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The Harvard Kennedy School’s faculty and student body remains overwhelmingly white, according to the school's annual diversity report released Wednesday. The report — which revealed scant changes across various demographics of the student body, faculty, and staff composition — comes as HKS has introduced efforts to boost diversity and inclusivity at the Kennedy School. The racial diversity of U.S. students, who comprise 53 percent of the student body, marginally increased compared to last year. The proportion of students identifying as Black or African American increased slightly, from 8 to 11 percent, while the percentage of students who identify as Latinx...

[H/T Ymani Cricket]SNIPhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-115SPRT26354/html/CPRT-115SPRT26354.htmGovernment ethics and internal watchdogs found safety or ethics lapses on Fauci’s watch, including:At least 10 children in a pediatric AIDS drug study died in what an investigation concluded was a death toll “significantly higher” than expected and unexplained.An Office of Government Ethics investigation that cited NIAID for failing to review and clear two-thirds of its workers who were moonlighting in private industry for possible ethical conflicts.A 1992 Department of Health and Human Services inspector general investigation that concluded NIAID failed to police two conflicts of interest in a vaccine experiment.A pregnant Tennessee woman died in 2003 after...

The great global supply chain crisis of 2021 — which has ensnared groceries, holiday shopping and everything in between — has bottlenecked West Coast ports, and drawn the involvement of the White House to address it. As the disruption reaches a boiling point and adds to rising price pressures, longshoremen, union representatives and truck drivers have pointed fingers over which party is best positioned to alleviate some of the strains.... ...While the pandemic has exacerbated strains in the economy amid an unprecedented demand surge, a 2019 study published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics probed the dearth of truckers....

KANSAS CITY, KS—It was a sad day for circle-driving fans this Sunday, as no drivers finished the race at the Kansas City Speedway. This was due to the fact that gas was simply too expensive for any racer to afford to reach the finish line. “More circles! More circles!” chanted the crowd, but all the cars were stopped as their tanks ran out of gas, and no more circles were to be driven. “I really wanted to finish driving the requisite number of circles,” said Kyle Larson, who was leading up until all the drivers quit. “We did some calculations...

Nine therapists in New York have been arrested and charged with stealing millions of dollars from a state health program that aims to help very young children who have developmental delays, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The therapists stole over $3 million from the New York State Early Intervention Program over more than four years, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). ... ...the therapists allegedly submitted fraudulent documents for thousands of EIP therapy sessions that never took place in order to get millions of dollars as payment. Some of the therapists are accused of falsely billing sessions every day for...

Five people were rushed to area trauma centers after a shooting aboard a Metro train on its way to the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station, authorities said Saturday... ...The shooting was reported at about 7:40 p.m. Friday. An argument broke out as the eastbound C (Green) Line train left the Avalon Station in South Los Angeles, a passenger told ABC7, and the shooting occurred before the train reached the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station. "There was a big argument and I saw the gun come out and he started firing into a bunch of people," witness Andrew Maynard told Fox11. "He started shooting again....

Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said it may take weeks "if not months" of follow-up investigation before charges, if any, are filed. The Santa Fe County district attorney said the investigation into the fatal shooting on the set of Rust could take weeks, if not months, and she would not rule out criminal charges. Speaking to The New York Times ahead of a planned press conference Wednesday, district attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said her office has not “ruled out anything” following last week’s shooting death of Rust’s director of photography, Halyna Hutchins. “Everything at this point, including criminal charges,...

An FDA panel on Tuesday recommended emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 by a vote of 17-0, with one abstention. However, during the hearing, many members, including the chairman, expressed concern about being given a "binary choice." They argued data indicate the risks outweigh the benefits for healthy children while those with underlying conditions who do face significant risks from contracting COVID-19 should have access to the vaccine. The question before the panel, the Roster of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, was: "Based on the totality of the scientific evidence available,...

DEVELOPING STORY: Hundreds of students walked out of class today in Loudoun County, Virginia. School leaders are accused of covering up the rape of a 16-year-old biological girl. The student found guilty of the heinous crime is a 14-year-old boy who thinks he is a girl. The student is also accused of assaulting another girl at a different school. “Loudoun County protects rapists,” the students chanted. Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) claimed to the Todd Starnes Show “very few students actually walked out.” “This was a parent-led protest (one parent) and was not student-generated. Most students had no idea it...

