1. HARVARD PRESIDENT STAYS |
Harvard's top governing board said it unanimously supports President Claudine Gay, who had faced calls to resign after last week's contentious congressional hearing on antisemitism on college campuses. When asked by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., whether Harvard allows "calling for the genocide of Jews," Gay responded, "When speech crosses into ... bullying, harassment or intimidation," the university will hold them accountable. |
Gay speaks during the House hearing last week. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) |
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Cheaper gas pushed inflation down in November, but the prices of services — anything from rent payments to restaurants — are still rising faster than core inflation, which was 4% compared with November 2022. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested earlier this month that the bank may still raise interest rates again to bring inflation down to its 2% goal. |
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Lawyers for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked a federal judge to toss Disney's free-speech lawsuit against him. In February, DeSantis took over Disney World's local self-governing district to punish the corporation's opposition to the 2022 "Don't Say Gay" law, which banned teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades and has since been expanded to all K-12 education. |
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A jury said Google illegally makes it harder to download apps outside the Google-controlled Android Play store, a decision that could make it easier for smartphone and tablet users to buy apps and games directly from developers. Google takes up to a 30% cut on transactions within its apps, so it could lose billions of dollars as a result. The company said it will appeal the decision, which was brought by Epic, the maker of the popular game Fortnite. Before you start a fundraiser to help Google: It made nearly $300 billion over the last year. |
We're too old to know what's going on in this Fortnite clip. (Giphy) |
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The head of the United Auto Workers, which represents employees at three New Jersey casinos, has urged state lawmakers to ban smoking on casino floors after three years of industry opposition. Ahead of a state Senate hearing tomorrow, Shawn Fain wrote that the UAW would "monitor and track" Senate and Assembly members' votes. |
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Colorado wildlife officials plan to release 10 wolves in the first stage of a voter-approved program to reintroduce the animals after decades of a campaign to eradicate them across the West. Many ranchers have opposed reintroduction because wolves sometimes kill or injure livestock (and pets), although it happened to just 0.002% of cattle across 10 states last year. The program will pay ranchers who lose animals. How dare the wolves kill cattle. That's the ranchers' job. |
Fourteen-year-old Tala at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center in Divide. (Jason Connolly / AFP via Getty Images) |
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Yes, the season where the sun goes away and everything green dies also graces us with unfavorable immune reactions that are not the common cold, flu or Covid-19. Dr. Tania Elliott shared what symptoms to look out for, how to get some relief — and a surprising allergy source that you may be overlooking. |
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Happy seventh night of Hanukkah to all those observing! We were delighted to have Melanie Shurka, the executive chef at Kubeh in New York City, stop by with latkes, mezze, Hanukkah doughnuts filled with Nutella, and a mezcal cocktail with pomegranate puree. We have never seen food disappear so quickly from the break room. |
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The Associated Press released some of its most memorable photos from 2023. We chose some of our favorites, starting with one we find particularly memorable because we saw it out our windows at the Cheddar News offices. |
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10. IN MEMORIAM: ANDRE BRAUGHER |
The Emmy-winning actor died at age 61 after a brief illness. Braugher was best known for starring as Det. Frank Pembleton in the critically acclaimed 1990s series Homicide: Life on the Street and as the deceptively stone-faced Capt. Ray Holt on the comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine in 2013-2021. |
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Yesterday we asked for your take on shoes in the house: Do you take them off or are they staying on? The result was not even close. (We happen to agree with the majority, though we respect and love all of you equally.) |
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