Bob Scalise, Harvard’s athletics director, announced Brand’s dismissal on Tuesday afternoon and said it came after an independent investigation found him to have violated the conflict of interest policy. Brand allegedly sold his home to Jie Zhao for well above the market value. Zhao’s son was admitted to Harvard shortly after the sale and joined the fencing team, as did his brother who graduated in 2018. Allegations against Brand came to light after news of the FBI investigation dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues” broke....

Ismail Ajjawi, an incoming first-year student, was admitted to the class of 2023. However, on Friday, he was detained, denied entry and had his visa canceled. The 17-year-old is a resident of Tyre, Lebanon, and, according to the Harvard Crimson, was subjected to hours of questioning at Boston Logan International Airport. Last month, in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow expressed concern over “growing uncertainty and anxiety” for issues involving international students....

As rebel groups assailed Mogadishu, the capital and last bastion of government control, Siad Barre played a bizarre game of hide-and-seek. Was he holed up in his bunker near the airport, or some other secret refuge? Nope, say Western diplomats who visited him last week: he was safely tucked away in his presidential palace, where he commanded the rebels to lay down their arms. They refused. So did his own troops when ordered back to their barracks....

She was placed under medical supervision at Balmoral — the royal family’s estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland — on September 8 after doctors expressed concern for her health. Her death was announced later that day. The news prompted the enaction of Operation London Bridge (known through the code phrase ‘London Bridge Is Down’): a pre-determined plan for the procedures immediately after the Queen’s passing. A period of national mourning is expected to be announced as matters such as the funeral and the ascension to the throne of Charles, the Queen’s eldest son, are arranged....

Greene, a close ally of former President Donald Trump and member of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus, has strongly criticized her colleagues for their opposition to McCarthy. On Wednesday, she said she was “furious” with other members of the Freedom Caucus and said that three of them “were demanding positions for themselves” while she had made no demands despite currently having no committee assignments. “You would think I would be the one in there asking for something, but I haven’t done that....

The Red Devils defeated Hull City 3-2 on aggregate to set up a winner-takes-all clash with Southampton on Sunday, February 26. Mourinho’s men have been installed as early favourites to win the final, despite losing on the night against the Tigers in Thursday’s meeting at the KCOM Stadium. ‘It finished 1-1’ - Mourinho denies losing The Portuguese does not, however, believe his side should be considered as having a better chance than the Saints, claiming that the weather conditions could play an important part in deciding the winners....

I joined the remote workforce when my organization’s building was sold, but I knew what that was like from my years of authoring novels in my home office: the closet. Your days are your own. You work but you’re also contending with home life, like taking care of your kids and family members. Why People Don’t Want to Return to the Office Why would people want to work in offices with time restrictions, daily commutes and supervisors who can see what they’re doing?...

Transfer window winners & losers Without the 32-year-old, the Blues may not have become the first London club to win the Champions League and English football’s history could look a lot different. His finest hour was arguably his late winner versus Napoli in 2012, which swung the dramatic European tie in Chelsea’s favour ahead of the final against Bayern Munich. Ivanovic has produced goals and assists in big moments against Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool which has helped his side to win titles, but he often has been a quiet match winner, producing blocks and tackles as part of one of the Premier League’s greatest-ever defences....

Kikaha, the Saints’ second-year defensive end who started 11 games last season, suffered a torn ACL this week, Fox Sports first reported. The devastation is compounded by the fact that the 23-year-old Washington product also suffered two torn ACLs in college. He likely is done for the 2016 season, according to the report, which did not specify how the injury occurred or which knee failed. MORE: Saints-Brees situation, explained...

“Links” (336 pages. Riverhead Books), Farah’s ninth novel, begins and ends with a murder. No sooner has Jeeblah, the protagonist, disembarked from an airplane at the Mogadishu airport than he sees a man shot dead for no good reason. Quite sensibly, Jeeblah is horrified. He has come from America, where he is a college professor, to find his mother’s grave and make peace with her memory. But old friends and enemies keep getting in his way....

After a perfect month of January, the first in the NBA’s storied history, the Hawks were dealt their first loss in 20 games at the hands of Anthony Davis and the Pelicans on Monday. With that, they changed their Twitter handle from “HaWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWks” to “Fun while it lasted!”, posted a picture of a grave with the dates of their streak on it and sent a heartfelt message to their fans to thank them for their support with the help of Spotify....

The Nashville star, 33, has been open about her experience with alcohol and opioid addiction and how they affected her personal life and career and yesterday she detailed the misconceptions about her journey as a mother to her daughter Kaya, who lives in Ukraine with her ex, Wladimir Klitschko. Panettiere, who shot to international fame as a teenager when she landed a role in the series Heroes and was acting from the age of 11 in soap operas and films such as Remember the Titans, previously revealed that she was offered various substances from adults from a young age....

Albrecht still is. In 1995 HBO was primarily a movie channel “hanging on by a fingernail” to its lead over rival Showtime, says chairman Jeff Bewkes. Then Albrecht, already a 10-year veteran of HBO after a stint as a Hollywood agent, was named president of original programming. Today HBO is the hottest number on the dial, winning Golden Globes for best TV series–comedy and drama–and spooking the networks into panicked memos about how to keep up....

High-density lipoprotein (HDL): This is considered good cholesterol because it recycles LDL cholesterol, transporting it out of the bloodstream to the liver. This protects us from heart attacks and strokes. High HDL protects us from heart disease, but it’s not a cure-all since only one-fourth to one-third of blood cholesterol is carried by HDL. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL): This is termed bad cholesterol because it contributes to atherosclerotic fatty plaques in our arteries that make us more prone to heart attacks and strokes....

Isn’t it a little early to start calling your opponents cowards, even if you don’t do it by name? Not this time: nasty is in season already. One reason is the insane money scramble, which literally raises the stakes. And with such a demographically diverse field, chances for emotional collisions abound. When Sen. Joe Biden called Obama “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” Hillary’s minions didn’t focus on Biden; they focused on Obama, who was accused by some black leaders of not being indignant enough on behalf of his own racial heritage....

This can’t be said for Mad Love, in which bad girl Casey (Barrymore) inflames nice guy Matt (Chris O’Donnell) at their Seattle high school. She freaks out, he springs her from a psychiatric ward and off they vroom. This must be the lowest-octane road movie ever, in the hands of British director Antonia Bird. O’Donnell is amazing: his face never registers one significant expression. Barrymore’s does; but Paula Milne’s script allows her little beyond an all-purpose teen angst....

It’s hard being the friend of a writer, harder still being a family member. Sooner or later, you will end up in print. In the realm of family, I have, in the course of what is now a rather lengthy writing career used my words to wound, but later-hopefully-to heal. Anyone who knows anything about the Reagan family knows that this mother-daughter dance has been a delicate, complicated affair. But last weekend, a velvety sun, warm and gold, flowed down through the trees on us as we sat outside and ate lunch from trays....

Quite a difference from a year ago. Then, I would announce myself in response to a judge’s perfunctory order: “Counsel, state your appearance.” Instead of delivering papers from 1:30 a.m. to 6 a.m, I spent my nights sleeping and my days in an office, a courtroom or a library. It all changed 12 months ago. For the second time in six years, I abandoned my solo law practice. I stopped returning phone calls, forgot to pay bills and ignored court dates....