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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday by US President Donald Trump’s administration that alleged Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment.
The decision from U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns said that President Donald Trump's administration failed to prove an ongoing violation of federal civil rights laws.
NPR – US A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday by US President Donald Trump’s administration that alleged Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday by US President Donald Trump’s administration that alleged Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment.
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NYTimes – US The government argued the university had not done enough to combat antisemitism during campus protests. A judge called the incidents “isolated and episodic.”
Federal court rules administration failed to plausibly show ongoing violation of civil rights law A US federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit that claimed Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment in the aftermath of the war in Gaza. In a ruling on Thursday morning, US district judge Richard Stearns in Boston said the administration’s lawsuit –…
BBC News – World Duane "Keffe D" Davis was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday in Las Vegas for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Jurors had convicted Davis of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in late August. Davis, a former Los Angeles gang leader, had discussed his involvement in books and interviews before denying it at trial.
NYTimes – World Pope Leo XIV, 71, has been diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery at Rome's Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said. Doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung in an operation lasting roughly 90 minutes; the Vatican called it successful with no complications. The pontiff is recovering in hospital. Scheduled visits to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru on November 6 have not been confirmed by the Vatican.
Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited Ceuta on Tuesday, their first visit to the North African enclave since 2007. During the visit, King Felipe declared Ceuta and Melilla "an inalienable part" of Spain, as Morocco claims sovereignty over the territory. The visit comes amid strained relations following a mass migrant influx in July.
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