Andrew Delbanco is named this year's Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities
The honorary lecture series is deemed the highest honor the federal government gives for intellectual achievement in the humanities.
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IRS head is getting questioned by lawmakers after former FBI officials were audited
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, who was appointed by President Trump in 2018, will face questions behind closed doors from lawmakers in the House and Senate before the end of the month.
Spacey pleads not guilty to charges in the U.K. that he sexually assaulted three men
Actor Kevin Spacey's trial in the United Kingdom has been scheduled to begin in June 2023. He faces a separate civil sex-assault lawsuit in the United States from another man, actor Anthony Rapp.
The U.S. student population is more diverse, but schools are still highly segregated
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that public schools remain highly segregated along racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. One reason: school district secession.
Biden to continue another day of meetings in Israel
President Joe Biden is holding a second day of meetings with Israeli leaders, working to chart the future of relations between the two countries.
Community unites after an LGBTQ+ senior housing project in Boston was defaced
Vandals defaced the perimeter of the construction site over the weekend, spraying hate-filled messages and death threats on banners and posters. They included threats saying, "We will burn this."
Animal rescue groups across the U.S. band together to rescue 4,000 beagles
A federal judge ordered thousands of dogs to be rehomed from a Virginia research facility after several inspections revealed poor conditions. Animal rescue groups are working to do just that.
Many try to return to normal from COVID, but disabled people face a different reality
With COVID safety protocols rescinding around the country, many are returning to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. But disabled and immunocompromised people can't do so, and are being left behind.
A statue honoring Mary McLeod Bethune is unveiled at the U.S. capitol
Educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune makes history as the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, replacing a confederate statue.
A super fan collected every Super Nintendo game manual and made them free
Kerry Hays has crowdsourced the manuals for upwards of 850 unique Super Nintendo games and made them free on an online archive.