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City officials release new video from day of Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others.
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President Donald Trump is demanding a $1 billion payment from Harvard University to end his prolonged standoff with the Ivy League campus, doubling the amount he sought previously as both sides appear to move further from reaching a deal. The president raised the stakes on social media Monday night, saying Harvard has been “behaving very badly.” He said the university must pay the government directly as part of any deal — something Harvard has opposed. Trump’s comments on Truth Social came in response to a New York Times report saying the president had dropped his demand for a financial payment, lowering the bar for a deal.
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A California appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former campus gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, on sex abuse charges. Dr. James Heaps was sentenced in 2023 to 11 years in prison after his conviction on charges of sexually abusing female patients. The court ruling on Monday ordered the case to be retried. A three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Heaps was denied a fair trial because his defense counsel was not made aware of a note pointing out concerns that one juror lacked sufficient English to carry out their duties. Heaps was convicted in October 2022 of three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of two patients.
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California appeals court overturns conviction of former UCLA campus gynecologist on sex abuse charges.
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Dangerous ice from frigid weekend storm prompts University of Mississippi to close campus for the week.
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Harvard University has announced that it has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. It said the suit was filed Monday in Boston federal court. The Trump administration had recently called in a letter to Harvard for broad government and leadership reforms at the university, as well as changes to its admissions policies. It also demanded that the university audit views of diversity on campus, and stop recognizing some student clubs. Harvard President Alan Garber said the university would not bend to the government’s demands. Hours later, the government froze billions of dollars in federal funding.
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After decades of partnership with the U.S. government, American colleges are facing new doubts about the future of their federal funding. President Donald Trump’s administration has been using the funding spigot as a tool to seek compliance with his agenda. And universities across the country are navigating cuts to grants for research institutions. The squeeze on higher education underscores how much American colleges depend on the federal government. In fact, an Associated Press analysis found the government provides grants and contracts worth close to half the total revenue of some research universities.