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Jewish groups sue University of California over ‘unchecked’ antisemitism

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

(The Hill) -- A pair of Jewish organizations filed suit against the University of California (UC) system, the University of California, Berkeley, and school administrators on Tuesday over allegations of a "longstanding, unchecked spread of antisemitism" at the school. The 37-page suit, filed Tuesday in the Northern District of California by the Louis D. Brandeis Center and the Jewish Americans For Fairness In Education (JAFE), claims antisemitism has been allowed to "take root and grow" at the UC Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law) for over a year. The suit argues intervention is needed, especially in the wake of the militant group Hamas' surprise incursion against Israel last month that killed over 1,200 people and sparked an ongoing conflict in Gaza. In the weeks that followed Hamas's Oct. 7 attack, a surge in antisemitic incidents was reported in several parts of the U.S. and in Europe.The suit accuses nearly two dozen student organizations at UC Berkeley Law of practicing poli...

Gophers football bowl projections are familiar — very familiar

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

The Gophers’ bowl projections have coalesced around one main destination.Minnesota will learn its official location and opponent on Sunday afternoon, but seven of 10 national forecasts observed by the Pioneer Press this week have the U playing in the Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit on Dec. 26.The Gophers got into the 82-team bowl field this season because of a lack of six-win teams, and the schedule needed to be rounded out with one program with a 5-7 record. The U got in because it had the highest Academic Progress Rate (APR) among 5-7 teams.Gophers are familiar with both the low-level Quick Lane Bowl and the circumstances in which they got into the field. They played in Detroit on two previous occasions, as a 5-7 team with strong academics in 2015 and at 6-6 in 2018. The U won both times: 21-14 over Central Michigan in 2015 and a 34-10 rout of Georgia Tech in 2018.Six of the seven Quick Lane Bowl projections for the Gophers have a range of Mid-American Conference foes: No...

A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago.The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be. This one is 100 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. A light-year is 5.8 trillion miles.A pair of planet-hunting satellites — NASA’s Tess and the European Space Agency’s Cheops — teamed up for the observations.None of the planets in perfect synchrony are within the star’s so-called habitable zone, which means little if any likelihood of life, at least as we know it.“Here we have a golden target” for comparison, said Adrien Leleu of the University of Geneva, who was part of an international team that published the results in the journal Nature.This star, known as HD 110067, may have even more planets. The six found so far are roughly two to three times the size of ...

Government agency job fair in Queensbury on Tuesday

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A government agency job fair will be held on Tuesday at the Queensbury Central Fire Station from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fire station is located at 17 Lafayette Street. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox!  Warren County Department of Workforce Development partnered with municipalities and school districts around Warren and Washington counties to organize the event. There is no charge for entities or businesses to be a part of the event. Local government entities that would like to be represented, or anyone with questions, may call (518) 743-0925 or email [email protected].“We received a lot of feedback during our October job fair in Glens Falls that job seekers were interested in more information about opportunities in local government," said Liza Ochsendorf, Warren County Director of Workforce Development. "We expect to have a good mix of professions and agencies represented, so thi...

USA Today nominates Troy Art Block for 'Best New Festival'

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Troy Art Block, a mural gallery that covers Church Street Alley in Troy, has been nominated for a USA Today 10Best award. The gallery was nominated in the Best New Festival category. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Troy Art Block includes 27 murals painted by local artists. The murals were painted in October and a block party was held to celebrate the artists.Presented by the Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy Art Block is open to the public. The Arts Center also provides guided tours throughout the year. You can view photos of Troy Art Block on the Troy City Hall Facebook page. Hattie’s in Albany expected to open in first few months of 2024 USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards asks readers each year to choose their favorite travel attractions. Nominees are submitted by a panel of experts and the 10Best editors choose the final set of nominees.Readers can vote once per category, per day. Voting...

