WASHINGTONPOST (Susan Svrluga, Laura Meckler) - White biologist sues Cornell, alleging illegal race-based hiring
Scientist claims the university intentionally discriminated against qualified candidates by refusing to consider White people.
REDSTATE (The Heartland Institute) - Trump’s Homeownership Executive Order: A Much-Needed Bad Idea?
STRIPES (Brian McElhiney and Keishi Koja, Keishi Koja, Brian McElhiney) - Expanded Iron Fist puts US, Japanese troops at more island training sites | Stars and Stripes
U.S. and Japanese naval forces are teaming up for an expanded version of annual exercises around Japan.
NYTIMES (Karen Weise) - Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs
The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs in part to redirect money into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.
NYTIMES (Dionne Searcey) - In Nigeria, a Catholic Bishop Tries to Tone Down the Uproar After U.S. Missile Strikes
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, often called “the conscience of the nation,” has been trying to tone down the uproar after President Trump bombed a region in his diocese.
NYTIMES (Stephanie Saul) - How the Online SAT May be Vulnerable to Cheating
Sites in China are selling test questions, and online forums offer software that can bypass test protections, according to tutors and testing experts raising alarms.
NYTIMES (Sammy Sussman) - How We Tracked Down Thousands of Police Misconduct Files
Freedom of Information requests led to the discovery of varied offenses by officers around New York State.
NYTIMES (Sammy Sussman) - Loose Rules Let New York State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct
New York State troopers used the badge to settle personal scores and elicit favors. Still, they remained on the job, an investigation found.
NYTIMES (Campbell Robertson) - Virginia Judge Blocks Democrats’ Efforts to Redraw Congressional Maps
Democratic leaders vowed to appeal the lower court ruling, which found that the legislative process behind the redistricting push was improper.
NYTIMES (Nicole Sperling and Maggie Shannon) - Sundance Film Festival Says Goodbye to Park City, Utah
“It’s hard not to feel a disturbance in the force,” said Ethan Hawke, whose acting career took off after his early movies appeared at the Utah festival in the 1990s.