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1 University Of Pennsylvania President, Chairman Of Board Step Down After Congressional Hearing Fallout
The firestorm that erupted after testimony from three college presidents last week in Congress has now led to one resignation. Liz Magill officially resigned as the president of the University of Pennsylvania after harsh criticism of her answers during a House committee hearing. During the hearing, Magill and the presidents of Harvard and MIT were asked by New York Rep. Elise Stefanik if calls for the genocide of Jewish people would violate their schools’ policies against harassment and bullying, and all three seemed to avoid the question, saying that the “context” was important. Criticism of the three university presidents has been bipartisan, with the White House slamming the answers given. Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro told NBC News that Magill’s testimony was “shameful.” While announcing the resignation, the Penn Board of Trustees Chair Scott L. Bok announced that he had also submitted his resignation “effective immediately.” Magill will remain on the school’s staff as a tenured faculty member at Penn Carey Law on campus, and plans for interim leadership at the private Ivy League university will be shared with the public this week. The pressure continues toward President Claudine Gay of Harvard and President Sally Kornbluth of MIT after they gave similar answers during the hearing. When asked for comment about the resignation of Magill, Rep. Stefanik, a Harvard alumnus, said, “One down, two to go.”
2 Six Dead After Tornado Outbreak In Tennessee
At least six people were killed and at least 60 others injured by several tornados that touched down in Tennessee over the weekend. Three people, including a toddler, were killed when a tornado hit Montgomery County north of Nashville near the Kentucky state line, while another three were killed in the Nashville area. States of emergency were declared in both locations, and as of last night, there were still over 30,000 customers without power in the state. Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell said in a press conference that authorities had identified 22 structures that had been destroyed and many others were damaged. The frontal system hit almost two years to the day after 16 tornadoes were recorded by the National Weather Service, including 16 in Tennessee and eight in Kentucky, with 82 people dying during that outbreak in Kentucky alone.
3 Elon Musk Restores Alex Jones' X Account After Vote By Users
Alex Jones is back. Five years ago, the incendiary Infowars talker was booted from Twitter in response to a range of abusive behavior. Elon Musk held a poll on his X account asking users if Jones should be reinstated to the service, and 70-percent of the almost two million voters said yes. It didn’t take long for Jones to take advantage of it, making several posts yesterday and participating in an almost three-hour live audio interview with several people on X Spaces that had over six million people tune in.