Harvard faculty votes to limit number of A’s it hands out to slow grade-flation
“It would be flippant to say that [Harvard] grades are useless,” a law school dean told the Washington Post, “But they’re almost useless.”
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Trump tried to deliver an inspirational speech to graduates. It quickly became uncomfortable
At a commencement ceremony for US Coast Guard graduates on Wednesday, the president commented on the bodies of individual students and then gave a bizarrely underwhelming ‘live, laugh, love’ take on career advice, writes Holly Baxter
Trump’s elections revenge crusade just saddled him with some crucial Republican foes in Congress
Trump is poking the bear in the Senate, where Republicans added to his burn list are flexing their power, writes John Bowden. And, as Thomas Massie reminded after his loss Tuesday night, they have seven more months to do so
Former Cuban President Raul Castro indicted for murder by US
The indictment marks a new low in relations between the longtime Cold War rivals
US indicts Cuba’s former president Raul Castro, 94, in connection with a 1996 incident
The United States has indicted former Cuban president Raul Castro in connection with a 1996 incident, court records showed on Wednesday, marking an escalation in the pressure campaign against the communist government in Havana. Castro faces charges i…
US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime
Charges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996The United States issued a federal criminal indictment against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former president, and five others on Wednesday in a significant escalation o…
Indiana man found dancing on side of highway with rare turtle and meth, cops say
Officials said that eastern box turtles must ‘not be collected from the wild’ in a statement
Bolivia rocked by protests as US warns of ‘coup d’état’
Clashes between demonstrators and police in La Paz have entered second week, shaking centre-right presidentProtests blocking roads across Bolivia and turning the centre of the capital, La Paz, into a battleground between demonstrators and police have e…
Jeff Bezos defends Amazon bankrolling Melania movie after it flopped – and claims Trump is more ‘mature’ compared to first term
Bezos insisted that Amazon’s backing of the movie, which received overwhelmingly negative reviews, had been ‘a good business decision’
Trump’s recent White House Rose Garden event was overrun with gnats, Dana White reveals
The UFC boss worried insects could impact the lighting grid at the upcoming MMA bout to celebrate president’s 80th birthday