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Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president Claudine Gay. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

By COLLIN BINKLEY and MORIAH BALINGIT | AP Education WritersWASHINGTON — American higher education has long viewed plagiarism as among the most serious of offenses. Accusations of plagiarism have ruined the careers of academics and undergraduates alike.The latest target is Harvard President Claudine Gay, who resigned Tuesday.Reviews by Harvard found multiple shortcomings in Gay’s academic citations, including several instances of “duplicative language.” While the university concluded the errors “were not considered intentional or reckless” and didn’t rise to misconduct, the allegations continued, with new ones as recently as Monday.Many came not from her academic peers but her political foes, led by conservatives who sought to oust Gay and put her career under intense scrutiny in hopes of finding a fatal flaw. Her detractors charged that Gay — who has a Ph.D. in government, was a professor at Harvard and Stanford and headed Harvard’s largest division before being promoted — got the ...

Teen shot in Oakland attempted robbery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

OAKLAND — A 16 year-old boy who told police he was shot Tuesday night during an attempted robbery in East Oakland was in stable condition Wednesday, authorities said.The shooting happened about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 1800 block of International Boulevard in the Rancho San Antonio neighborhood.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Critics say politics is crippling Oakland police chief search as process starts over Crime and Public Safety | East Bay murder case moves forward as defense calls evidence ‘nothing more than a hunch’ by homicide detective Crime and Public Safety | Capitola woman’s boyfriend arrested after human remains found in East Bay park Crime and Public Safety | East Bay man charged with murder in fentanyl overdose Crime and Public Safety | Suspect identified in killing of Oakland police officer during brazen dispensary burglary The youth, an Oakland resident, ...

Conversion of San Jose tower from offices to homes starts to emerge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

SAN JOSE — A project to convert a historic tower in downtown San Jose from offices to housing is starting to take shape — a proposal that could bring a rooftop restaurant to the iconic highrise, city documents show.Bank of Italy historic tower, upper levels, located at 12 South downtown San Jose, Nov. 2023. (George Avalos/Bay Area News Group)Outdoor dining and gathering areas on a terrace of the Bank of Italy historic tower at 12 South First Street in downtown San Jose, concept. (Bjarke Ingels Group)The Bank of Italy tower at 12 South First Street in downtown San Jose is headed towards a wide-ranging conversion to transform offices into residential units on the vast majority of the 13-story building’s floors, according to a proposal on file with city officials.Canada-based mega-developer Westbank and San Jose-based local developer Urban Community, which is headed up by real estate entrepreneurs Gary Dillabough and Jeff Arrillaga, are leading the renovatio...

Caltrain strikes vehicle near Burlingame crossing, 1 hospitalized

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

BURLINGAME, Calif. (KRON) -- A northbound Caltrain in Burlingame struck a vehicle near a crossing Wednesday morning, according to a Caltrain spokesperson. The driver of the vehicle was transported to the hospital.Northbound Caltrain #501 struck the occupied vehicle north of the Broadway crossing in Burlingame just before 6 a.m. on Jan. 3, the transit agency said. According to transit police, the vehicle turned onto the tracks from Broadway and traveled approximately 120 feet before the train collision.There were 36 passengers on board at the time of the collision. No other injuries were reported.The severity of the driver's injuries and their current condition is unknown. Bus driver dies more than 2 weeks after UC Santa Cruz campus crash The vehicle wreckage was removed from the tracks at 8:16 a.m., transit officials said. Caltrain #501 is undergoing repairs to the front-end plow, which was estimated to take under an hour.Once the track has been inspected and cleared, single-track...

China’s BYD is rivaling Tesla in size. Can it also match its global reach?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — A less flashy Chinese electric vehicle maker is fast closing the gap with Tesla, the longtime, market-leading pioneer.BYD Co., based in the southern China tech hub of Shenzhen, dethroned Texas-based Tesla Inc. as the top seller of electric cars in the last three months of 2023, according to sales figures released by the companies this week.“This was an expected milestone event, given China’s share of the global EV market and BYD’s position in the domestic market,” said Jing Yang, the director of China corporate research at Fitch Ratings.Tesla retained the crown for all of 2023, but BYD’s sales have skyrocketed on the back of a government-driven EV boom in China. The rise of BYD and other Chinese electric vehicle makers is a challenge not only for Tesla but also the world’s major automakers as Chinese competitors push into Europe, Southeast Asia and other overseas markets with a relatively affordable option for drivers who want to go green.HOW DID BYD OUTSE...

