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AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Rising boxing star Hannah Rapp killed after driver allegedly reversed into her on Texas highway

Hannah Rapp, a 26-year-old undefeated boxer who had just competed for a world title, was struck and killed while cycling on a highway in Brazos County, Texas, after a driver allegedly passed her and a second cyclist, stopped, and deliberately reversed his vehicle into her, the New York Post reported. Charles Medina, 31, was arrested […] The post Rising boxing star Hannah Rapp killed after driver allegedly reversed into her on Texas highway appeared first on American Almanac .

Hannah Rapp, a 26-year-old undefeated boxer who had just competed for a world title, was struck and killed while cycling on a highway in Brazos County, Texas, after a driver allegedly passed her and a second cyclist, stopped, and deliberately reversed his vehicle into her, the New York Post reported . Charles Medina, 31, was arrested and charged with manslaughter. He is being held at the Brazos County Detention Center. Rapp died Saturday morning. She was a fire and life safety inspector at Texas A&M University, a former Purdue University track athlete, and a professional fighter whose 8-0-1 record had made her one of the sport's most promising young talents. None of that mattered to the man behind the wheel. What happened on that Texas…Open

NYTIMES (Vimal Patel) - Texas A&M Picks an Insider for President After Months of Conflict

Debates over how to teach about gender, sexuality and other topics have shaken the school, and lead to the ouster of the previous president at the College Station campus last summer.

NYTIMES (Alan Blinder) - Texas A&M Lecturer Who Was Fired Over Gender Lesson Sues University

In a federal lawsuit, the lecturer, Melissa McCoul, accused the university of violating the First Amendment.

NYTIMES (Alan Blinder) - Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Hundreds of Classes on Race and Gender

New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.

AI:Texas A&M University has dismantled its Women’s Studies program and overhauled hundreds of courses focused on race and gender following the implementation of new state policies aimed at limiting these specific topics. This massive curriculum restructuring, driven by political mandates rather than academic inquiry, forces a widespread change in course offerings that university administrators warn could negatively impact the institution's reputation. The move marks a significant institutional shift away from previous ideological frameworks as the university attempts to navigate evolving regulatory requirements regarding how sensitive social and identity-based issues are taught within its classrooms.Open