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How delays in transcript processing cost us major academic admissions, truncated our plans –Graduates
JANET OGUNDEPO writes about how graduates lost academic opportunities to delayed transcript processing from their alma mater All week-long, the atmosphere was filled with ecstasy; the final-year university students were sitting their final exams. To round off their studies, the final-year students agreed to don white T-shirts, denim and sneakers as it’s gradually becoming a…
House delays infrastructure vote as last-minute talks hit wall
Posted September 30, 2021 at 11:41pmSpeaker Nancy Pelosi abandoned a planned Thursday House vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill after days of last-minute negotiations with holdout senators on the other piece of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda needed more time."There'll be a vote today," Pelosi said as she left the Capitol shortly after midnight, referring…
Delays Frontman Greg Gilbert Dies at 44
Greg Gilbert, who fronted the UK indie rock group Delays, has died at the age of 44, The Guardian reports. Gilbert had been diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016. His brother and bandmate Aaron announced the news of Greg’s death earlier today (September 30). “This afternoon at 2:22; we walked my brother back home to…
House delays vote on infrastructure bill amid fractious negotiations
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi canceled a vote late Thursday on President Biden’s infrastructure bill, leaving a key part of his signature domestic agenda in limbo amid deep Democratic infighting. Democrats plan to continue their work on Friday. Pelosi (D-San Francisco) had promised centrist Democrats that the House would vote on the infrastructure plan Thursday regardless of…
Facebook Delays Instagram Kids App Following Bombshell Leak
News @andrew_andrew__ Sep 27, 2021, 1:41 pm EDT | 2 min read InstagramOf all the anxiety-inducing products that Facebook has announced over the past year, Instagram Kids has received the most pushback. Families just aren’t comfortable letting kids 13 and younger on social media, despite Facebook’s bizarre insistence that Instagram is good for kids. Now,…