US travel ban hits top talent: Iranian biologist with more than 200 citations forced to abandon Harvard postdoc

US travel ban hits top talent: Iranian biologist with more than 200 citations forced to abandon Harvard postdoc | World News

For nearly a year, Delaram Pouyabahar planned her next academic step around a postdoctoral position at Harvard University. Interviews, fellowship applications, visa paperwork and a consular interview in Toronto were all completed. Then, in early June 2025, a new US travel ban quietly brought those plans to a halt.The policy, announced on June 4, expanded…

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Two Haitian immigrants charged in $7 million SNAP fraud scheme

Two Haitian immigrants charged in $7 million SNAP fraud scheme | World News

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have charged two Haitian immigrants in connection with what they describe as a large-scale scheme to traffic millions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through two small retail stores in Boston. The charges were announced in a federal indictment unsealed in mid-December 2025.According to the indictment, Antonio Bonheur,…

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Man says it’s ‘extremely possible’ his father was behind America’s only unsolved plane hijacking

Man says it’s ‘extremely possible’ his father was behind America’s only unsolved plane hijacking |

Artist rendering depicts D.B. Cooper hijacker who parachuted away after ransom, vanished. / FBI On the afternoon of November 24, 1971, a man using the name Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon. He paid cash for a one-way ticket to Seattle, wore a business suit, and carried a briefcase. Forty-two minutes…

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