Hampshire College, which counts filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, is closing later this year

AMHERST, Mass. — Hampshire College, which includes award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced on Tuesday that it was closing later this year. The school’s Board of Trustees voted to close after the fall semester over what its president and the board described as “increasingly complex” financial pressure. In a statement put out … Read more

HELOC rates are closing in on the 6% range. Here’s what a $20,000 HELOC costs monthly now.

The average HELOC interest rate tumbled yet again this week, opening new opportunities up for homeowners. Andrii Yalanskyi/Getty Images Just above the 6% range.  That’s where the average home equity line of credit (HELOC) interest rate declined this week, the latest in a series of declines that have now brought rates here to their lowest … Read more

Closing arguments set for trial of Utah mom accused of murdering husband and writing grief book

Closing arguments are expected to begin on Monday in Kouri Richins’ murder trial. She’s accused of giving her husband a deadly dose of fentanyl four years ago before she later published a children’s book about grief. The case included 13 days of testimony, but the defense did not call any witnesses. If convicted, Richins could … Read more

Closing arguments set in trial of children’s book author charged with killinghusband

PARK CITY, Utah — Lawyers are expected to give closing arguments Monday in the trial of a Utah woman who published a children’s book about grief after the death of her husband and was later accused of killing him. What was scheduled to be a five-week trial was cut short last week when defendant Kouri … Read more

Closing arguments read in social media addiction trial

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Closing arguments begin in landmark social media addiction trial

LOS ANGELES — In closing arguments for the first social media addiction trial to make tech giants face a jury, the plaintiff’s lawyer lambasted social platforms for profiting from users’ attention, likening their features to a Trojan horse. The plaintiff, identified in court as Kaley and in documents by her initials, K.G.M., is at the … Read more

Polls start closing in today’s primaries in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas

Voters in three states are headed to the polls Tuesday in a set of primary elections that mark the start of the 2026 midterm cycle — and could highlight internal debates among both Democrats and Republicans over the future of their parties. . Polls closed at 7:30 p.m. ET throughout most of North Carolina. The … Read more