Author: KnowledgeHippo
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is “genocidal,” according to the home page of the Department of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.Such a statement would be considered political and banned, according to a new proposal by the regents of the University of California.Under the proposal, academic departments would be prohibited from publishing political statements on their home pages. And any political statement issued by a department – in any venue – would have to meet stricter guidelines.The regents are set to vote as early as Wednesday on the plan, which would apply to the 10…
Federal Reserve officials will wrap up a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, giving a fresh decision on interest rates at a time when economic growth remains resilient and inflation has shown recent signs of stubbornness.Central bankers are widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged. However, investors will be closely watching their new economic estimates and what Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chairman, says at a press conference for hints of what may come next.Many economists still expect the Fed to cut interest rates several times before the end of 2024, which could make it cheaper to borrow to buy a…
President Biden on Wednesday awarded $8.5 billion in grants to Intel, a major investment to boost the nation’s semiconductor manufacturing, during a tour of battleground states to sell his economic agenda.Speaking from Intel’s campus in Chandler, Ariz., Mr. Biden said the award would support thousands of new manufacturing jobs, including those that don’t require a college degree.“It will transform the semiconductor industry,” Mr. Biden said. “Where the hell does it say we’re not going to be the manufacturing capital of the world again?”The award, which will go to the construction and expansion of Intel facilities in the United States, is…
Scientists at a prominent cancer lab at Columbia University retracted four studies and a stern note was added to a fifth that accused it of “serious abuse of the scientific publication system,” the latest result of allegations of research misconduct recently leveled against several top cancer scientists. .A scientific researcher in Britain last year uncovered discrepancies in data published by the Columbia lab, including the reuse of photographs and other images in various documents. The New York Times reported last month that a medical journal in 2022 quietly retracted a stomach cancer study by researchers after an internal investigation by…
It’s already been a sweet life for Fumihide Oda, CEO of Rokkatei, one of the oldest pastry shops in Hokkaido, Japan and the birthplace of the popular Marusei butter sandwich cookies.This summer, Mr. Oda expects life to get even sweeter. He and his wife, along with two other couples—including his sister and her husband—will take their four children to Oakland, California, to experience, up close, another of Hokkaido’s prized exports: shohei Ohtani.This is the family’s first trip abroad to see Mr. Ohtani. And it will be the children’s first visit to the United States.”We decided to go to California now…
For many civilians in Gaza, fleeing Israeli attacks has become a grim cycle. Israeli evacuation orders have prompted more than a million people to move from one destination to another since October, each time packing their belongings and seeking transportation — by vehicle, cart or foot — to escape airstrikes and ground fighting between Israel and Hamas.The most recent example is Rafah, in southern Gaza, a city that has swelled to more than 1.4 million people due to forced displacement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his army would invade the city to root out Hamas, but that…
Alabama Republicans advanced a sweeping measure Tuesday that would not only bar state funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies, but also limit the teaching of “divisive concepts” around race, gender and identity.The bill passed with broad support in the state legislature, but faced fierce opposition from student groups, civil rights advocates and Democrats who said it was a chilling attempt to undermine free speech and diversity efforts, especially given the history of educational segregation. and racism in Alabama.The bill also prohibits public universities and colleges from allowing transgender people…
Two major US newspaper chains, Gannett and McClatchy, plan to drastically cut their business ties with the Associated Press, which provides news reports and images to outlets around the world.Gannett, the largest newspaper company in the United States and the publisher of USA Today, said Tuesday that, starting Monday, it will no longer use articles, photos and videos from the AP in its hundreds of publications.”Between USA Today and our incredible network of more than 200 newsrooms, we produce more journalism every day than the AP,” Kristin Roberts, Gannett’s chief content officer, wrote in a company note.Ms. Roberts noted that…
Kate Middleton has long been a magnet for unsubstantiated rumors: She pressured an art gallery to remove a royal portrait! She divorced her husband! She changed her hairstyle to distract from the pregnancy rumors! She did not give birth to her daughter!This year, the speculation went beyond. Mrs. Middleton—now Catherine, Princess of Wales—has been lying low since Christmas. Kensington Palace said she is recovering from “a scheduled abdominal operation” and is unlikely to resume her royal duties until after Easter. Conspiracy theorists had other, more sinister ideas. The only explanation for the future queen’s long absence, they said, was that…
A Canadian man living in China was arrested Tuesday and held in New York after he and a business partner were accused of trying to sell secret battery-making technology owned by Tesla.Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have asked a judge to hold Klaus Pflugbeil without bail on a charge of stealing trade secrets. He was arrested after meeting with undercover agents on Tuesday in Long Island and trying to sell them technology used to make battery components, the US Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York said in a statement.The second man, Yilong Shao, 47, a Chinese national, remains…