Susan Haigh

2 weeks ago | whec.com | Will Weissert |Cheyanne Mumphrey |Susan Haigh

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and about $790 million for Northwestern University while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, the White House said. It’s part of a broader push of using taxpayer dollars to pressure major academic institutions to comply with President Donald Trump’s political agenda and to influence campus policy.

2 weeks ago | bedfordgazette.com | Will Weissert |Cheyanne Mumphrey |Susan Haigh

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University has been frozen while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, the White House said. It's part of a broader push to use government funding to get major academic institutions to comply with President Donald Trump's political agenda.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Susan Haigh

A New York jury has awarded 1.68 billion dollars (£1.3 billion) in damages to 40 women who accused writer and director James Toback of sexual abuse and other crimes over a span of 35 years, according to lawyers representing the plaintiffs. The decision on Wednesday stems from a legal case filed in Manhattan in 2022 after New York state instituted a one-year window for people to file cases over sexual assault claims even if they took place decades ago.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Susan Haigh

The decision on Wednesday stems from a legal case filed in Manhattan in 2022 after New York state instituted a one-year window for people to file cases over sexual assault claims even if they took place decades ago. It marks one of the largest jury awards since the advent of the #MeToo movement, as well as in New York state history, said lawyer Brad Beckworth, of the law firm Nix Patterson LLP, in an interview.

2 weeks ago | shootonline.com | Susan Haigh

"Your Friends & Neighbors" begins with a once high-flying hedge fund manager waking up in someone else's luxurious house, next to a dead body and in a pool of blood. How he ended up there consumes the first season of this compelling Apple TV+ series, which stars Jon Hamm and takes a peek at the lives of the ultrarich in a leafy New York suburb. "I was interested in writing about the status symbols, about the way wealth informs community," says creator, showrunner and producer Jonathan Tropper.