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| Detained American Pastor Returns. |
Turkish officials released American pastor Andrew Brunson on Friday, after detaining him for nearly two years over allegations of aiding terrorist groups. Brunson, who met with President Trump shortly after returning to the US on Saturday, was arrested during the crackdown that followed an unsuccessful attempt to remove Turkish President Recep Erdoğan from power in 2016. Brunson - who had lived with his family in Turkey for over two decades while leading a small Christian congregation - was charged with aiding Kurdish rebels to help in engineering the coup attempt, which Brunson denies. His release helps repair US-Turkish relations at a time when Turkey is looking for support in confronting Saudi Arabia over the alleged assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil two weeks ago.
In the case of Khashoggi, the US has signaled the incident will likely not prevent a $110B arms deal with Saudi Arabia. |
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| Harvard on Trial. |
A Boston court will begin hearing arguments today accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American students during the admissions process. The trial is the first step in a case that many believe will wind up at the Supreme Court, with potentially wide-ranging implications for affirmative action. The plaintiffs, the Students for Fair Admissions, say that the university has consistently rated Asian-American applicants lower on personality tests, harming their chances of admission. The case has already peeled back the school's secretive admissions process, and analysis shows that Asian-Americans routinely scored higher on tests but were dragged down by lower scores on 'likeability' assessments (see case file here). The school does not deny the data but says it has a different view on what constitutes a fair admissions process.
Harvard admitted a record-low 4.59% of its applicants in 2018. |
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| Sears Bankruptcy. |
Former brick-and-mortar retail giant Sears filed for bankruptcy overnight, announcing it will close 142 stores by the end of the year. The news follows the recent closure of 46 stores, though the company still has over 500 locations across the US and owns 360 K-Mart stores. The move represents a last-ditch effort to save a once-great American brand that was once the country's largest employer, but was passed by retailers like Walmart and Target and then failed to adapt to the age of online commerce. The nearly 130-year-old company began as a catalog that offered consumers everything from clothing to home appliances, leading many to refer to Sears as the "original Amazon". The company opened its first retail location in 1925 in Evansville, IN, and remained the largest retailer until Walmart overtook it in 1989. Long-time CEO Edward Lampert, who had been criticized for lacking a clear strategy for the company, will step down.
See some of the more memorable items offered in the early catalogs here. |
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| > Report says Aaron Hernandez, former NFL player convicted of murder in 2015 and who committed suicide in jail, was sexually abused as a child (More) |
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| > Seven killed in Gaza protests after Israeli officials say a group broke through border fences and attacked an army post; brings total killed to around 200 since March 30th (More) |
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