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Over 350 artifacts excavated from Machu Picchu in the early 1900s made their official reentry into Peru Wednesday after nearly 100 years at Yale. These objects represent the first of more than 5,000 relics Yale will return to Peru over the next two years under a Nov. 23 agreement between the University and the Peruvian »

This is a three-part series exploring Yale’s decision to return artifacts from Machu Picchu to Peru: the history behind it, the negotiations leading up to it, and its ramifications. Part 3 investigates the viability of the agreement between Yale and Peru, and how the artifacts will be treated once in Peru. (Read part 1 and »

This is a three-part series exploring Yale’s decision to return artifacts from Machu Picchu to Peru: the history behind it, the negotiations leading up to it, and its ramifications. Part 2 investigates the deliberations surrounding the repatriation of the artifacts. (Read part 1 and part 3.) Peruvian President Alan García held a press conference on »

This is a three-part series exploring Yale’s decision to return artifacts from Machu Picchu to Peru: the history behind it, the negotiations leading up to it, and its ramifications. Part 1 investigates the century-long conflict between the University and Peru over the artifacts, which Hiram Bingham III 1898 brought to Yale nearly 100 years ago. »

The Inca artifacts that Yale has held for nearly 100 years are now one step closer to returning to Peru. At approximately 12:00 p.m. Friday, University President Richard Levin and Victor Aguilar, rector of the University of San Antonio Abad del Cusco, signed an agreement establishing a jointly administered center in Cusco, Peru charged with »

By now the story is familiar. Nearly two weeks ago, Annie Le GRD ’13 went missing. Five days later her body was found in a wall in the lab at 10 Amistad St.; she had been strangled. On Thursday, lab technician Raymond Clark III was arrested and charged with murder; he is next due in »

On the day that is generally reserved for backyard barbeques, a final trip to the pool and rest, many in the Elm City will begin their Labor Day a bit differently: by running a 20-kilometer race. Since 1978, the New Haven Road Race has drawn thousands to run through the city’s streets — including for »

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. At a time when the nation’s largest banks are failing — 24 by latest count — and President Obama, Treasury Department officials and Congress continue to debate the best way to prop them up (more loans? convert loans into equity shares?), a group »

Friday is the last day to register to vote in the aldermanic pre-primary election. The April 17 election will decide which candidate the Ward 1 Democratic committee will endorse for September’s primary and thus the general election in November. Although a Democrat might run in the general election against the endorsed candidate in the primary, »

When, last fall, at the behest of Dustin Gold, the co-founder and chief strategist of the anti-immigration group Community Watchdog Project, hate e-mails and phone calls flooded Mayor John DeStefano’s office, DeStefano responded swiftly. Within days, he gathered a diverse group of civic leaders on the New Haven Green to speak out against CWP’s actions. »

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. Mike Jones ’11 has some competition. Nearly a month into Jones’ unopposed run, Katie Harrison ’11 declared her intent to run for the Ward 1 seat on the Board of Aldermen last week, and Minh Tran ’09 announced his candidacy this weekend. Everyone »

Policing in New Haven is changing, and not for the better. Police Chief James Lewis and Mayor John DeStefano Jr. unveiled their new approach to crime fighting, Targeted Activity Policing, on Thursday. This strategy focuses on rooting out specific problems, like prostitution, street crime and even speeding, by using, in Lewis’ words, “aggressive enforcement” in »