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“Thanks, Obama!” Notorious For-Profit College Shutters, Blames Admin.

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Private college giant ITT Tech announced it was closing down on Tuesday, becoming the latest higher education profiteer to buckle under federal investigations into alleged wrongdoing. The shut down is the culmination of the company’s death spiral, which began last month when the Department of Education formally sanctioned it by preventing taxpayer dollars from funding future enrollees. For-profit colleges overwhelmingly depend on taxpayer-funded student loans to enroll new students. ITT Tech received nearly $600 million in federal money in 2015 alone. “The actions of and…

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U.S. Cluster Bomb Manufacturer Shuts Down Supply Chain Ahead of Critical Report

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The last remaining cluster munitions maker in the US dropped out of the business ahead of a report showing that the illegal bombs are still being deployed in war zones around the world. In its seventh annual report, the Cluster Munitions Monitor primarily implicated Russia, Syria, and Saudi Arabia for their ongoing use of cluster bombs, which were banned by more than 100 countries in 2008. The report noted, however, that many of the illegal munitions used–particularly in Saudi Arabia’s air campaign against Yemen–were produced…

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Medicinal Marijuana Users Don’t Have Second Amendment Rights, Appeals Court Rules

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The owner of a prescription card granting legal access to medicinal marijuana in Nevada was constitutionally deprived of her right to purchase guns, a federal appellate court affirmed on Wednesday. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected the claims of S. Rowan Wilson. The would-be purchaser had alleged that her rights to freedom of expression and gun ownership were violated by the federal government, alongside her due process protections. Wilson had sought to purchase a firearm in October 2011, but the gun…

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