3 Things To Know Today

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1 Claudine Gay Steps Down As President Of Harvard University

President Claudine Gay of Harvard resigned yesterday, saying in a letter to the Harvard community that “This is not a decision I came to easily.” Gay’s six months as president of Harvard is the shortest tenure of any president in the school’s 388-year history according to the Harvard Crimson student newspaper. Gay was one of three university presidents who came under fire after testifying in a Congressional committee about anti-semitism. Alan M. Garber, the provost of Harvard, will serve as interim president until a permanent successor is named, and Gay will return to a faculty position and continue to teach at the school.

2 No Evidence Of Terrorism In Deadly Rochester, New York Crash

In a press briefing yesterday, Rochester Chief of Police David Smith said that 35-year-old Michael Avery was the person driving the rented Ford Expedition that was loaded with cans of gasoline. Smith said Avery rammed the vehicle into the rideshare vehicle on purpose, killing two passengers in the SUV. The attack was captured by video cameras, and Smith said that “Avery sped up, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic, and appears to have been intentionally driving towards the pedestrian crossing.” FBI Special Agent in Charge Jeremy Bell, the agent in charge of the Rochester office, confirmed at yesterday’s briefing that “we’ve uncovered no evidence of ideology and no nexus to terrorism either international or domestic.

3 US Customs And Border Protection Reopening Four Ports Of Entry

In the midst of conversations about immigration policies, the Biden administration announced yesterday that US Customs and Border Protection are reopening four ports of entry to allow immigrants to enter the country. The entry ports in Lukeville and Nogales, Arizona, Eagle Pass Texas, and San Diego, California were closed due to what the agency said was a surge in migrants at those locations, but they now say the number of migrants has decreased. There were 500 encounters with migrants on Monday in the Del Rio, Texas area, which includes Eagle Pass, down from the record number of daily encounters just last month. Data shows that 302,000 migrants were caught at the southern border in December, the highest monthly average in US history.


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