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Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Ill. Teresa Crawford/AP hide caption toggle caption Teresa Crawford/AP Northwestern University has agreed to a $75 million payout to the Trump administration to settle a discrimination investigation into the school and to restore federal funding that had been frozen throughout the inquest, the Justice Department announced on Friday. “Today’s settlement marks another victory in the Trump Administration’s fight to ensure that American educational institutions protect Jewish students and put merit first,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “Institutions that accept federal funds…

For a moment, Jacob Hannah saw an unprecedented opportunity to make Appalachia great again.In 2022, the Biden administration earmarked billions of dollars to help revitalize and strengthen former coal communities. The objective was to lay down building blocks for the region to transition from extractive industries like coal and timber to a hub for solar and other advanced energy technologies, with a view to long-term economic, climate and social resilience.But on his first day in office, Donald Trump scrapped Biden’s clean energy and environmental programs, which he lambasted as woke, anti-American liberal hoaxes.“We knew we were living in a historic…

Black Friday is technically a thing of the past, but many of the best deals we told you about yesterday — including deep discounts on the AirPods Pro 3, the Pixel Watch 4, and the latest Kindle Paperwhite — are still kicking for now. In some cases, gadgets are out of stock at certain stores, or certain configurations are tougher to find at this point. You don’t have to worry, though, as we’ve confirmed that every deal below is both in stock and selling at a great price.Below are the results of our weeks spent sifting through deals and continually…

An olive ridley sea turtle hatchling lurches along the sand to the sea in Velas, India. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR VELAS, India — Little kids giddily squeal as a baby sea turtle, flippers flapping, lurches toward the water with the grace of a drunk lunging for a cab at closing time. Tourists applaud as about a dozen more palm-sized hatchlings stumble into the sea. The tourists had gathered at daybreak on an April day for the Velas Turtle Festival, on the western Indian coast, where volunteers invite visitors to watch them release baby turtles from a…

By the time Whispering Bill Anderson asked a crowd full of Grand Ole Opry members to raise their glasses for a toast Friday night, the country music institution was working on a quick turnaround. The early show — the first of two on the night celebrating the Opry’s official 100th birthday — had run half an hour longer than scheduled, and most of the nearly 30 artists who took the stage to celebrate were sticking around for the second performance, but this moment was as important as any that happened on stage. “To 1925 and all that was,” the 88-year-old…

Many of the WWE’s biggest and best superstars will be in action at Survivor Series: WarGames.The women’s WarGames match started the night with a trash-can bang. With an assist from teammates Rhea Ripley and AJ Lee, Iyo Sky — dressed as a garbage bin — leaped off the top of the cage into Nia Jax, Lash Legend and Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) below. That led to an opportunity for Lee to submit her archrival Becky Lynch via the Black Widow and secure the win for her team that also included Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss.In the final PLE…

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondentGetty ImagesAll domestic cats (Felis catus) are descended from the African wild catIn true feline style, cats took their time in deciding when and where to forge bonds with humans. According to new scientific evidence, the shift from wild hunter to pampered pet happened much more recently than previously thought – and in a different place.A study of bones found at archaeological sites suggests cats began their close relationship with humans only a few thousand years ago, and in northern Africa not the Levant. “They are ubiquitous, we make TV programmes about them, and they dominate the internet,”…

A case for taking a year to travel.It’s a Tuesday morning in January, and I’m on top of Mount Kilimanjaro, nearly 19,000 feet above sea level. Along with a group of 17 other students, I’ve spent the last eight hours climbing through the night, weathering a spontaneous blizzard to reach the summit. It will be difficult to forget the feelings of simultaneous excitement and exhaustion in this moment–amplified, of course, by extreme oxygen deprivation. This is what my gap year before college has been all about: pushing myself to discover new heights, push my limits, and learning new things about…

Flamengo beat fellow Brazilian side Palmeiras 1-0 in Peru to lift the Copa Libertadores title for the fourth time.Published On 29 Nov 202529 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareFlamengo defeated Palmeiras 1-0 to win the Copa Libertadores, becoming the most successful Brazilian team in the history of South America’s top club competition by lifting the title for a fourth time.A second-half headed goal from Flamengo centre-back Danilo settled a scrappy encounter at the Estadio Monumental in Lima on Saturday – the fifth Libertadores final in the past six seasons to feature two clubs from Brazil.Recommended Stories list of…

IN FLIGHT – NOVEMBER 25: President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One on November 25, 2025 in flight en route to Florida. The Trumps are traveling to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe Trump Administration is intensifying its war on the “fake news media” by launching a “Media Offender of the Week” page on the official White House website. The page, which names journalists from CBS News, The Boston Globe and The Independent, carries the subtitle “Misleading. Biased. Exposed.” Named as “media offenders” are Boston Globe politics…