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The university moved swiftly to recover. Mr. Nikias succeeded Steven B. Sample as president that same year and began building the school into a fund-raising powerhouse. For the last several years, it has been one of the top universities in annual fund-raising, along with Harvard and Stanford, raising $6 billion in a recent campaign. Mr. Nikias used the N.C.A.A. sanctions as the impetus to clean house — firing the athletic…

A ramshackle compound in the desert area of Amalia, N.M. Five former residents were indicted on terror and gun charges. Brian Skoloff/AP hide caption toggle caption Brian Skoloff/AP A ramshackle compound in the desert area of Amalia, N.M. Five former residents were indicted on terror and gun charges. Brian Skoloff/AP Updated at 9:40 p.m. ET A federal grand jury in Albuquerque has indicted five residents of a rural New Mexico…

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Then the controllers observed the plane going up and down by hundreds of feet, and it appeared to be moving unusually fast, the person said. The controllers, the person said, “started wondering out loud what the flight was doing.” Two other Ethiopian flights, 613 and 629, were approaching from the east, and the controllers, sensing an emergency on Flight 302, ordered them to remain at higher altitudes. It was during…

Fired FBI agent Peter Strzok told Congress last year that the agency “did not have access” to Clinton Foundation emails that were on Hillary Clinton’s private server because of a consent agreement “negotiated between the Department of Justice attorneys and counsel for Clinton.” That agreement was revealed in newly released congressional transcripts from Strzok’s closed-door testimony at the House Judiciary Committee on June 27, 2018. When asked by then-majority general…

Republicans who spent the Obama administration warning about the expansion of executive power on Thursday made fools of themselves by overwhelmingly backing President Trump’s emergency declaration in the name of building a border wall. In the process, they did long-term damage to the conservative cause. To be sure, the Senate voted 59-41 to disapprove of Trump’s declaration, and 12 Republicans took a principled stand. That Trump’s action was given the…

The reputed leader of the Gambino crime family, once headed by infamous mobster John Gotti, was gunned down in a “well-thought-out execution” outside his New York City home late Wednesday — sparking an investigation into whether the hit was sanctioned or the revival of a “mob war,” sources told ABC News. Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, 53, was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body outside his home on Staten…

Senators will be entirely justified when they vote later today to disapprove of President Trump’s (mis)use of supposed “emergency” powers to spend funds for a border wall that Congress did not appropriate for that purpose. The only shame is that the votes won’t be there to override his promised veto. Actually, if Senate Republicans had appropriate self-respect, Trump’s reported treatment of the vote as a “loyalty” test should make them…

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<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Investing in Space Only a few months after SpaceX launched the last set of Iridium Communications satellites into orbit, the new network is helping deliver critical data to aviation officials. The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, grounded Boeing‘s 737 Max airplanes on Wednesday, after receiving data from air traffic surveillance company Aireon about the deadly crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Aireon’s system piggybacks on…

Beto O’Rourke jumped into the Democratic presidential primary on Thursday sounding like he hasn’t heard much about the big debate in recent years over how we judge male and female leaders. Just before he announced his run, O’Rourke boasted to Vanity Fair that “I want to be in it. Man, I’m just born to be in it.” NBC reporter Kasie Hunt spotted the inherent double standard the comment represents: Men…

Josh Koskoff, a lawyer representing the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims, speaks outside the Connecticut Supreme Court in this file photo from 2017. Patrick Skahill/Connecticut Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Patrick Skahill/Connecticut Public Radio Josh Koskoff, a lawyer representing the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims, speaks outside the Connecticut Supreme Court in this file photo from 2017. Patrick Skahill/Connecticut Public Radio After months of silence, the Connecticut…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Markets The software fix that Boeing said it is working on for its 737 Max jets could take as long as six months, according to Bank of America. Boeing earlier this week said a software change is in the works as well as updates to pilot manuals and training and the Federal Aviation Administration said it would mandate those changes by April. “Once Boeing identifies…

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Former congressman and losing Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke, who just announced he is running for president, is not going to win. But he could prove disruptive to the 2020 Democratic race. As I explained in more detail before, O’Rourke is highly overrated as a presidential candidate. Glowing media coverage aside, comparisons that have been leveled to the relatively inexperienced 2008 version of Barack Obama are unwarranted. Among other things: Obama…

Image copyright AFP Image caption President Trump says the situation on the southern border constitutes a national crisis President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency on the US-Mexico border looks likely to be dealt a blow by dissident Republican senators. Several members of the president’s own party are expected to rebel when the Senate votes on Thursday on a proposal to revoke his declaration. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives last…

A satellite view of the “bomb cyclone” on Thursday evening. (NASA) Jason Samenow March 14 at 11:49 AM From the Palmer Divide to the Plains on Wednesday, an exceptionally powerful “bomb cyclone” brought 100-mph wind gusts and conditions rivaling those of a hurricane, except with blinding snow in many places. The cyclone of “historic proportions,” according to the National Weather Service, is racing into the upper Midwest. Blizzard conditions, which…

“All of us, wherever you live, can acknowledge that if immigration is a problem it’s the best possible problem for this country to have,’’ Mr. O’Rourke said in his video announcement Thursday. Mr. Trump, in turn, has taunted Mr. O’Rourke for turning a losing campaign into a launchpad for a presidential bid. “Hey, you’re supposed to win in order to run,’’ Mr. Trump has said. But the Democratic primary could…

Boeing’s 737 Max series, now steeped in controversy and grounded around the world, is the fastest-selling model in the history of the firm. The company has delivered 376 Max planes to airlines — but a further 4,636 from around the world are unfulfilled, according to Boeing’s latest reports. What happens to those orders is a crucial question, and one that is undoubtedly being discussed by carriers already. While some airlines…

Federal authorities were pursuing a securities fraud case last spring when a person involved, a financial executive hoping for leniency, said he had information of great interest on another matter, according to people familiar with the investigation. The executive told investigators that the head women’s soccer coach at Yale University had sought a bribe in return for getting his daughter admitted to the Ivy League school, a person familiar with…