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The final opportunity to stop controversial changes to rules governing law enforcement's use of hacking came and went on Wednesday, leaving the new rules to take effect at midnight.

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First-person account inside the Gatlinburg fires: 'Apocalyptic wasteland'

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
GATLINBURG, Tenn. - Brandon Reese walked across the road toward the River Edge Motor Lodge, the bottoms of his shoes melting on the asphalt.

Police officer shot in Washington state dies at hospital

STLtoday.com - ‎27 minutes ago‎
Law enforcement officers gather at Tacoma General Hospital, where a Tacoma Police officer was taken after being shot while responding to a call Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash.

Carrier To Keep Jobs In U.S. After Trump Offers State Incentives

Huffington Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - United Technologies Corp's Carrier unit said on Wednesday it got financial incentives from Indiana and a pledge from President-elect Donald Trump to improve the climate for business in the United States in exchange for keeping more than ...

Donald Trump is assembling the richest administration in modern American history

Washington Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
When George W. Bush assembled his first Cabinet in 2001, news reports dubbed them a team of millionaires, and government watchdogs questioned whether they were out of touch with most Americans' problems.

Republicans aim to coax Trump toward House trade tax plan

Business Insider - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress hope to convince President-elect Donald Trump to support an untested strategy of using the tax code to promote exports while slashing corporate taxes, framing it as a way to fulfill his campaign ...

Charlotte Officer 'Justified' in Fatal Shooting of Keith Scott

New York Times - ‎6 hours ago‎
The district attorney and lawyers for Keith Lamont Scott discuss the decision not to charge a Charlotte, N.C., police officer in Mr. Scott's death.

Sheriff: Son dismembered parents, tried to dissolve them in acid

USA TODAY - ‎5 hours ago‎
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Joel Michael Guy Jr. drove up from Baton Rouge, La., apartment last week to join his parents at their West Knox County home, along with his three sisters, for Thanksgiving dinner.

The Daily 202: How Democrats might be forced to get onboard with replacing Obamacare

Washington Post - ‎17 hours ago‎
THE BIG IDEA: “Repeal and replace” is out. The new GOP talking point about Obamacare is going to be “repeal and transition.” It is part of a coordinated effort to make the evisceration of the biggest piece of social policy legislation in half a century ...

Creator of McDonald's Big Mac dies at 98

CNNMoney - ‎12 hours ago‎
The man who created the Big Mac, which went on to be one of the world's best known sandwiches, died Monday. Michael "Jim" Delligatti, who invented McDonald's two-tiered burger at his Uniontown, Pa.

Baltimore police release first body-camera footage from an officer shooting

Baltimore Sun - ‎6 hours ago‎
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Baltimore Police give details about police-involved shooting recorded on police body cameras. The shooting was in the 3300 block of Greenmount Avenue and the man, armed with two knives, survived the shooting.

Second escaped Calif. inmate arrested after hours-long standoff

New York Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Both Laron Campbell and Rogelio Chavez are back in custody after spending over a week on the lam. (Police Handout). BY Chris Sommerfeldt.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lights up

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has been lit, officially kicking off the holiday season. In a star-studded affair televised by NBC, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio did the honors, flanked by celebrities Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon ...

Tough-on-corruption NY prosecutor tells Trump he will stay

Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
NEW YORK - Financial cheaters and corrupt politicians beware: One of America's hardest-charging prosecutors isn't going anywhere.

Supreme Court To Consider How Long Immigrants May Be Detained Without Bond Hearing

NPR - ‎22 hours ago‎
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up important immigration questions Wednesday, even as President-elect Donald Trump talks of pushing for more deportations.

Pelosi agrees to changes in Democratic leadership structure

Politico - ‎4 hours ago‎
Just hours after fending off the first real challenge to her control in years, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has decided to support changes to the leadership that will loosen - somewhat - her grip on the Democratic hierarchy.

Sarah Palin for Veterans Affairs? A Wrestling Impresario for Small Business?

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
President-elect Donald J. Trump wants to keep New York's crusading United States attorney on board, and is reportedly eyeing the professional wrestling impresario Linda McMahon for the Small Business Administration.

School tutor accused of throwing 7-year-old into wall, fracturing jaw, knocking out teeth

My Fox Boston - ‎10 hours ago‎
BALTIMORE - A Maryland 7-year-old was hospitalized and his school tutor suspended pending an investigation into how the boy suffered a fractured jaw and several missing teeth during an incident at school.

Nobel laureates hope to inspire young students, combat anti-intellectual environment

Washington Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
President Barack Obama with the 2016 American Nobel Prize winners in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.

Putting students first

Duke Chronicle - ‎3 hours ago‎
In the wake of Donald J. Trump's victory, students and faculty across the nation have signed petitions calling on their universities to protect undocumented students, who face threats of deportation under the incoming administration.

New rules helping the feds hack computers to begin at midnight

The Hill - ‎10 hours ago‎
The final opportunity to stop controversial changes to rules governing law enforcement's use of hacking came and went on Wednesday, leaving the new rules to take effect at midnight.

