The Trump administration and Columbia University have agreed to pay out over $220 million after violating the civil rights of Jewish students. As part of the deal, the university has agreed to independent monitoring to ensure it is complying with merit-based hiring and admissions requirements.
In other news, Europeans are fighting over air-conditioning as heat waves worsen, causing green politics to get in the way. The US National Nuclear Security Administration was also breached by hackers who compromised Microsoft’s SharePoint software.
The case of eight babies born using a single man’s sperm and two women’s eggs has raised questions about what makes us human. This medical breakthrough is not only an ingenious solution to a problem but also poses profound philosophical questions.
Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell will be subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee, while Trump has announced a “massive” trade deal with Japan worth $550 billion. French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have filed a lawsuit against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, accusing her of defamation.
Richard Glossip, who spent nearly 30 years on death row, has been denied bail by an Oklahoma judge after the Supreme Court overturned his murder conviction earlier this year. The case could end the death penalty in Oklahoma.
The Free Press also explores how AI chatbots like Ray are changing relationships between humans and technology, with some activists using them to evade obsolescence in the AI age.
Source: https://www.thefp.com/p/one-embryo-three-parents-the-future-the-front-page