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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

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
Students walk by graffiti near the office of the President at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (AP/Nic Coury)
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
Jeffrey Epstein in New York City in 2005. (Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images/via JTA)
January 11, 2020, 5:15 am
Epstein gave $850,000 to MIT, visited 9 times, report finds
Investigators say university made ‘significant errors of judgment’ by taking gifts from disgraced financier as he sought to rehabilitate image following 2008 sex crimes conviction
By Collin Binkley
Illustrative: the campus at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
November 27, 2019, 1:10 am
US university tells government it will do more to curb anti-Semitism
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill vows more anti-bias training and other measures in deal to end federal inquiry into complaints of anti-Jewish discrimination
By Collin Binkley
The former Sackler Health and Sciences complex at Tel Aviv University. (screen capture: Google Street View)
October 3, 2019, 9:09 pm
From Tel Aviv to Oxford, schools took in millions from OxyContin maker
Sackler family, whose company Purdue Pharma has been blamed in opioid epidemic, gave over $60 million to universities around the world, donations now seen as blood money by some
By Collin Binkley and JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos listens during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
September 28, 2019, 2:48 am
US is urged to end probe of Middle East studies program
Education Department says Duke University curriculum focuses too much on ‘positive aspects of Islam,’ disregards Judaism, Christianity
By Collin Binkley
In this photo from April 10, 2019, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Education and Labor Committee at a hearing on 'Examining the Policies and Priorities of the US Department of Education' on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
September 21, 2019, 11:05 am
Feds threaten to ax funds to Duke, UNC over alleged bias in Middle East studies
Education Department warning to the universities comes after North Carolina lawmaker complained they cosponsored event with ‘severe anti-Israeli bias and anti-Semitic rhetoric’
By Collin Binkley
This undated photo shows the painting of Ivan the Terrible on exhibit in a museum in Ukraine. The museum said the work was a 1911 oil painting that had been stolen during Nazi occupation. (US Attorney’s Office in Washington via AP)
December 23, 2018, 9:12 am
Painting stolen in WWII is heading from US to Ukraine
Artwork, claimed by Ukrainians, came with Connecticut house bought by Tracy couple; Slovakia-born Gabby Tracy survived Holocaust and lost father in concentration camp
By Collin Binkley
Aura Wharton-Beck, left, an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of St. Thomas and a graduate of the school, clasps hands with Kevyn Perkins, center, during a moment of silence before a protest in the Anderson Student Center at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, October 25, 2018. (Jean Pieri/ Pioneer Press via AP)
November 4, 2018, 11:11 pm
Pittsburgh synagogue attack a reminder of how common hate crimes are
Often overlooked, countless victims across US have been targeted because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and other differences
By Collin Binkley
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