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Cornell Faculty Move Toward No-Confidence Vote Over University’s Handling of 2024 Sexual Assault Allegation

A sexual assault allegation at an Ivy League fraternity house has now reached the faculty floor — and the professors at Cornell University are demanding answers. Faculty members introduced a formal no-confidence resolution against the university's central administration, escalating a months-long controversy over how school officials responded to a reported assault in 2024.

Supreme Court Wrestles With Climate Change Liability — And Leaves the Courtroom With No Clear Answer

A landmark legal battle over who should pay for the costs of climate change reached the nation's highest court Monday, with no clear answer in sight. The Supreme Court opened its new term by hearing arguments in a case that could determine whether oil companies can be held financially responsible for the effects of climate change — and the justices themselves seemed uncertain about how to rule.

Wounded After an Iranian Drone Strike, These Soldiers Had to Fight the Military’s Medical System Too

When a soldier comes home wounded from combat, the assumption — the promise, many would say — is that the military will take care of them. But for dozens of troops injured in the Iranian drone strike on March 1 at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, that promise was broken in ways that have left them fighting bureaucratic red tape while still recovering from their wounds.