A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An
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An update from the Vice President of the Humane Society Animal Rescue team good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. [background noises] jon those top stories coming up first a shockingly bold crime caught on camera in Southern California. The wild scene happening at a mall just outside of los angeles were a group of thieves raided a Nordstrom Department store. Senior correspondent alicia acuna is live with the latest. Hi jon, police say some in the mob use of bear spray on two Security Guards in the store which can really irritate the eyes and the lungs. Take a look again at the Cell Phone Video captures the chaos inside the nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga mall. The lapd said a group of about 50 looters got away with 100,000 worth of luxury brand accessories and handbags l. A. Mayor karen bass a promising action in t a statement saying quote what happened today at the nordstrom in the topanga mall is absolutely unacceptable. Those who committed these acts and acts lik
Neville. Next i am r rich edson in for ec shawn. Los Angeles Police say between 20 and 30 people were about this with the scenic getaway cars before officers arrived. Still on the loose but Senior Correspondent alicia acuna with more. That Chemical Spray police say was used on two Security Guards was reportedly bare sprite which can inflame the eyes and respiratory system. Lets get back to the video here. You can see the chaos at the scene at the nordstrom at the westfield mall. The mob included dozens of suspects targeting luxury brand accessories and handbags one dragging the display Shelf Withinwithinput Investigators Se group got away with up to 100,000 with the product not to mention the damage to the store. In a statement Los Angeles Mayor karen bass saying what happened today at the nordstrom in the mall is absently unacceptable for those who committed these acts and acts like a neighboring areas, it must be held accountable. Los Angeles Police department will continue to work t
Sirens on this i island. And why that wasnt activated, because it clearly would have given people more time to escape the flames and get out of town. And, of course, the number of fatalities would probably not be the number that it currently is. Another big challenge here, mike, is housing. Why . Theres not much of it. Its expensive to rent or own. And unlike, say, the mainland there are not any towns that can simply absorb 4,500 people right now that need shelter. Lahaina was really small, nice historical place, and its gone. All the kind of, like, precious memories of my kids and kind of generational stuff. Reporter so eva adams, she lost her home. It was in this new 89unit, Affordable Housing complex that is now, of course, as you see, just ashes. There are about 2,700 buildings here that were destroyed in lahaina, 86 of those were homes. And the community of lahaina is a very working class, a lot of Native Hawaiians who serve the resorts, and right now those people who are now home