The president of Columbia University resigned her post on Wednesday, after just one year at the helm and months after anti-Israel protests shut down the campus.
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Colorado Jury Unanimously Finds Tina Peters Guilty on Seven of 10 Counts
The trial of former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters ended on Monday, with the jury unanimously finding her guilty of seven of the 10 counts she was charged with.
Read MoreConsumer Prices Rise in Latest Federal Inflation Data
Consumer prices rose again last month after dipping in June, according to newly released federal inflation data.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday released its Consumer Price Index, a key marker of inflation, which showed that consumer prices rose 0.2% in July, part of a 2.9% increase over the past 12 months.
Read MoreCongress Opens Probe into Whether Google Search Misled Americans on Trump Assassination
Already facing a potential breakup from a devastating antitrust court ruling, Google got more bad news Wednesday when the main congressional oversight committee announced it had opened a probe into whether the search engine misled Americans about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump last month.
Read MoreBiden Remains Bitter at Top Democrats as They Plan to Formally Usher Him Out the Door: Report
Fox News President Biden remains bitter toward the top Democrats who organized his ouster from the 2024 presidential race, even as the party prepares a massive sendoff at the Democratic National Convention, according to a report. Biden remains frustrated that former President Obama did not tell him to drop out face to…
Read MoreMortgage Applications Hit 19-Month High
Axios The number of Americans applying for a mortgage hit its highest level since January 2023 last week, while the number of refinance applications surged to a level not seen since May 2022. The number of Americans taking out new mortgages is still extremely low — but at least it’s growing. Lower long-term…
Read MoreMars May Hold Large Reserves of Water
Washington Examiner Mars‘s crusty interior may harbor massive reservoirs of water, enough to fill an ocean, according to a recent study of seismic data. Scientists have long though that Mars’s surface was once covered by water, most likely stretching across at least one third of the terrain in a massive northern ocean.…
Read MoreHunter Biden Reportedly Wanted Government to Help with Burisma Project While Joe Was VP
Hunter Biden reportedly asked U.S. officials to help him in connection to an energy deal in Italy while his father was vice president and he worked for the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, according to The New York Times.
Read MoreGlobal Health Emergency Is Declared by World Health Organization over Mpox Outbreak in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that the outbreak of mpox, formerly called Monkeypox, is a global public health emergency based on an increase in cases and deaths in recent months.
Read MoreTop Story: Inflation Ticks Up in New Federal Data
