trustees approved the resolution last month. It gives the university authority to punish off-campus student behavior when UO has a "clear […]

today06/03/2021 7

MLB Commissioner

Small business group sues MLB Commissioner over moving All-Star game from Atlanta

Small business group sues MLB Commissioner over moving All-Star game from Atlanta Via Just The News: A small business group on Monday evening sued Major League Baseball, its commissioner Rob Manfred and the head of professional baseball players union Tony Clark alleging their efforts to move this summer's All-Star game from Atlanta to protest Georgia's new election integrity law unlawfully inflicted "staggering" damages on businesses in the region. The suit […]

today06/01/2021 5

Evergreen State College

Trustee floats merger for Evergreen State College after presidential search flub

Trustee floats merger for woke-but-broke Evergreen State College after presidential search flub Via Just The News: Four years after a racial segregation controversy that ended with a half-million-dollar buyout for harassed white faculty, a public college in Washington state is facing a new challenge: finding a president. The three finalists for the top job at Evergreen State College, including a retired Navy officer, unexpectedly withdrew from consideration last week after a […]

today05/17/2021 21

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Puts the Brakes on Diversity Plan After Top Lawyer Resigns

Coca-Cola Puts the Brakes on Diversity Plan After Top Lawyer Resigns Via Breitbart: Coca-Cola has put the brakes on its controversial diversity plan, which included penalizing outside law firms if they did not meet racial diversity quotas, because of intense backlash. The pause on the diversity plan comes after the plan’s architect, Coca-Cola’s former general counsel Bradley Gayton, abruptly resigned last month after serving less than a year on the job and […]

today05/05/2021 8

US birth rate

US birth rate falls to lowest point in more than a century

US birth rate falls to lowest point in more than a century Via AP News: The U.S. birth rate fell 4% last year, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a government report being released Wednesday. The rate dropped for moms of every major race and ethnicity, and in nearly age group, falling to the lowest point since federal health officials started tracking it more than a […]

today05/05/2021 3

Race-focused

Yale research: Race-focused language of ‘Democratic elites’ hurts their causes

Yale research: Race-focused language of 'Democratic elites' hurts their causes Via Just The News: Public support falls for progressive policies when they are framed as helping racial minorities, according to a new paper by Yale University researchers. It questions the wisdom of "Democratic elites," including President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders, racializing ostensibly race-neutral issues such as infrastructure, climate change and minimum wage increases. Appeals to class interests are best […]

today04/28/2021 8

population growth

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression Via AP News: U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said Monday, as Americans continued their march to the South and West and one-time engines of growth, New York and California, lost political influence. Altogether, the U.S. population rose to 331,449,281 last year, the Census Bureau said, a 7.4% increase that was the […]

today04/26/2021 5

Honda

Honda to phase out gas-powered cars by 2040 in N. America

Honda to phase out gas-powered cars by 2040 in N. America Via AP News:  Japanese automaker Honda said Friday that it plans to phase out all of its gasoline-powered vehicles in North America by 2040, making it the latest major automaker with a goal of becoming carbon neutral. The announcement came as leaders of the major global economies met for President Joe Biden’s climate summit. Biden has an ambitious goal of slashing America’s […]

today04/24/2021 13

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