Government And Institutions

The White House vs NOAA over Alabama Hurricane Dorian flap

The Alabama flap came after President Trump tweeted that the state would be hit “harder than anticipated,” while the National Weather Service in Birmingham, Alabama tweeted a short time later that “Alabama will NOT see any impacts from Dorian.”

Officials close to MIT Media Lab scandal resign

Two school officials have left their posts -- either permanently or until further notice -- in the wake of a scathing report detailing how the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab willingly received donations from Jeffrey Epstein, despite that the financier was "disqualified" as a donor.