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Student wrongly tied to Boston bombings found dead Reddit apologized for the 'dangerous speculation' on the site that pointed fingers at the student. A body pulled from the water off Indian Point Park in Rhode Island has been identified as the Brown University student mistakenly linked by amateur sleuths on a social media site to the Boston bombings. More
Police confiscate 4-foot, 2-pound marijuana joint California police confiscated a mammoth joint during a 4/20 pot rally on Saturday, reports the Los Angeles Times. As the paper notes, hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students gather each year for the event, and each year campus police confiscate things like bongs and dime bags. More
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UN expresses solidarity with Kenya following deadly floods United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated the UN’s continued commitment to Kenya in the wake of deadly floods caused by weeks of heavy rains that continue to affect the region. Sour ... 04/29/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Will Power denies participating in Penske cheating scandal. Silence from Josef Newgarden Will Power says he was unaware of any manipulations to Team Penske’s push-to-power system until after last weekend’s IndyCar race at Long Beach and never illegally used the mechanism ... 04/25/2024 - 4:50 am | View Link
Harvard applications drop after antisemitism scandal, affirmative action ruling Harvard said it has accepted 1,937 students to the class of 2028 — an ... Gay, the first black Harvard president, was later forced to apologize for failing to forcefully condemn antisemitism ... 03/29/2024 - 1:28 am | View Link
Dear Amy: My son “Jack” is 26 years old. Five years ago, he came out to me as gay. While this didn’t fully surprise me, it saddened me. I wanted Jack to have a traditional life. I wanted to have grandchildren.
Despite these feelings, I told him I accepted him.
Jack has lived on his own for the past several years.