The university will make first-semester grades pass or fail, to encourage students to explore different classes and lessen fears that “a low grade may have long-term consequences.”
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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia Monday morning, killing at least 169 people and devastating the western portion of the country. The quake struck at 7:34 a.m. and was centered in the Chocó province near the municipality of San José del Palmar, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It toppled multistory buildings, damaged hospitals and airports, and was felt in the capital Bogotá and neighboring Ecuador and Panama. Emergency crews, soldiers, police, and volunteers worked through the night, sometimes digging with their bare hands, to rescue victims trapped below rubble or inside collapsed buildings. In Cali, hundreds of patients were treated outside after part of a hospital crumbled. Officials expect the death toll to rise in…Open
Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and former Marine, has been freed from detention in Russia on humanitarian grounds, a State Department spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
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The driver drew a handgun of his own
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Robert Gilman, a U.S. military veteran detained in Russia since 2022, has been freed and is now receiving medical care in Texas.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old American military veteran, has been released from Russian custody after spending over four years in prison under reportedly abusive conditions. He is now in Texas receiving medical and psychological treatment, according to advocacy group Global Reach. DETAIL: Gilman was sentenced in 2022 for allegedly assaulting a police officer and later faced additional charges relating to alleged attacks on investigators, prison inspectors, and guards, extending his prison term to ten years. Reports claim he endured forced exercise, psychotropic drug administration, and harassment, with Russian authorities allegedly pressuring him to fight in Ukraine. He was reportedly in a “dissociative…Open
Rep. Chip Roy described the yearslong leftward lurch of the Democratic Party towards socialism on Tuesday's "National Report."
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U.S. — The Democratic Party announced on Tuesday that U.S. citizens were not allowed to remember all those things the party said and did just a few years ago.
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For years, America's economy has been defined by a "K-shaped" gap: The rich kept spending at a rapid pace, while everyone else struggled to keep up. - That divide is suddenly narrowing. Why it matters: Economists warned that consumer spending growth was increasingly reliant on wealthy Americans, leaving the economy vulnerable to a stock market downturn or any other wealth shock. - Importantly, the "K" appears to be closing from the bottom up, meaning that lower- and middle-income Americans are catching up, rather than affluent households pulling back. - That could put consumer spending on a more resilient footing. Zoom in: Bank of America is calling it the "great convergence." - The bank's data shows spending and wage growth among its…
By Susan Quinn This is worrisome because Islam is an imperialist political and cultural system, as well as a religion.
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