ABCNEWS - WATCH: Conan O'Brien gears up for the Oscars
O'Brien will take to the state to host the Academy Awards on March 15.
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ABCNEWS - WATCH: Singing mailman goes viral
Lavonte Harvey loves singing while delivering mail in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, and a woman asked him to sing for her grandmother who recently lost her husband of 50 years after hearing him.
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AXIOS (April Rubin) - Summers leaves Harvard as Epstein reckoning rocks academia
Former Harvard president Larry Summers announced Wednesday he will resign his positions at the university following backlash to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . Why it matters: Epstein had deep ties to several donors and academics, prompting U.S. colleges and universities to reckon with revelations from recently released documents about investigations into his activities. - The Epstein files have effectively ended the careers of some of the world's most powerful figures. Read more about Epstein accountability in higher education: Harvard University Driving the news: Summers said he made the "difficult decision" to resign from his professorship at the end of the academic year. - He also resigned as…
NYTIMES (Dan Barry) - Writers Are Being Targeted by Scams. This Reporter Knows the Feeling.
From George Saunders to the National Book Foundation, the literary world has been besieged by fake requests. Just like me.
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NYTIMES (Mark Arsenault) - Larry Summers Will Resign From Harvard After Jeffrey Epstein Revelations
Mr. Summers, former president of the school, had stepped back from teaching after documents showed a closer relationship to Jeffrey Epstein than previously known. He will leave at the end of the academic year.
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NYTIMES (Mike Baker and Michael Gold) - Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman’s unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor. But several memos related to her account are not in the files.
NYTIMES (Benjamin Weiser) - Maurene Comey, a Prosecutor in Epstein Case, Joins New York Law Firm
Maurene Comey is joining Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. She was abruptly fired by the Trump administration last year after a career as a top federal prosecutor.
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NYTIMES (The New York Times) - Surgeon General Nominee Is Pressed on Vaccine Stance in Confirmation Hearing
Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer and critic of mainstream medicine, is appearing before a Senate committee.
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AXIOS (Alex Fitzpatrick) - Winters are getting shorter across most U.S. cities
Data: Climate Central ; Note: Winter temperature threshold based on the coldest 90-day window; Map: Jacque Schrag/Axios This winter has been brutally cold, snowy and icy for millions of Americans — yet winters are getting shorter across most U.S. cities amid climate change. - That's per a new analysis based on temperatures rather than calendar dates from Climate Central, a climate research group. Driving the news: Compared to the 1970-1997 period, winters are now shorter in 80% of the 245 U.S. cities analyzed in the report. - Among those 195 cities, winter lasts for nine fewer days on average. How it works: Climate Central defined "winter" as the coldest 90 days of the year in a row during the 1970-1997 period, then compared the…
AXIOS (Peter Sullivan) - Surgeon general nominee won't say she urges vaccination
Surgeon General nominee Casey Means said during a confirmation hearing Wednesday that she believes vaccines save lives but did not unequivocally urge people to get vaccinated. The big picture: The nutrition influencer and ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questioning from Senate health committee chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) over how she would handle vaccine messaging as the nation's top doctor. - Pressed on whether she would encourage vaccination against measles amid a series of outbreaks across the country, Means said: "Every individual needs to talk to their doctor before putting a medication in their body." - She did say broadly that "vaccines save lives" and "I'm supportive of vaccination." Between the lines:…