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DEI rollbacks hit campus support systems for students of color
WASHINGTON (AP) — Campus mentors. Move-in events. Scholarships. Diversity offices that made them feel welcome on predominantly white campuses.
As U.S. colleges pull back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose all of these things and more.
The full scope of campus D ... (full story)
Anti-Trump resistance sees another leader in Van Hollen as Democrats' leadership carousel turns
NEW YORK (AP) — Now, it's Chris Van Hollen's turn.
The mild-mannered Maryland senator has suddenly emerged as a leading figure in the resistance to Donald Trump's norm-busting presidency, becoming the latest in a small but growing collection of Democratic officials testing the strength of their political power in a weakene ... (full story)
Drones pose increasing risk to airliners near major US airports
WASHINGTON (AP) — A commercial airliner was on final approach to San Francisco's international airport in November when the crew spotted a drone outside the cockpit window. By then it was too late "to take evasive action," the pilots reported, and the quadcopter passed by their windshield, not 300 feet away.
A mo ... (full story)
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to mineral rights ownership
The Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed a dispute over oil and gas rights underlying property in rural Belmont County, letting a lower court ruling stand.
The Supreme Court ruled it had improvidently accepted Darrell Crozier et al. v. Pipe Creek Conservancy LLC et al., a case it heard in February. The Court majority issued an entry ... (full story)
Why Elon Musk installed his top lieutenants at an agency you haven't heard of
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the rooftop patio of the General Services Administration headquarters, an agency staffer recently discovered something strange: a rectangular device attached to a wire that snaked across the roof, over the ledge and into the administrator's window one floor below.
It didn't take long for the employee & ... (full story)