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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Georgetown University researcher has been detained by immigration officials, prompting another high-profile legal fight over deportation proceedings against foreign-born visa holders who live in the U.S. Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral scholar at Georgetown University, was accused of “spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media” and determined to be deportable by the Secretary of State’s office, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said late Wednesday on X, formerly known as Twitter. The deportation effort comes amid legal fights over cases involving a Columbia University international affairs graduate student and a doctor from Lebanon.Politico,…

The Trump administration on Tuesday released more than 2,000 files related to the assassination of former United States President John F Kennedy — a case that has fuelled conspiracy theories for more than 60 years. While there is limited evidence to suggest that the initial explanation surrounding JFK’s death was inaccurate or misleading, the released documents shed light on how the US gathered intelligence during the Cold War. They also detail intelligence reports about Kennedy’s killer. Kennedy was killed in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald, a then 24-year-old former US marine, who shot him from…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In East Lansing, Michigan, college sports often dominate conversations — especially in March, when everyone seems to be filling out their NCAA brackets. Jessica Caruss would know; she has lived in the area for most of her life. She loves sports, and she’s a Michigan State fan, but she won’t be drawing up a March Madness bracket that shows her team (or any team) winning it all. “Oh, I’m aware. I just don’t do brackets or anything,” Caruss said. “I don’t gamble; I don’t see the appeal of it. For me it’s not a rush. It’s stressful.”She’s…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The Columbia women’s basketball team plays in an intimate 2,700-seat gym nestled in Manhattan that is nowhere to be found on the national sports landscape. Now the Lions and all the other starry-eyed dreamers in the NCAA Tournament are being serenaded just like former national champions UConn, South Carolina or Tennessee.And this year, they’re all getting paid to be there.The star treatment this year goes beyond charter flights, hotel accommodations and coveted swag. For the first time, women’s teams are getting an individual share of the profits, a perk men’s teams have enjoyed for years.“It…

Women’s basketball teams in the NCAA Tournament for the first time will be getting an individual share of the March Madness revenue pie.Women’s teams will earn financial incentives, known as units, for playing in the tournament. It is one of the final equity pieces that was missing between the men’s and women’s tournament. In the past, schools received no financial reward other than the NCAA covering the cost of a team’s expenses to play in the tournament.The formula can be complicated, but the bottom line is conferences will receive $113,000 for each game a women’s team plays in the NCAA…

OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in Europe over its viral AI chatbot’s tendency to hallucinate false information — and this one might prove tricky for regulators to ignore. Privacy rights advocacy group Noyb is supporting an individual in Norway who was horrified to find ChatGPT returning made-up information that claimed he’d been convicted for murdering two of his children and attempting to kill the third. Earlier privacy complaints about ChatGPT generating incorrect personal data have involved issues such as an incorrect birth date or biographical details that are wrong. One concern is that OpenAI does not offer a way…

Postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri accused of ‘spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism’.An Indian postdoctoral researcher in the United States who has spoken out against Israel’s war in Gaza is facing deportation after being detained under US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, was designated for deportation for “spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism” on social media, Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said on Wednesday. “Suri has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas,”…

These are the key developments on day 1,120 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is the roundup of key events as of Thursday, March 20. Fighting Regional authorities in northeast Ukraine’s Sumy region said Russian drone attacks damaged two hospitals there, while a 29-year-old man was killed and three others were injured in a separate attack on a residential building. Kyiv region’s Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said Kremlin drones damaged several houses near the Ukrainian capital, resulting in a 60-year-old man being injured. Ukraine’s state railway network Ukrzaliznytsia said Moscow’s forces attacked its power system twice in the city of Dnipro, with…

Debt collection in emerging markets often feels outdated and can be costly — damaging borrower trust. As consumer lending surges and regulators push for fairer practices, legacy collection outfits are struggling to maintain pace. ClearGrid aims to help modernize debt collection — and recovery — with AI. The Dubai-based startup, which is emerging from stealth with $10 million in funding ($3.5 million pre-seed and $6.5 million seed), helps banks, fintechs, and lenders recover more debt without resorting to customer harassment. For a startup founded just in May 2023, the backing is significant. Co-founder and CEO Mohammed Al Zaben called it…

SoftBank Group announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a chip designer founded by former Intel executive Renee James, through a $6.5 billion all-cash deal as a strategic move to broaden its investment in AI infrastructure. Ampere will be operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SoftBank after the deal, which is expected to close in the second half of 2025. Carlyle and Oracle, Ampere’s lead investors, will sell their shares in the Santa Clara, California startup. According to SoftBank’s statement, Carlyle holds a 59.65% stake while Oracle holds 32.27%. The startup employs 1,000 semiconductor engineers. In 2021, SoftBank…