Grambling women set NCAA DI record for win margin with 159-18 rout of College of Biblical Studies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Grambling State has set an NCAA Division I record for margin of victory in men’s or women’s basketball with a 159-18 blowout of College of Biblical Studies on Tuesday night.The Lady Tigers’ 141-point cushion topped Savannah State women’s 155-26 rout of Wesleyan (Georgia) in November 2018.Grambling led 34-0 before CBS scored its first basket with 2:14 remaining in the first quarter. The Tigers — who play in the Southwest Athletic Conference comprised of historically Black colleges and universities — led 46-6 after 10 minutes and 82-10 at halftime and allowed just three points in the third on the way to their record-setting performance.Arianna Mosley had 27 points and Kahia Warmsley 20 as eight Grambling players scored in double figures and helped the team make 70 of 119 shots (59%). Alyssa Lowe scored eight points for CBS — a Houston-based Division II school that plays in the National Christian College Athletic Association — which hit just 8 of 43 (19%).___AP wo...

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in deal brokered by UAE

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war under a deal sponsored by the United Arab Emirates.Ukrainian authorities said that 230 Ukrainian prisoners of war returned home. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that 248 Russian servicemen have been freed from Ukrainian captivity. The ministry said that the deal was made possible thanks to mediatory efforts by the United Arab Emirates.There was no immediate acknowledgment from the UAE, which has maintained close business ties to Moscow throughout Russia’s war on UkraineThe massive prisoner exchange followed other such deals earlier in the war, which is nearing the two-year mark.Also Wednesday Russia said it shot down 12 missiles fired at one of its southern regions bordering Ukraine, as Kyiv’s forces seek to embarrass the Kremlin and puncture President Vladimir Putin’s argument that life is going on as normal despite the 22-month war.The situation in the border city of Belgorod, which came under two rounds of shel...

Coastal Carolina and East Carolina to play home-and-home football series

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Coastal Carolina and East Carolina will play a home-and-home football series starting in 2025 and continuing in 2028.Both Group of Five schools announced the games Wednesday.The series begins at Coastal Carolina on Sept. 13, 2025, with the Chanticleers playing at East Carolina on Sept. 9, 2028.The teams have played just once before, at the Birmingham Bowl in December 2022. The Pirates took that contest 53-29.Coastal Carolina competes in the Sun Belt Conference. The Chants went 8-5 this past season, finishing with a 24-14 win over San Jose State in the Hawaii Bowl.East Carolina went 2-10 this season and tied for last with Tulane at 1-7 in the American Athletic Conference.___AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballSource

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war under a deal sponsored by the United Arab Emirates.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war under a deal sponsored by the United Arab Emirates.Source

Al menos 103 muertos tras una explosión cerca de la tumba en Irán del comandante militar Qasem Soleimani

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:52 GMT

(CNN) — Al menos 103 personas murieron este miércoles y 141 resultaron heridas en la ciudad iraní de Kerman después de dos explosiones cerca de la tumba del comandante militar Qasem Soleimani, en lo que las autoridades llamaron un{ ataque terrorista, según los medios de comunicación estatales.´+La primera explosión se produjo a 700 metros de la tumba de Soleimani y la segunda a 1 kilómetro de distancia, mientras unos peregrinos visitaban el lugar, añadió IRNA.Irán libera al ciudadano español Santiago Sánchez Cogedor, detenido desde 2022Soleimani murió un ataque aéreo estadounidense ordenado por el expresidente Donald Trump en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Bagdad hace cuatro años este miércoles.Ningún grupo ha reivindicado aún la autoría de los atentados.Videos publicados en medios estatales iraníes mostraron grandes multitudes corriendo en la zona después de la explosión.Soleimani, que fue uno de los hombres más poderosos de Irán, dirigía la Fuerza Quds de los Cuerpos de la G...