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Senate approves Koh nomination
The Senate voted 62 to 35 on Thursday to confirm former Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh for the position of legal adviser to the Department of State.
The vote ends an unexpectedly heated three-month confirmation battle in which some Republicans alleged Koh would subvert American sovereignty in favor of international law in his new position. Thursday’s vote was...
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Watching and waiting at Frank Ricci's firehouse
For years, New Haven’s firefighters have waited.
Not a single firefighter has been promoted to captain or lieutenant since the city threw out the results of its now-infamous 2003 promotion exam, on which no black firefighters did well enough to be considered for a promotion. The city’s action drew a lawsuit from Frank Ricci and 19 other firefighters, who saw their...
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News analysis: Ruling's 'staying power' questioned
Twenty New Haven firefighters – 19 of them white, one of them Hispanic – stood outside the federal courthouse on Church Street on Monday. Hours earlier, the Supreme Court had ruled in their favor.
Dressed in blue uniforms, the “New Haven 20,” as they have come to be known, declared victory on a legal battle that began in 2004, when the city scrapped the results...
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Eli said to be top candidate to run NIH
Francis Collins GRD ’74 is the lead candidate for the top position at the National Institutes of Health, according to a Bloomberg News report.
If selected by President Barack Obama, Collins would be in charge of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the NIH, which is the primary benefactor of the medical research grants that the University receives. About 50...
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