Responding to the deluge of new investigations into antisemitism on college campuses since Oct. 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza, Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) wrote to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Monday to call on him to appoint a dedicated official to oversee the Department of Education’s efforts to fight […]
UCLA has moved swiftly to create a new chief safety officer position to oversee campus security operations, including the police department, in the wake of what have been called serious lapses in handling protests that culminated in a mob attack on a pro-Palestinian student encampment last week. Chancellor Gene Block announced Sunday that Rick Braziel, […]
China has sent a vice premier to oversee recovery efforts and urged better safety measures after a road collapse killed at least 48 people in the country’s mountainous south. The official Xinhua News Agency on Friday said vice premier Zhang Guoqing had “stressed sparing no effort in carrying out rescue and relief work.” The dispatch […]
South Carolina’s largest charter school district last week approved a new school at the Mission Lake Wilderness Camp in Lexington County that was proposed by a group composed almost entirely of people with close ties to the district. The relationship between the parties raises serious ethical concerns, according to legal experts, and appears to run […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Toyota will oversee model certification at its subsidiary Daihatsu to regain trust among dealers, customers and workers after a safety testing scandal, Daihatsu’s new president said Monday. Toyota Motor Corp. will take a leadership role in various areas, including product development and procurement, said Masahiro Inoue, who took the helm […]
FOND DU LAC — A change in the local communications center marks promotions in Fond du Lac County law enforcement. Fond du Lac County Board unanimously approved transferring oversight of the Fond du Lac County Communications Center to the sheriff’s office March 19, and the Fond du Lac County Communication Service Administrative Review Board made […]
Effective Thursday, former President Donald Trump’s namesake family real estate company has a babysitter. New York Judge Arthur Engoron, who oversaw Trump’s civil fraud trial, imposed a monitor over the Trump Organization as part of a judgment that also required Trump to pay a nearly-half billion dollar penalty. Barbara Jones, a retired federal judge, has […]
For the third time in 11 months, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket. Starship launched for the third time ever on Thursday (March 14), roaring into the skies from SpaceX‘s Starbase site in South Texas. The company aimed to bring both of Starship’s elements — its first-stage […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A special master will be appointed to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, a judge ordered Friday, marking the first time the federal Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such oversight. A 2021 Associated Press investigation that found a culture of […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Senate is backing a plan to give the state’s appointed election board the power to investigate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger‘s handling of elections, despite the measure’s sponsor saying that the bill is in “murky water” when it comes to its constitutionality. The Senate voted 30-19 along party lines Friday for […]
ATLANTA (AP) — An attempt to state that Georgia’s appointed State Election Board has the legal power to investigate Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger‘s handling of elections blossomed into a constitutional showdown Tuesday, with a lawyer for Raffensperger saying board members can’t legally oversee him. “There is no precedent for an unelected board of […]
President Biden is dispatching two of his senior-most West Wing aides to help oversee his reelection campaign in Delaware, multiple people familiar with the plans tell CBS News. Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime speechwriter, and Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, who ran Mr. Biden’s 2020 campaign, will leave their senior positions at the White House and turn […]