Among the sales pitches employed by modern American universities, “Hey, Wokey McWokeface” does not seem typical. But then New St. Andrews College sees itself as atypical and doesn’t intend it as a sales pitch. “We do want to grow as a school, but I don’t want to be here saying what we think is a…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is showing no sign of backing off his vow to annex of vast stretches of the West Bank by July 1, despite outcry from international leaders, including Arab powers who say the move will usher in violence and destabilize the Middle East. While Netanyahu supporters say the annexation will solidify…
Things finally seemed to be settling in Israel after three deadlocked elections in a single year and a corruption scandal, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to stir the pot anew by the end of the month by fulfilling a campaign promise to annex a large swath of Jewish settlements in the West Bank…
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with the stroke of a pen, has put to bed doubts about his personal future and about whether he had lost the tactical wizardry that allowed him to dominate the political scene for more than a decade. Mr. Netanyahu secured an 18-month lease on power in a deal…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…