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In the news today: Harvard University becomes the latest target in the Trump administration's approach to fighting campus antisemitism; the White House fires career Justice Department prosecutors; and a stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental implant. Also, Pope Francis paved the way for the canonization of a new saint.
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A student protester stands in front of the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor of Harvard College, draped in the Palestinian flag at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Trump task force to review Harvard's funding after Columbia bows to federal demands
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Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration's approach to fighting campus antisemitism, with the announcement of a "comprehensive review" that could jeopardize billions of dollars for the Ivy League college. Read more. |
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White House abruptly fires career Justice Department prosecutors in latest norm-shattering move |
The firings of career Justice Department lawyers by the White House is a sign of President Donald Trump's tightening grip over the law enforcement agency known for its long tradition of political independence. Read more. |
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The terminations marked an escalation of norm-shattering moves that have caused turmoil at the Justice Department and raised alarm over a disregard for civil service protections for career lawyers and the erosion of the agency's independence from the White House. There are questions about how outside influences may be helping to shape government personnel decisions.
A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment Monday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that the White House "in coordination with" the Justice Department has dismissed more than 50 U.S. attorneys and deputies in recent weeks.
- Adam Schleifer, who was part of the corporate and securities fraud strike force at the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, received an email Friday saying he was being terminated "on behalf of President Donald J. Trump," according to the person familiar with the matter. The email came an hour after right-wing activist Laura Loomer called for him to be fired in a social media post that highlighted Schleifer's past critical comments about Trump.
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A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant
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Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Although it's experimental, they hope the brain-computer interface could someday help give voice to those unable to speak. Read more. |
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A new study described testing the device on a 47-year-old woman with quadriplegia who couldn't speak for 18 years after a stroke. Doctors implanted it in her brain during surgery as part of a clinical trial. It "converts her intent to speak into fluent sentences," said Gopala Anumanchipalli, a co-author of the study published Monday in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
- A team in California recorded the woman's brain activity using electrodes while she spoke sentences silently in her brain. The scientists used a synthesizer they built using her voice before her injury to create a speech sound that she would have spoken. They trained an AI model that translates neural activity into units of sound.
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Chase Benoit, who is incarcerated at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, holds a pair of service dogs in training in San Quentin, Calif., Friday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Tears and tail wags: Inmates reunite with service dogs they raised
Hugs, tears, barking and tail wagging abounded at San Quentin's prison when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who helped raise them to be service dogs. The emotional encounter Friday was a full circle moment after two inmates helped launch the prison's puppy training program in April 2023. |
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