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A letter from a Georgia man convicted of murder led prosecutors to reexamine his case – and right their 20-year wrong
After spending more than 20 years in prison for a murder prosecutors now say he did not commit, Marquez Powell has been exonerated and released, ending a decades-long fight to prove his innocence.
DHS scraps plans to turn Georgia warehouse into detention mega center, city says
The Trump administration is abandoning plans for a massive immigration detention center in Georgia, ending a controversial project that drew fierce local opposition and political pushback.
Pregnant woman and son will return home to Ghana after being detained for over a week at Dulles Airport, judge says
A federal judge ordered a Ghanaian woman and her 4-year-old son released from detention at Washington Dulles Airport after they were held for more than a week in a windowless room amid an immigration dispute.
These college leaders are keeping the heat on in battle with Trump administration – despite settlements by prominent schools
College is the place where many students entering adulthood find their voice. But when it comes to addressing the White House’s ongoing battle with elite higher education, many institutional leaders seem to have lost theirs.
UCLA loses federal research funding in administration’s ongoing fight with top universities
UCLA is the latest major institution of higher learning to see promised research funding snatched away by the Trump administration, the university’s leader said in an open letter to students and faculty Thursday.
An investigation is underway after a fire engulfed a Massachusetts assisted-living facility, killing 9 people. Here’s what we know
Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to escape an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, which caught fire Sunday evening.
Attacks on Harvard by Trump administration have built for months. A timeline of the dispute
Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has made a major push to put America’s elite universities on notice over political ideology. But the groundwork for the White House’s stronger stance was laid more than a year earlier.
Harvard board chair Penny Pritzker emerges as a target in Trump administration’s higher ed fight
The fight between two of America’s most prominent institutions – the federal government and Harvard University – is getting personal.
Attacks on Harvard by Trump administration have built for months. A timeline of the dispute
Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has made a major push to put America’s elite universities on notice over political ideology. But the groundwork for the White House’s stronger stance was laid more than a year earlier.
A Delta flight crashed then flipped upside down while landing in Toronto. Here’s what we know
A Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis crashed, turned upside down and caught fire on the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport while attempting to land Monday, the latest in a string of passenger plane crashes since December.