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Extreme Cold Hammers Wide Swath of US Over Holiday Weekend

Blizzard conditions forecast for the Midwest, Great Lakes
Cold in Texas could push electricity demand near all-time high

January 13, 2024

By Victoria Cavaliere

Workers clear a sidewalk of snow in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 13, 2024.Photographer: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Snow falls on the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines amid a powerful winter storm on Monday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Disruptive winter storm to blast Midwest with blizzard conditions and threaten Southeast with tornadoes and floods

January 09, 2024

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Joe Sutton

Billionaire Bill Ackman Flip-Flops on Plagiarism After Wife Gets Caught

January 07, 2024

By Editors Desk

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January 07, 2024

Bill Ackman’s Friend Inside Harvard’s Board

Tracy Palandjian, founder and CEO of Social Finance, was until recently a director at the billionaire’s investment fund.

January 07, 2024

Tracy Palandjian in 2014. RINGO CHIU/ZUMA PRESS

January 06, 2024

How Harvard’s Board Broke With Claudine Gay

Facing intense pressure, it went from standing behind her as the university’s president to pushing her out within weeks.

January 06, 2024

Claudine Gay, the first Black president of Harvard, resigned only six months into her job amid accusations of plagiarism and her response to campus antisemitism.Credit...Sophie Park for The New York Times

January 05, 2024

‘Very smart people’: Donald Trump reacts to huge election decision

The US Supreme Court has made a huge call that could have severe consequences for Donald Trump – but he doesn’t appear fazed.

January 05, 2024

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump. Picture: Getty Images via AFP

January 05, 2024

Wayne LaPierre to step down as chief executive of National Rifle Association

LaPierre, 74, has cited health concerns but resignation comes days before he faces civil trial over alleged misuse of NRA funds

January 05, 2024

Wayne LaPierre, chief executive of the National Rifle Association, at the organization’s annual meeting in Indiana on 26 April 2019. Photograph: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

January 04, 2024

Harvard Crisis Signals Broader Fight Over What a University Should Be

.Claudine Gay was at the center of a campus debate over the direction of education.

January 04, 2024

Claudine Gay during a congressional hearing on antisemitism last month. HAIYUN JIANG/BLOOMBERG NEWS

January 03, 2024

Who Is Alan Garber, Harvard’s Interim President?

Dr. Garber is an economist and physician who told The Harvard Crimson that he regretted the university’s initial statement in response to the Israel-Hamas war.

January 03, 2024

Alan M. Garber, the provost of Harvard University, delivering a commencement address in 2014. He will serve as interim president.Credit...Paul Marotta/Getty Images

January 02, 2024

Billionaire hedge fund manager and Harvard alum reacts to President Claudine Gay's resignation

Bill Ackman, who led calls for the Harvard leader's ouster, issues three-word response to her stepping down

January 02, 2024

Fox News contributor Joe Concha joins Varney & Co. to discuss a recent Washington Post op-ed calling for Harvard President Claudine Gay to resign and a New York Times op-ed by Gaza Citys mayor.

January 02, 2024

Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns, shortest tenure in university history

Harvard President Claudine Gay will resign Tuesday afternoon, bringing an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.

January 02, 2024