A Sudanese teenager will resume his life now that he is free on bail only weeks after being charged with three counts of murder. Ahmedal Tayeb Elnouman Modawi, 17, made bail over the weekend, according to KPRC-TV in Houston. Modawi faces three counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury stemming from an Oct. 1 joyriding incident that ended in tragedy. As a condition of his release, Modawi can attend school and church, and must wear a GPS ankle monitor. Modawi is a Sudanese national who has lived with his family in Houston for the...

ARLINGTON, Texas - Arlington's police chief says he does not believe bullying played any role in this month's school shooting at Mansfield ISD’s Timberview High School. Shortly after the shooting, which injured two students and a teacher, Timothy Simpkins' family said he'd been the target of bullying. They said that's what led to a classroom fight and ended with the shooting. The family of the injured student involved in the fight denied the boy had bullied Simpkins. The police chief said Simpkins participated in "high-risk activity" leading up to the fight. That announcement was made at a town hall meeting...

Immunology and virology 101 have taught us over a century that natural immunity confers protection against a respiratory virus’s outer coat proteins, and not just one, e.g. the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein. There is even strong evidence for the persistence of antibodies. Even the CDC recognizes natural immunity for chicken-pox and measles, mumps, and rubella, but not for COVID-19.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the 24-year-old armorer who handled weapons on the set of Alec Baldwin’s “Rust,” was the subject of numerous complaints on her previous film just two months earlier after she discharged weapons without warning and infuriated star Nicolas Cage, a crew member told TheWrap. Stu Brumbaugh, who served as key grip on the Cage Western “The Old Way” this summer, told TheWrap that Gutierrez upset both Cage and other crew members on the Montana production by failing to follow basic gun safety protocols like announcing the arrival and usage of weapons onto the set. After firing a gun near...

If you are over the age of 16 years and are “not fully vaccinated” you cannot visit another person’s place of residence, except in limited circumstances, says the New South Wales Government.RuminatorDan has summarised the new rules in New South Wales in a twitter thread as follows:“If you are over the age of 16 years and are not fully vaccinated you cannot visit another person’s place of residence, except in limited circumstances.”“If you are not fully vaccinated you cannot visit a gym or indoor recreation facility.”“If you are not fully vaccinated you cannot visit a recreation facility.”“If you are not...

'(I)sn’t traditional burial disrespectful to God’s good, green earth?'DUBUQUE, Iowa (LifeSiteNews) – The Catholic Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, has written to urge the faithful to reject “traditional burial methods” in favor of liquifying a corpse in order to be less “offensive” to the earth and environment. Archbishop Michael Jackels made the argument in a letter dated October 20 entitled “Alternatives to traditional burial methods.” Making reference to the “two people” who die every second worldwide and the 2.5 million who die annually in the United States, Jackels declared that this “makes burial practices a significant environmental issue.” 'Liquify’ bodies to...

The Covid vaccine has harmed yet another individual, prompting the Swedish government to impose an indefinite ban on all further administration of the Moderna jab to anyone under the age of 31.Moderna’s vaccine, which has previously been suspended in most of the Nordic countries for causing a litany of health problems, caused yet another recipient to develop a crippling heart condition. In response, Swedish health officials halted all use of the mRNA vaccine in young people.The mRNA jab from Moderna is particularly problematic in younger men. Most of Scandinavia is either no longer recommending it or has banned it from...

A key federal advisory committee voted Tuesday to recommend emergency authorization of the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for children between the ages of 5 and 11, a sign that the shot will likely be authorized for this age group in the next week.

"A scene out of rural Newfoundland history sprang to life on Thanksgiving Monday (Canadian Thanksgiving was 10/11) as a two-storey house bobbed along the Bay of Islands toward a new life on a new shoreline."

Archbishop of Canterbury among C of E officials to tweet concern over draconian lawChurch leaders in the UK have strongly criticised Ghanaian bishops over their support for a draconian anti-LGBTQ+ law. Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the global Anglican church, Stephen Cottrell, the archbishop of York, and other Church of England bishops, tweeted their concerns on Tuesday in what appeared to be a coordinated effort to put pressure on their Ghanaian colleagues. A draft law submitted to Ghana’s parliament earlier this year would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender, or to advocate...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s mandate last week for all city workers to get COVID-19 vaccines gave rise to even more protesters standing up against what they see as a violation of freedom of choice and a communist takeover of the country. The Epoch Times was there to interview some of the NYPD officers and FDNY participants, and witness the massive march across the Brooklyn Bridge that ended in front of City Hall on Monday afternoon. Protesters chanted slogans as they marched in support of freedom and against the mandates issued by de Blasio and President Joe Biden....