Fatal crash involving transit bus under investigation

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

KILLINGTON, Vt. (NEWS10) -- The Killington Police Department is investigating a fatal crash on Route 4 on Tuesday afternoon. Mark J. Candon, 71, of Rutland, passed away during the incident. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Investigations indicate that Candon was traveling east on Route 4. His vehicle crossed the center lane into the west lane and collided with a Marble Valley Regional Transit Bus. The driver of the bus, Gary E. Gilmore of North Clarendon, and a female passenger were taken to the Rutland Regional Medical Center for treatment.Route 4 was closed for approximately 4 hours. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Killington Police Department at (802) 422-3200. Assisting agencies include Vermont State Police, State Police Crash Reconstruction Team, Regional Ambulance Service, VT DMV, and Killington Fire and Rescue Department.

Insomnia Cookies thanking customers with free cookies this Friday

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

ST. LOUIS - In celebration of National Cookie Month, Insomnia Cookies is hosting a national giveaway this Friday. Seth Berkowitz, then a student at the University of Pennsylvania, founded the Philadelphia-based company in 2003, and it now has more than 250 locations nationwide. From Wednesday, November 29 to Sunday, Dec. 4, cookies fans can campaign for the brand's next flavor in the 'Ultimate Cookie Lover Contest' by sharing photos and videos on Instagram and TikTok. U.S. Steel idles steelmaking at Granite City Works ‘indefinitely’ Also taking place this weekend, all 'Insomniacs' can grab a free Classic cookie and a $1 Deluxe cookie in-store when you show the Insomnia App or online with any in-app delivery.For more information about the weekend deals, click here.

Watch live: Los Angeles police officers pursue carjacking suspect

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are pursuing the driver of a white Ford truck who is accused of being involved in a carjacking Wednesday morning.Police had been monitoring the vehicle since the carjacking was first reported around 6:19 a.m. in the 8500 block of Foothill, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said. As of 8:45 a.m., the chase had extended into Lancaster where the suspect ditched the truck and ran into a residential neighborhood. Police have established a perimeter around the area. Sky5 is overhead.Check back for updates on this developing story.

Taylor Swift named 2023's Spotify's Global Top Artist

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

It's her, hi. But, she's not the problem.Taylor Swift has been named Spotify's Global Top Artist of 2023. "'Wildest Dreams' come true," the music streaming site posted to X, formerly Twitter. "Congratulations @taylorswift13 on Global Top Artist #SpotifyWrapped."The singer responded to the honor by posting to X, on Wednesday morning. "Um ok this is unreal?? I just wanted to say to anyone who listened to my music this year, anywhere in the world, thank you," she wrote. "Getting named Spotify’s Global Top Artist in 2023 is truly the best birthday/holiday gift you could’ve given me. We’ve seriously had THE MOST fun this year out there on tour and now this. Are you serious?"Due to this high honor, the "Bejeweled" singer offered up a treat for fans. "So I was trying to think of a way to thank you, and a lot of you have been asking me to put 'You’re Losing Me (From The Vault)' on streaming... so here you go! You can finally listen EVERYWHERE now."Swift's honor comes as Spotify rolled out ...

Festive Yet: Arts Calendar November 30 – December 6

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

Are we feeling festive yet? Or are we still trying to wrap business up before we start wrapping presents? Lean into it with The Nutcracker, A Christmas Story, A Christmas Carol and multiple artisanal shopping parties. Or check in and out with gallery conversations, social perspective examinations, cinematic fashions, hip hop history in book and choir, storybooks behaving badly, everyday surrealism in paint, performative literature, the private lives of architects.Helen Chung: Why Is It So Hard When I’m Awesome? (2023). Acrylic on paper, 21 x 29.5 in (Courtesy of Track 16 Gallery)Thursday, November 30Helen Chung in conversation with Ezrha Jean Black at Track 16 Gallery. Don’t Forget to Remind Me to Forget includes paintings on both canvas and paper from an ongoing series begun in 2019. While the finished works bear little resemblance to the kinds of word and text paintings familiar in contemporary art, letters and words seem to disentangle themselves from the abstractionist gestural ...