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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is asking America's colleges to renew their efforts to make campuses more racially diverse, urging schools to boost scholarships and minority recruiting and to give "meaningful consideration" to the adversity students face because of their race or finances. The Education Department issued a report last week promoting strategies to increase [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — College programs that consistently leave graduates with low pay or unaffordable loans will lose access to federal money under a new rule being finalized by the Biden administration. The policy applies mostly to for-profit colleges, along with certificate programs at traditional universities. The Education Department says it's a step toward accountability for [...]
COLUMBUS — Ohio victims of child sexual abuse while in the Boy Scouts of America could see more compensation for the crimes committed against them under legislation passed last week by the state Senate in a unanimous vote. The bill's passage comes amid the organization's bankruptcy settlement, first filed in 2020 after tens of thousands [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Hubert, an airport security officer in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., recalls helping fellow Transportation Security Administration workers get essentials from food banks when they worked without pay during the last government shutdown. By the end of the 35-day ordeal, he needed the same help himself. Steve Reaves, a union leader for workers [...]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is admitting Israel into a select group of countries whose citizens are allowed to travel to the United States without getting a visa in advance. The decision announced this week comes despite Washington's concerns about the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinian Americans and marks a major accomplishment for Israeli Prime [...]
VIENNA (AP) —Biden administration officials said they hope to create a commercial nuclear fusion facility within 10 years as part of the nation's transition to clean energy, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said earlier this week. Calling nuclear fusion a pioneering technology, Granholm said President Joe Biden wants to harness fusion as a carbon-free energy source [...]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court this week allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for black voters to proceed, rejecting the state's plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were struck down by a lower court. In refusing to intervene, the justices, without any noted dissent, allowed a court-appointed special master's [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A spike last year drove inflation to its highest level in four decades. The federal government’s attempted cure — much higher interest rates, to cool spending and hiring — was expected to raise unemployment rates. Forecasts from economists had predicted that as the Federal Reserve jacked up its benchmark rate ever higher, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced this week that it has awarded more than $1.4 billion to projects that improve railway safety and boost capacity, with much of the money coming from the 2021 infrastructure law. "These projects will make American rail safer, more reliable, and more resilient, delivering tangible benefits to dozens of [...]
The U.S. Energy Department last week announced plans to invest $325 million in new battery types that can help turn solar and wind energy into 24-hour power. The funds will be distributed among 15 projects in 17 states and the Red Lake Nation, a Native American tribe based in Minnesota. Batteries are increasingly being used [...]