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Harvard atones for university's ties to slavery, pledges $100M to research

A view of the campus of Harvard University on July 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) BOSTON (AP) - Harvard University is vowing to spend $100 million to study and atone for its extensive ties with slavery, the school’s president announced Tuesday, with plans to identify and support the descendants of enslaved people who labored at the Ivy League campus.President Lawrence Bacow announced the funding as Harvard released a new report detailing the many ways the college benefited from slavery and perpetuated racial inequality.

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Man charged in Harvard bomb threats, Bitcoin extortion scheme

A general view of Harvard University campus is seen on April 22, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) BOSTON (AP) - A man is accused of phoning in bomb threats to Harvard University and demanding a large amount of Bitcoin in return, federal prosecutors said.William Giordani, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and aiding and abetting extortionate threats.

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Estimated 230K students in 21 states missing from school post-pandemic, analysis finds

FILE - Buses wait outside a high school in Greenlawn, New York, at the end of the first day of school, on Sept. 8, 2020.

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Edward O. Wilson, pioneering Harvard biologist, dies at 92

FILE - Harvard University Professor E.O. Wilson in his office at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The unlikely outsiders who won the race for a Covid-19 vaccine

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3 Philadelphia restaurants make New York Times' 2021 Restaurant list

People dine in Manayunk PHILADELPHIA - Three Philadelphia restaurants made the cut for the New York Times' 2021 Restaurant list. With restaurants stretching from Seattle to Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is consider quite an honor to make the list. Listed are Down North Pizza in North Philadelphia, Korshak Bagels in South Philadelphia, and Laser Wolf in the Kensington-Fishtown area. Officials from Down North Pizza wrote they were honored to be a part of the list in a post on Instagram.Laser Wolf wrote they were "fired up" to be among the restaurants that made the list in a post on Instagram. The unranked list of restaurants "beckon us back to the table", according to the New York Times. ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY

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Moderna to add more children to COVID-19 vaccine studies at FDA’s request

WASHINGTON - Moderna said Monday it plans to expand the size of its COVID-19 vaccine study in younger children to better detect rare side effects, such as a type of heart inflammation recently flagged by U.S. health authorities.The company said it is in talks with the Food and Drug Administration to enroll more study participants under age 12.

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Moderna gets contract to produce 200M COVID-19 vaccines for DOD

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Moderna a multi-billion dollar contract to produce 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by March 2022.Defense officials announced the effort Monday, saying the contract will give $3.3 billion to the pharmaceutical company.

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Ezra Vogel, renowned Asia scholar and biographer, dies at 90

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A leading U.S. scholar on East Asia whose biography of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping won acclaim and awards has died.

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SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Audio arguments, with a side of fish

WASHINGTON – A flurry of election-related cases are already working their way through courts, but Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn't seem overly concerned about election cases landing in his lap.“We don't know the cases will come to us. We've learned it's best, and I've learned over time, deal with the case when it comes up, don't deal with it on the basis of what's said in a newspaper,” Breyer said during a conversation Thursday arranged by George Washington University and streamed on Facebook.

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Black-owned businesses see sales surge amid racism reckoning

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This 115-year-old Supreme Court Case could determine if states can force you to wear a mask

Jacobson v. Massachusetts could be used in the argument when trying to justify the government’s abilities to curb one’s liberties in the interest of public health as it expands on the state’s capacity to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory for the betterment of the health, safety, morals and general welfare of residents.

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Study: Risk of severe COVID-19 imperils millions of uninsured

Even before the pandemic, more than 18 million Americans at high risk for COVID-19 complications lacked adequate health insurance, according to a study published today in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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Mindy Kaling inks pact to be writer on Legally Blonde 3 starring her friend Reese Witherspoon

Mindy Kaling is set to be a writer on her friend Reese Witherspoon's upcoming movie Legally Blonde 3.The Cambridge, Massachusetts native, 40, inked a pact to work on the film, Deadline reported Monday, as well as Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Dan Goor.The actress/writer, whose full name is Vera Mindy Chokalingam, and Goor will write a fresh script after one was previously penned by original writers Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith, according to the outlet. Collaboration:Mindy Kaling, 40, is set to be a writer on her friend Reese Witherspoon's upcoming movie Legally Blonde 3.

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Moderna finds neutralizing antibodies in Phase 1 trial of COVID-19 vaccine

A view of Moderna headquarters on May 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Moderna was given FDA approval to continue to phase 2 of Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine trials with 600 participants. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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Ben Affleck, 47, models 'Believe In Boston' tee as he steps out with girlfriend Ana De Armas, 32

Ben Affleck was glimpsed this weekend enjoying a masked outing in Los Angeles with his girlfriend Ana De Armas.The 47-year-old Argo hunk and the 32-year-old Bond girl have apparently gone into lockdown together amid the coronavirus pandemic.During his latest sighting Ben showed off his musclebound arms in a $20 Sully's Tees shirt that read 'Believe In Boston.' On the go:Ben Affleck was glimpsed this weekend enjoying a masked outing in Los Angeles with his girlfriend Ana De ArmasThe beefcake was born in California but grew up mostly in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which falls in Greater Boston.

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Coronavirus vaccine: Harvard professor reaps 17,000% return on early Moderna bet

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Meet the company that has just begun testing a coronavirus vaccine in the United States

The biotech Moderna delivers messenger RNA (blue) into cells to be translated into proteins by ribosomes.

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