Key voices in the decades-long debate over affirmative action
By Joseph Ax, Sharon Bernstein and Gabriella Borter For decades, selective U.S. colleges and universities have considered, among
2023-06-29 22:50
Colleen Ballinger AKA Miranda Sings addresses allegations with bizarre ukulele song
Colleen Ballinger (also known as Miranda Sings) has denied swirling allegations against her by releasing a 10-minute video of her playing the ukulele. "A lot of people are saying some things about me that aren’t quite true. Doesn’t matter if it’s true, though, just as long as it’s entertaining to you, right?", she sings in the video titled 'Hi.' Ballinger was accused of forming inappropriate relationships with fans. "Many years ago, I used to message my fans but not in a creepy way, like a lot of you are trying to suggest. It was more of a loser kind of way, where I was just trying to be besties with everybody", she continued singing. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter
2023-06-29 22:50
Hiroshima peace park, Pearl Harbor memorial park forge sister park deal to promote peace
Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor, two symbols of World War II animosity between Japan and the United States, are now promoting peace and friendship through a sister park arrangement
2023-06-29 22:50
Israel's Netanyahu says most controversial part of judicial overhaul legislation 'not coming back'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the most controversial aspect of his government's proposed judicial reform, a provision allowing the national legislature, the Knesset, to overturn Supreme Court rulings, has been dropped and will not be returning.
2023-06-29 22:47
Pence meets with Zelensky during Ukraine trip
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday met with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky during a visit to the country, a show of support for the European nation under attack from Russia as Republicans vying for their party's presidential nomination have been divided over America's role in the ongoing conflict.
2023-06-29 22:47
Mike Pence, former US VP and presidential hopeful, visits Ukraine -NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who is running for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election,
2023-06-29 22:47
U.S. Supreme Court buoys religious employees who seek accommodations at work
By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday bolstered the ability of employees to obtain accommodations at
2023-06-29 22:29
Energy crisis and inflation push more German firms into insolvency - study
The number of German firms pushed into insolvency rose in the first half of this year at the
2023-06-29 22:29
Protestors break into Swedish embassy in Baghdad after Stockholm Quran burning
Demonstrators breached the perimeter of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Thursday, a day after a protestor burned a copy of the Quran in Sweden.
2023-06-29 22:27
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down university race-conscious admissions policies
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious student admissions programs at Harvard University and
2023-06-29 22:27
Read the opinion: Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in college admissions
The Supreme Court on Thursday said colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as an express factor in admissions.
2023-06-29 22:26
What could break as interest rates rise?
LONDON Markets are on the alert to which sectors will buckle under the sharpest jump in interest rates
2023-06-29 22:24