LONDON — A minister in Britain’s Conservative government said Wednesday that the party does not plan to give back 10 million pounds ($12.8 million) it received in the past year from a donor who made comments about a Black lawmaker that have been condemned as racist. The government is under pressure from some of its … Read more
Lala Kent is opening up about expanding her family. On Tuesday’s episode of Vanderpump Rules, which aired the same month that Lala revealed she’s pregnant with her second child, the reality star told Lisa Vanderpump that she was on the hunt for a sperm donor. “I want another baby so badly,” Lala confessed, before saying of her … Read more
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars of support in response to Israeli allegations against the organization. Sweden’s reversal came as a ship bearing tons of humanitarian aid was preparing … Read more
The walls appear to be caving in on the University of Pennsylvania’s president, Liz Magill, who faces scathing criticism over her performance at a House hearing earlier this week. Prominent donor Ross Stevens threatened to claw back a $100 million donation. The university’s board of trustees held an emergency meeting Thursday. And the powerful Wharton … Read more
The NCAA presented evidence to Michigan football this week suggesting that a program booster known as “Uncle T” may have been involved, potentially providing partial funding for the sign-stealing operation. The reports suggest the individual funded former analyst Connor Stalions as he monitored opponents. College football fans have engaged in considerable speculation about the identity … Read more
Billionaire Marc Rowan has been in touch with what one finance executive quipped was “half of Wall Street” about halting donations to some of the country’s most prestigious universities, to protest the schools’ responses to the Israel-Hamas war. The CEO of private equity giant Apollo Global Management belongs to a growing group of Wall Street … Read more