A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An
The bodies of six hostages held by hamas have been recovered. Among the dead, american hersh goldbergpolin. The idf says he and the other hostages killed just hours before the gruesome discovery. I m imtiaz tyab in jerusalem, where thousands of israelis have gathered to demand a ceasefire and hostage deal following the killings of six hostages. Will prime minister benjamin netanyahu vows to settle accounts with hamas. Also tonight, on strike. At least 10,000 hotel workers across the country walk off the job right in the middle of the busy labor day weekend. Plus, your holiday travel forecast. What you need to know before you head to the beach or head home. The push to vaccinate. As the school year gets underway, we ll show you how the u. S. Is working to end mistrust and get more kids protected against disease. Making sure we can break down barriers so that kids and families can get back to work. And later, triumph over tragedy. An american swimmer shares her journey to the paris paral
News out of The Middle East where the family of Israeli American Hostage Hersh Goldbergpolin confirms he has been killed in the gaza strip. The family issued this statement just hours after the Israeli Army confirmed it had, quote, found a number of bodies in gaza. It says, quote, with broken hearts. The Goldbergpolin Family is devastated to announce the death of their beloved son and brother, hersh. It went on to say the family thanks you all for your Love And Support and asks for privacy at this time. The White House confirms the idf found six bodies in total in underground tunnels on saturday. Hamas militants took around 250 people during its. October 7th Terror Attack on israel. An estimated 101 hostages remain in their custody. This news comes as Ceasefire And Hostage talks continue between israel and hamas. Thousands of protesters in israel continue to demand prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a deal. Joining us now, once again, we have Rabbi Mintz on the phone. Rabbi, thank
Mentation is going to radically improve this case has been a lifesaver. Im our Life Signs in rehoboth beach, delaware. And this is cnn you are in the cnN Newsroom. Hi, everyone. Im Jessica Dean in New York, and we have a Breaking News in the Israel Hamas War He Israeli Military issuing a rare announcement, their forces have discovered a number of bodies in the gaza strip, moments ago, President Biden acknowledged the discovery to reporters. Now thIs News has prompted the hostage and hostages and missing Families Forum in israel. To call for the public to mobilize, to pressure the netanyahu government to reach an agreement on a Hostage And Ceasefire deal. There are currently 107 total hostages living and dead are still being held in gaza. That is, according to israel and the Hostage Forum see Cnn International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is In Jerusalem and nick, its been several hours now since the idf put out what youve categorized and explained as a very rarE Statement, what more
A supreme courtjudge ordered the suspension. Some brazilians report that their access is already blocked. Tickets for the reunion tour for rockband oasis go on sale. And thousands of fans are facing lengthy waits. The official websites were quickly overloaded. Ticketmaster insists the queue is moving. Will be back fairly shortly because we are expecting a press conference from the police regarding the deaths of those two people who were attending the notting hill carnival. Hello and welcome. I m lyse doucet. I m one of the co hosts of the bbc podcast ukrainecast, and with my colleague vitaly shevchenko, we ve just recorded a conversation with the prominent british writer and broadcaster stephen fry. He s also a campaigner for mental health awareness, and he s been to ukraine to co host a conference on this very issue, along with the first lady of ukraine, olena zelenska. So vitaly and i have been speaking with stephen fry about the mental scars of conflict. Ukrainecast from bbc news. I