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What IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY agreed to pay a $221 million fine over allegations of anti-Semitism and workplace harassment due to religion? In return, the school will once again have access to $1.3 billion in federal funding.
The US announced a deal with what ASIAN COUNTRY that will see a 15 percent tariff on goods imported into the US from the country? Details of the deal are unclear, and both sides have significantly different views on who will fund and profit from a $550 billion in investments in US industry.
Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison was given a 33 month sentence for using excessive force during a botched raid that killed WHO in 2020? The Department of Justice had argued for no jail time.
Dozens were killed in clashes between Thailand and what NEIGHBOR, whose decades-long border dispute flared up again when a land mine explosion killed five? Thailand's prime minister was suspended from officer over her handling of another skirmish earlier this year.
China announced plans for what would be the world's largest hydroelectric dam complex, with five dams on the Yarlung Zambo river in what AUTONOMOUS REGION? India and Bangladesh voiced concerns over the plan, which may impact their access to water from the river.
The US Department of Justice interviewed what ASSOCIATE OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN twice in Florida, where she is serving a 20 year sentence for sex trafficking? She was questioned over two days by deputy attorney general Todd Blanche.
The president of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY, which has the largest Jewish and largest Muslim population of any country in Western Europe, announced plans for the country to recognize an independent state of Palestine? The president said the country would make a formal announcement at the UN's General Assembly meeting in September.
Christina Chapman was sentenced to 102 month in prison for her role in helping operatives from what COUNTRY obtain remote IT jobs while posing as Americans? It is believed the country uses money earned from such jobs to fund its nuclear weapons program.
The National Archives released thousands of documents related to the 1968 assassination of what CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER? The family of the leader welcomed the move, but noted that many of the documents may reflect the "invasive, predatory, and deeply disturbing disinformation and surveillance campaign" led by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI.
Your Midi-Theme of the Week: Whole Rest. What HEAVY METAL ICON passed away at the age of 76, weeks after performing a farewell concert with Black Sabbath?
Fans of the flugelhorn and King of the Hill mourned the passing of what MUSICIAN, best known for his instrumental hit "Feels So Good," which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978?
What SATIRIST AND PIANIST, known for songs including "The Element Song," "National Brotherhood Week," and "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" passed away at 97?