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Butler's 'Trumpism' course description draws backlash

Indianapolis Star - ‎9 hours ago‎
Butler University said it is reviewing its course description practices after it received backlash for a fall 2017 course offering that focused on the election of President Donald Trump.

Guidelines and Policy - Social Media at Your University

Inside Higher Ed (blog) - ‎9 hours ago‎
When you do an advanced Google search for social media policy and/or social media guidelines on either .edu or .ac.uk domains, a lot of results* appear.

Ex-UM health CEO named Oakland University president

The Detroit News - ‎15 hours ago‎
Rochester Hills - Oakland University has named Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz as its seventh president, choosing a pharmaceutical company executive and former University of Michigan hospital leader who is a physician, researcher, administrator and fundraiser.

Congresswomen in Black Sorority Decry Racist Acts at American University

NBC4 Washington - ‎9 hours ago‎
The international president of the historically black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha spoke with News4 about the recent racist displays at American University. Jackie Bensen reports the unversity's security has been called into question due to poor ...

University Presses

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
One of the lessons of NUMBERS AND THE MAKING OF US: Counting and the Course of Human Cultures (Harvard University, $27.95), a fascinating book by the anthropologist Caleb Everett, is that to exoticize the Pirahã (say, by likening them to Borges ...

Florida university to award degree to Trayvon Martin

CNN - ‎16 hours ago‎
The slain Florida teenager -- killed by George Zimmerman five years ago -- will be awarded a posthumous bachelor's degree in aeronautical science from Florida Memorial University. Martin's parents, Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will accept the ...

University of Akron bans all smoking including e-cigarettes

fox8.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
AKRON, Ohio-- Students at the University of Akron are being reminded that as of July 1, smoking of any kind will not be permitted on campus or at any off-campus university activity. The school will begin enforcing a ban that not only includes ...

Tuition hike proposed for some University of Montana students

The Missoulian - ‎7 hours ago‎
Tuition and fees for students at the University of Montana would jump 13 percent for resident freshmen and sophomores, but those costs at UM also would be equal to Montana State University, unlike the current setup. And, the total annual cost of ...

Baylor University Frat Suspended For “Mexican-Themed” Party

PEOPLE.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
The members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Baylor University faced repercussions for throwing a “Mexican-themed” party for Cinco de Mayo.

University of Iowa must pay $1.4 million to Jane Meyer

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines - ‎11 hours ago‎
Finding the University of Iowa discriminated against a former athletics administrator based on her gender and sexual orientation, a Polk County jury Thursday awarded Jane Meyer $1.43 million, according to her legal team.

University of Texas stabbing victim asked student to call his mom

New York Daily News - ‎13 hours ago‎
The victim of a stabbing spree at the University of Texas asked a student he didn't know to call his mom before he died Monday.

University of Arizona seniors behind viral red swimsuit giveaway

AZCentral.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The company's founders, University of Arizona seniors Alan Alchalel and Brady Silverwood, now seem to be scrambling to figure out how to make the deal happen.

A Public University Acquires A Big For-Profit, And Raises Big Questions

NPR - ‎22 hours ago‎
In a move that's being called "bold" and "out of the blue," Indiana's Purdue University is acquiring the for-profit Kaplan University. In announcing the deal last week, Purdue President Mitch Daniels said it was designed to open the university up to a ...

Carlow University students mourn freshman who died in fall from balcony

Tribune-Review - ‎8 hours ago‎
A somber mood permeated Carlow University's Oakland campus Thursday, a day after the death of freshman Dalton Bacco. On the sidewalk outside the student center, bouquets of yellow, pink and blue flowers propped up alongside a few candles served as ...

Noose Found Inside University of Maryland Fraternity House

U.S. News & World Report - ‎18 hours ago‎
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Authorities at the University of Maryland are investigating a noose discovered in a fraternity house.

Potemkin Universities

National Review - ‎May 3, 2017‎
The university faces crises almost everywhere of student debt, university finances, free expression, and the very quality and value of a university education. Take free speech. Without freedom of expression, there can be no university. But if the ...

Student comes up with 'ingenious' way to cheat in university exams

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎12 hours ago‎
It may sound like something used by one of Harry Potter's wayward classmates at Hogwarts, but “invisible ink” has now been revealed by the university ombudsman as the latest university exam scam. According to the latest annual report by the Office of ...

Student Arrested After Crawling Into a Duct to Steal an Exam

New York Times - ‎12 hours ago‎
The Multidisciplinary Science Building at the University of Kentucky, where officials said two students tried to steal an exam from an instructor's office.

Salaries of 245 senior university staff are leaked

Devon Live - ‎1 hour ago‎
"The Information Commissioner was satisfied with the steps taken by the university to address the unauthorised disclosure and took no further action.

Arizona House OKs university bonding, Senate up next

ABC15 Arizona - ‎4 hours ago‎
The focus immediately returned to the Senate, where deal-cutting to gain support from conservative Republicans for the $1 billion university bonding program is yet to be tested with a vote. But it was clear the Legislature was moving closer to passing