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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university.The Education Department said it is responding to a complaint from multiple professors at George Mason who accuse the university of favoring those from underrepresented groups. The complaint takes aim at the university’s president, Gregory Washington, saying he issued guidance that favors faculty candidates based on diversity considerations rather than their credentials, according to the department.It marks an expansion of the Trump administrations campaign to reshape higher education,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry David will bring his grumbly sensibility to U.S. history in a team-up with Barack and Michelle Obama for an HBO sketch show, the network announced Thursday. The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator and “Seinfeld” co-creator will act as executive producer, writer and star of the limited series consisting of six half-hour episodes, produced by the Obamas’ company, Higher Ground. The show marks the 78-year-old David’s return to HBO just over a year after the end of the 12th and final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” His “Curb” showrunner Jeff Schaffer will co-write and direct episodes. HBO…

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines is studying new types of airplane tickets — this time in the premium cabins at the front of the plane.Airlines spent years slicing up their coach cabins, from extra legroom seats to bare-bones basic economy fares that don’t allow changes or include a seat assignment. Delta was a pioneer in the U.S. when it launched basic economy fares over a decade ago with rivals United Airlines, American Airlines and others following suit.But now airline executives are turning their focus to their premium cabins, where demand is holding up better this year than…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 2:10 PM ET, Wed July 9, 2025 The HX Foundation, the charitable arm of HX Expeditions, has awarded more than $260,000 in grant funding to various organizations.In its second standalone grant cycle, the foundation is supporting a variety of community, conservation and polar-focused wildlife projects around the globe.  Of the total, $74,000 has been awarded to seven single-year projects selected by the charity’s board. They were selected based on their alignment with the foundation’s mission of advancing science and conservation or supporting community wellbeing in ocean and polar regions where HX sails.“This second round of…

Highly sought-after federal software contracts frequently come with a hidden cost: Achieving government SaaS security compliance, known as FedRAMP, can take years and require substantial resources. Achieving this certification typically takes up to three years and costs more than $3 million, covering everything from security operations engineer salaries to security audits, according to Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox. Denisenko (pictured above, second from right) launched Knox, a federal managed cloud provider, last year with a mission to help software vendors speed through this security authorization process in just three months, and at a fraction of what it would cost to…

Editor’s Note: This story contains a graphic image CNN  —  An Israeli strike killed 15 people, including women and children, gathered outside a health center in the central Gazan city of Deir Al Balah on Thursday, according to medical staff and officials in the enclave. The Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza said eight of those killed in the strike were children, with the youngest two years old, and the oldest aged 14. It said three women and four men were also killed. In footage obtained by CNN, several children were seen lying motionless and others appeared injured amid the sound…

President Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian imports is bad news for coffee drinkers.Brazil, the largest U.S. supplier of green coffee beans, accounts for about a third of the country’s total supply, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Coffee beans need to grow in a warm, tropical climate, making Hawaii and Puerto Rico the only suitable places in the United States to farm the crop. But, as the world’s top consumer of coffee, the U.S. requires a massive supply to stay caffeinated. Mintel estimates that the U.S. coffee market reached $19.75 billion last year.The increase in trade…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 2:35 PM ET, Wed July 9, 2025 You don’t have to be an A-list celebrity to get the VIP experience of being escorted through an airport with a concierge.CLEAR announced today that it has begun offering a new premium concierge service that will usher members of the secure identity program through the airport even faster.

 Available to CLEAR+ members, there are two levels of the new concierge service:Concierge Express: This level includes a dedicated CLEAR Ambassador meeting you curbside and speeding you through the CLEAR+ lane for a quick, stress-free start to your journey.Concierge Gate…

The Earth is awash in data about itself. Every day, satellites capture around 100 terabytes of imagery.  But making sense of it isn’t always easy. Seemingly simple questions can be fiendishly complex to answer. Take this question that is of vital economic importance to California: How many fire breaks does the state have that might stop a wildfire in its tracks, and how have they changed since the last fire season? “Originally, you’d have a person look at pictures. And that only scales so far,” Nathaniel Manning, co-founder and CEO of LGND, told TechCrunch. In recent years, neural networks have…

CNN  —  An Ukrainian Security Service officer was shot dead in Kyiv on Thursday morning in what authorities told CNN was an apparent assassination. A spokesperson for the service told CNN that an SBU officer was killed in Kyiv and that investigation into the assassination was underway. The SBU did not release any further details about the officer’s identity. Silent CCTV footage purportedly showing the attack was shared on local Telegram channels. CNN cannot independently verify the footage, but its location matches official photographs from the scene released by Kyiv Police. The clip shows a man walking out of an…