Rice University will give free tuition to families earning up to $200,000

The private university in Texas is significantly expanding its financial aid.

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Gen Z Can’t Afford a First Date

From $130 dinners to expensive cocktails and even exorbitant movie tickets, a crushing economy in New York City is creating a fresh barrier to love.

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Johanna Fernández, Young Lords historian and prison abolitionist, makes her transition

Dr. Johanna Fernández, the Dominican American historian, prison abolitionist, and movement scholar, died on July 30.

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Israel Bombards Gaza, Days After Trump Announced Deal to Advance Cease-Fire

Palestinian officials said at least two people were killed. The deal announced by President Trump calls in part for Hamas to give up its weapons and Israel to stop its attacks in Gaza.

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Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran

Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide.

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Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians

The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.

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John Ali, Nation of Islam Official Who Clashed With Malcolm X, Dies at 98

He was widely suspected of being an F.B.I. informant and of playing a role in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm, the charismatic Black activist.

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Over 100 college women's basketball players join union effort

More than 100 women's college basketball players have joined a unionization campaign with the United College Athletes Association, the organization announced.

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Emily Wilson’s Pan of ‘The Odyssey’ Ignites a Debate Among Classicists and Commenters

Wilson, whose 2017 translation of Homer’s Greek classic influenced the director Christopher Nolan, panned his screenplay for the movie version in an essay for The London Review of Books.

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Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It

The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.

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Scorching July may end up the warmest month on record across the U.S.

Yet another heat dome will bring critical fire weather risks and record-breaking temperatures to the West this weekend.

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House push to integrate defense industries of Israel, U.S. draws scrutiny

Critics of the legislation fear that, if adopted, it would give Israel veto power over U.S. weapons systems.

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From Gatting to Rihanna, Lord’s and Barbados pay respects to Garry Sobers

Kensington Oval hosts state funeral of one of cricket’s great heroes, while in Long Room MCC members gather with Bajan dignitaries to watch events unfold on four screens

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Archbishop of Canterbury committed to £100m slavery fund

Dame Sarah Mullally has renewed her commitment to the fund on a visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana.

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Her arrest by the National Guard went viral. Now she’s taking legal action.

Attorneys for Army veteran Anna King say she was assaulted for exercising free speech. Authorities say she threw an unknown liquid at troops in D.C. days earlier.

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Trump’s claims of election interference in doubt after release of declassified intelligence

Declassified evidence points to Beijing seeking personal data for espionage, not election interference.

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Thousands of immigrant children on verge of losing legal representation

A federal contract that provides attorneys for vulnerable undocumented minors is set to expire Friday. Advocates fear children will be left to defend themselves in court alone.

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ABC Formally Rebukes F.C.C. for Review of TV Licenses

The network’s comments are part of its efforts to push back against the F.C.C.’s review of its local broadcast licenses.

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Future of UK physics threatened by 'ruinous' funding cuts, says Institute of Physics – Physics World

The cuts at UK Research and Innovation have resulted in the cancellation of several significant international projects

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U.S. Government Mislabels Map of African Countries at AIDS Conference

Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”

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Trump’s Tariff Exemptions Include Diamonds, Oil and Gas, Copper and Other Items

A new round of tariff carve-outs has raised familiar questions about who should receive the lucrative exceptions, and why.

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Elon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help Republicans

Elon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November.

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