Nearly 60 public and private universities are supporting a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the Trump administration from stripping foreign students of visas at universities that choose against in-person classes this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. Harvard University and MIT filed the lawsuit last week in Boston federal court …
Read More »Judges block six-week abortion bans in Georgia and Tennessee
The bills, passed in Georgia in the spring of 2019 and in Tennessee last month, prohibit abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant. The bills highlight the long battle over abortion …
Read More »2020 WNBA schedule: the 12 must-see games of the regular season
The new schedule for the unorthodox WNBA 2020 season – 22 games per team to be played in neutral locations – is finally here, and it’s time to highlight the must-see games. While some of the biggest names in the league are in attendance this season, it still promises plenty …
Read More »Big Tech’s latest reckoning is coming as it continues to rack up record valuations
Tech’s top four CEOs should be nervous as they approach a virtual hearing on July 27 before the House of Representatives’ Antitrust Subcommittee on the Judiciary. AAPL from Apple Inc. -0.46% Tim Cook, AMZN of Amazon.com Inc., -3.00% Jeff Bezos, Facebook Inc. FB, -2.47% Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL, …
Read More »Trivago’s CEO says travel has fallen as coronavirus cases in the U.S. have increased.
Interest in travel has waned as the United States experiences an increase in coronavirus cases, Trivago CEO Axel Hefer told CNBC on Monday. “Demand has not been sustained,” Hefer said in “Squawk on the Street.” “With a significant deterioration in the health situation, there is a significant drop in travel …
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