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Harvard president won’t lose job over Congress row  BBC.com Harvard, MIT presidents face calls to resign  CBS Evening News Over 500 Harvard faculty members support university president in letter to board after antisemitism hearing  Fox News Harvard’s President Should Resign  The Atlantic Harvard and

Release of Wall Street Journal reporter top priority for Biden -White House  Reuters

Claudine Gay, who became head of the university in July, faced criticism for her responses to questions at a congressional hearing about antisemitism.

At least 23 troops were killed and 34 others injured in a gun and suicide bomb attack in a police station in Dera Ismail Khan, northwest Pakistan, on Tuesday. A new Pakistani Islamist militant group called Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP) claimed

Conversion therapy—a practice aimed at changing someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity—has been widely discredited and is banned in 22 states and the District of Columbia. But more than 1,300 practitioners still offer conversion therapy in the U.S., according to

Consumer prices rose 3.1% in November from a year ago, marking a more moderate pace of inflation thanks in large part to falling gasoline prices. (Image credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

White House expresses concern after jailed activist not heard from in “nearly a week”  CBS News

Gay faced growing criticism from lawmakers, alumni and donors for not denouncing violence and hateful rhetoric against Jewish students more clearly or forcefully enough during congressional testimony. (Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Harvard affirms President Claudine Gay will not step down over antisemitism testimony  NPR Harvard, MIT presidents face calls to resign  CBS Evening News Over 500 Harvard faculty members support university president in letter to board after antisemitism hearing  Fox News Harvard and President

Five people who were inside a construction site lift that plummeted 20m (66ft) before crashing into the ground in Sweden have died, officials said.