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The Center Square
DEI on Campus: More colleges removing DEI programs and requirements
(The Center Square) – The University of Virginia has shuttered its diversity, equity, and inclusion office as it along with other schools across the nation respond to the Trump administration’s termination of what he says are illegal DEI practices. “The University's Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Community Partnerships is hereby dissolved,” the University of Virginia Board of Visitors’ resolution obtained by The Center Square reads. The resolution said that UVA’s move is following the Department of Education’s Dear Colleague letter . The letter stated that race-based decisions in education are illegal, and if schools don’t comply they may...
Augusta Free Press
Virginia man heads to prison for swindling those looking to get rich quick, failing to pay IRS
A Virginia man who swindled others by claiming to beat the stock market every day despite huge losses has been sentenced to prison for tax crimes and a wire fraud scheme. Rick Tariq Rahim, of Great Falls, was sentenced to 78 months in prison. He also agreed to forfeit more than $1.3 million and must pay restitution to the IRS and to his investment fraud victims.
CBS Boston
Names of alleged clients in brothel bust read in court
The names of some of the alleged clients in a high-end brothel bust in Massachusetts were read aloud in Cambridge District Court on Friday. There are 28 alleged johns connected to a sex ring that was run out of upscale apartment buildings in Cambridge, Dedham and Watertown, as well as Virginia. Authorities say it catered to "wealthy and well-connected" customers. "They are doctors, they are lawyers, they're accountants, they are executives at high-tech companies, pharmaceutical companies, they're military officers, government contractors, professors, scientists," former U.S. attorney for Massachusetts Joshua Levy said at the time of the bust in November...
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WJLA
More than 13,000 federal workers, contractors apply for unemployment in the DMV
WASHINGTON (7News) — Kevin Johnson is an experienced federal contractor. A deputy director on dozens of projects at the United States Agency for International Development for the past 16 years. Last month the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE canceled his company's contracts and now he's looking for...