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Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of gradual growth, the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions, leaving some campuses with Black populations as small as 2% of their freshman class, according to an Associated Press ana ... (full story)
Doctor and Employer Can Be Added as Newly Identified Defendants in Negligence Lawsuit
A state law extending the time to amend a medical malpractice lawsuit applies to both newly discovered and newly identified defendants, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court affirmed a Fifth District Court of Appeals decision allowing a plaintiff, Christine Lewis, who was injured whe ... (full story)
Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanics since January, a new AP-NORC poll finds
President Donald Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a new AP-NORC poll shows, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his victory in the 2024 election.
The October survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 25 ... (full story)
Attorney suspended for threatening to harm former boss, bomb law office
In a per curiam opinion, a Supreme Court majority suspended Ronald Taylor Jr. of Fort Thomas for 18 months, with six months stayed, based on an April 2024 incident at the office of Blake R. Maislin. Taylor has been under interim suspension since shortly after the incident occurred.
Taylor did not appear at a Board of Professiona ... (full story)
In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown
CHICAGO (AP) — The music begins low and ominous, with the video showing searchlights skimming along a Chicago apartment building and heavily armed immigration agents storming inside. Guns are drawn. Unmarked cars fill the streets. Agents rappel from a Black Hawk helicopter.
But quickly the soundtrack grows more stirring an ... (full story)