Harvard defends admission policy as Asian-American bias trial ends
Harvard University defended its admissions policies on Friday against a group accusing it of discriminating against Asian-American applicants in the closing arguments of a trial that could change the role of race in U.S. college admissions.
‘Cool to vote’: Hollywood election telethon aims to get young to polls
Hollywood celebrities will make a push next week to urge young people to the polls in Tuesday’s U.S. elections, when control of Congress and many state governorships are at stake.
Pittsburgh holds last funeral in synagogue shooting for oldest victim
Mourners gathered in Pittsburgh on Friday for the funeral of the last and oldest of 11 victims gunned down in a massacre at a synagogue, capping a week of grieving for the city.
U.S. bomb packages suspect to face charges in New York
The 56-year-old Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bombs to top Democrats and other high-profile critics of President Donald Trump agreed in a Miami court to be transferred to New York state to face charges and waived his right to a bail hearing in…
U.S. mail bomb suspect agrees to face charges in New York
The 56-year-old Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bombs to top Democrats and other high-profile critics of President Donald Trump agreed in a Miami court to be transferred to New York state to face charges and waived his right to a bail hearing in…
Harvard to defend practices as Asian-American bias trial ends
Harvard University and a group accusing it of discriminating against Asian-American applicants began their closing arguments on Friday in a trial that could have wider implications for the role of race in U.S. college admissions.
U.S. mail bomb suspect faces pretrial hearing in Miami court
The 56-year-old Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bomb packages to high-profile critics of President Donald Trump will appear at a pretrial detention hearing in Miami on Friday morning.
Social media, tech firms use sites to urge U.S. citizens to vote
Criticized by lawmakers and others for being unable or unwilling to stop false and inflammatory information about divisive political issues, social media and tech companies say they are doing more to boost voter turnout for next Tuesday’s U.S. congress…
TV titans Trump, Oprah go head to head on U.S. campaign trail
Two former TV stars and political opposites – media mogul Oprah Winfrey and President Donald Trump – took to the U.S. campaign trail on Thursday, five days before elections that will determine whether Trump’s Republicans retain control of Congress.
Tennessee executes double murderer in electric chair
A 63-year-old convicted double murderer was put to death by electrocution in Tennessee on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court turned down his last-minute appeals, state corrections officials said.
