Business
A terrifically amusing example of how even the best-laid plans of political manipulators can come apart at the seams reaches us from Columbia, Mo.
Aug. 31, 2015
California
Rafael L.
Nov. 9, 1986
World & Nation
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser said she and police made the decision to clear the camp, citing increased threats to public safety.
May 8, 2024
A three-judge panel of the District of Columbia court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that Georgetown University must grant official recognition to homosexual student groups, as it does other campus organizations.
July 31, 1985
The president of the University of the District of Columbia resigned from his $74,900-a-year position amid allegations that he spent thousands of dollars of the school’s money for his personal use.
Aug. 25, 1985
Columbia University won dismissal of lawsuits by the biotechnology industry over a patent for gene-altering technology that forms the basis of all biotech drugs.
Nov. 9, 2004
The federal government has opened civil rights investigations at schools over allegations of antisemitism or Islamophobia.
Nov. 17, 2023
Age 66; born 1941 in New York City Education LL.B., 1967, Yale Law School A.B., 1963, Columbia College, Columbia University Experience Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler: 2006-present Judge, U.S.
Sept. 17, 2007
In a victory for home rule and gay rights in the District of Columbia, a federal judge ruled that Congress acted unconstitutionally when it tried to force the district’s government to allow religious schools to discriminate against homosexuals.
Dec. 14, 1988
Sports
A District of Columbia police officer who was a boyhood friend of University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias is being investigated for his conduct immediately following Bias’ death, it was reported in Washington.
July 6, 1986