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Prof. Avi Loeb, center, on a scientific expedition off of the coast of Papua New Guinea in June 2023 to identify parts of a possible interstellar meteor that crashed in 2014. (Courtesy of Loeb)
July 1, 2026, 4:09 pm
Polarizing Israeli-born Harvard astronomer picked to lead White House UFO council
Avi Loeb vows to brief public and create website to share findings of team tasked with investigating origins of mysterious orbs and other objects reported by military personnel
By Collin Binkley
US President Donald Trump speaks during the 158th National Memorial Day Observance coinciding with the nation's 250th anniversary, at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 25, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 26, 2026, 7:38 pm
Trump undergoes yearly physical amid concerns over age, health and stamina
President, soon to turn 80, not expected to disclose much about the status of his physical health, as he seeks to project strength ahead of midterm elections
By Collin Binkley
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche, left, speaks alongside FBI Director Kash Patel during a news conference at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington on April 21, 2026. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)
April 25, 2026, 11:47 am
US accuses Southern Poverty Law Center of defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants
Civil rights group defends its now-defunct program; charges come after FBI cut ties with organization for listing slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s group as extremist
By Collin Binkley, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Rebecca Boone
A cargo ship carrying vehicles sails through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz in the United Arab Emirates, March 22, 2026. (AP)
March 23, 2026, 2:54 am
Trump’s shifting Strait of Hormuz strategies raise questions about US war preparation
After failing to assemble coalition to secure critical oil shipping route, president has resorted to a threat to hit Iran’s power plants that critics warn is illegal, may backfire
By Collin Binkley
The Widener Library at Harvard University, September 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
February 7, 2026, 12:41 pm
Pentagon says it’s cutting study programs for officers at ‘woke’ Harvard
Defense Secretary Hegseth says too many officers come out with ‘heads full of globalist and radical ideologies’
By Jocelyn Gecker and Collin Binkley
Harvard banners hang in front of Widener Library during the 374th Harvard Commencement in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2025. (Rick Friedman / AFP)
September 4, 2025, 6:47 am
Ruling against Trump, judge says ‘antisemitism used as smokescreen’ to cut Harvard’s funding
White House slams ruling, saying ‘it’s clear Harvard failed to protect students’ and that the Ivy League university ‘doesn’t have a constitutional right to taxpayer dollars’
By Collin Binkley and Michael Casey
Police patrol as workers clean up anti-Israel graffiti at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus after police evicted pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters, May 2, 2024. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)
August 2, 2025, 5:29 am
US administration freezes $339M for UCLA over rights violations, including antisemitism
Move comes days after the university reached $6M settlement with three Jewish students and a professor who were blocked from accessing parts of campus by anti-Israel protesters
By Olga R. Rodriguez and Collin Binkley
A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
May 27, 2025, 11:43 pm
Trump administration seeks to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard
Letter directs federal agencies to look for alternatives for training, research contracts, as US president ups pressure on the university over antisemitism on campus
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Collin Binkley
US President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order as young people hold up copies of the executive order at an education event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 20, 2025. (AP/Ben Curtis)
March 21, 2025, 5:52 am
Trump signs executive order to dismantle US Education Department
Order calls for US secretary of education to ‘take all necessary steps to facilitate’ the department’s closure, though move will likely require congressional backing
By Collin Binkley and CHRIS MEGERIAN
January 16, 2025, 12:17 pm
US colleges rush to settle federal antisemitism suits, but some pan ‘toothless’ deals
With over 100 schools under Title VI investigations over anti-Israel campus activity, many are looking to get cases cleared before Trump can make good on threats to cut off funding
By Collin Binkley
People recover the body of a deceased person from the rubble of a house destroyed by the earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP/Joseph Odelyn)
August 16, 2021, 3:25 am
Haiti quake toll soars to 1,297 as storm threatens rescue effort
Foreign aid pours in to help impoverished nation, with hospitals overwhelmed by thousands injured in Saturday temblor; tropical depression expected to bring heavy rains Monday
By EVENS SANON and Collin Binkley
Socially distanced and with protective partitions students work on an art project during class at the Sinaloa Middle School in Novato, California on March 2, 2021 (AP Photo/Haven Daily)
July 10, 2021, 2:05 pm
Vaccinated teachers and students in the US don’t need masks, CDC says
Changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths
By Mike Stobbe and Collin Binkley
Jeffrey Epstein, on March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
March 27, 2021, 9:54 pm
Harvard punishes professor, closes research center over ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Instructor Martin Nowak, accused of giving disgraced financier office on campus, barred from starting new research or advising students for two years
By Collin Binkley
In this February 2, 2021, file photo, students wear masks as they work in a fourth-grade classroom, at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley, Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
February 13, 2021, 8:56 am
CDC: Classroom schooling can resume safely with masks and social distancing
US public health agency cites strong evidence in-person schooling can be safe, especially for young kids; vaccination of teachers provides ‘additional layer of protection’
By Collin Binkley and Mike Stobbe
Photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)
May 2, 2020, 2:05 am
Epstein frequented Harvard after 2008 conviction, had own office, report finds
Review by university says it accepted over $9m from disgraced financier before sex crimes sentencing; finds no fault with school leadership, but faculty had close ties to Epstein
By Collin Binkley
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