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Tennessee university to pay professor $1.9M after calling Charlie Kirk a 'disgusting psychopath'

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Tennessee university to pay professor $1.9M after calling Charlie Kirk a 'disgusting psychopath'

University of Tennessee settles lawsuit for 1.9 million with professor Tamar Shirinian, who was fired after social media posts about Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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The College Fix

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· Jun 30, 2026

Tennessee professor who called Kirk ‘disgusting psychopath’ to get $1.9M settlement to resolve lawsuit

Settlement 'will resolve this matter in its entirety.'

Sky News Australia

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· Jul 3, 2026

University to pay $1.9m to professor fired for calling Charlie Kirk a 'disgusting psychopath'

Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer criticises Tennessee University for paying a professor $1.9 million after she called Charlie Kirk a “disgusting psychopath”. The professor accused the school of violating her constitutional rights after officials fired her over social media posts criticising the conservative activist. “That is a very high number for a person who has loathsome views. Charlie was a friend of mine,” Mr Hammer said.

Inside Higher Ed

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· Jul 1, 2026

U of Tennessee to Pay $1.9 Million to Prof Fired Over Charlie Kirk Comments

U of Tennessee to Pay 1.9 Million to Prof Fired Over Charlie Kirk Comments Emma Whitford Wed, 07/01/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Emma Whitford

Daily Mail

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· Jun 24, 2026

Malicious female teacher at 600-year-old grammar school faces £92,000 bill after falsely claiming male colleague was an incel plotting to murder her

Malicious female teacher at 600-year-old grammar school faces £92,000 bill after falsely claiming male colleague was an incel plotting to murder her

Off The Press

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· Jul 1, 2026

Professor fired over Charlie Kirk post could receive $1.9M in settlement

University of Tennessee System officials have approved a tentative agreement that would pay a former UT-Knoxville professor who was fired over comments she made in the wake of political activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination nearly 2 million. The Audit and Compliance Committee of the UT Board of Trustees on Monday voted to approve the settlement that []...Click to read more

Knewz

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· Jul 2, 2026

Chris Brown ordered to pay former housekeeper $13M after getting mauled by singer’s dog

Chris Brown has to shell out a whopping 12.9 million to his housekeeper after a 2-week-long trial in Los Angeles found the RB singer liable for a grisly 2020 dog attack. The jury decided in favor of Brown’s former housekeeper, Maria Avila, and determined that Brown owed reparations. According to reports, in 2020, the singer’s...

Brisbane Times

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· Jun 22, 2026

Parents pay $10,000 a year to send their children to this Sydney private school. But it doesn’t pay its teachers wages

Teacher salaries account for about two-thirds of every school’s expenditure. But not at Redeemer Baptist School.

Tampa Free Press

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· Jun 23, 2026

Living A Fraud: Former Coach In Wisconsin Sentenced To 28 Years For Exploiting Students

A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin educator and coach to nearly three decades in prison following his conviction for producing child pornography involving his students. Ryan S. Schroeder, 39, who previously taught and coached track at Mishicot Middle/High School, received a 336-month prison sentence from U.S. District Judge Byron B. Conway in the [] Living A Fraud: Former Coach In Wisconsin Sentenced To 28 Years For Exploiting Students

Legal Insurrection

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· Jun 30, 2026

Tennessee Prof Who Called Charlie Kirk a ‘Disgusting Psychopath’ May Get $1.9M Settlement

Your words celebrated a gruesome murder, which horrifically took place on a college campus similar to our own The post Tennessee Prof Who Called Charlie Kirk a ‘Disgusting Psychopath’ May Get 1.9M Settlement first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Eschaton

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· Jul 1, 2026

If I Could Turn Back Time

I'd go back and advise all my academic friends to get fired for saying true things about Charlie Kirk.The University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees approved a settlement with former assistant professor Tamar Shirinian, agreeing to pay the fired faculty member 1.9 million.Shirinian will not be reinstated at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. State officials, including the attorney general and Gov. Bill Lee, need to approve the settlement.At 5 return, not a bad little lifelong income base.

Independent Journal Review

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· Jul 1, 2026

Former UT Professor Receives $1.9M Settlement After Dismissal Over Charlie Kirk Comments

A former University of Tennessee professor will receive 1.9 million as part of a settlement resolving a lawsuit that accused the university of violating her constitutional rights after officials disciplined her over

DNyuz

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· Jul 3, 2026

Former Texas middle school teacher sentenced to over 30 years for sexually abusing 13-year-old student

A former Texas middle school teacher was sentenced to more than three decades in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing a 13-year-old student. A Webb County jury sentenced Adriana Rullan, 30, to 33 years in prison after finding her guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14. Jurors also sentenced her to 10 []

Face2Face Africa

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· Jul 1, 2026

Chris Brown ordered to pay housekeeper $13 million after dog attack

A judge has ordered Chris Brown to pay his former housekeeper, Maria Avila, 13 million after a two-week trial concerning the 2020 incident in which his dog attacked Maria. Michael C. Murphy Jr., an attorney representing the victim’s sister, Patricia Avila, told Billboard that Brown and his company, Black Pyramid LLC, must pay 12.9 million...

The Hill

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· Jul 9, 2026

Bipartisan Senate duo wants to help students get federal aid for learning outside college

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) are pairing up on a new bill that would pave a way for students to use financial aid to pay for prior learning assessments, a category of tests that grant college credit for learning outside a college setting, such as in a job. Those tests usually cost...

Tucker Carlson

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· Jul 5, 2026

Randy Fine’s Disgusting Comments

Watch more here: https://www.youtube.com/@TuckerCarlson/featured

Hot Air

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· Jun 30, 2026

Berkeley Math Professor: Bring Back the SAT

Berkeley Math Professor: Bring Back the SAT

The West Australian

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· Jun 26, 2026

Michelle Eileen Harris: Gosnells cat breeder and primary school teacher fined for animal cruelty

A WA teacher and member of a pet breeding network which advocates for the ‘ethical and responsible ownership of cats’ has been fined for a shocking case of animal cruelty.

Latestly.com

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· Jun 23, 2026

US: Wisconsin Teacher Jailed for 28 Years After Admitting to Over 50 Acts of S*xual Intercourse With Student

Former Wisconsin teacher Ryan Schroeder, 39, was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for producing child pornography after recording a student's s*xual assault. Schroeder admitted to abusing two minors, including over 50 assaults of one student inside the high school. He faces lifetime supervision and a separate state sentencing in July.

Legit.ng

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· Jun 28, 2026

Teacher laments online after hearing salary offer to teach JSS1-JSS3 mathematics, posts amount

An experienced Nigerian teacher has gone viral online after revealing the amount a woman offered to pay him to teach mathematics to JSS1-JSS3 students.

Crikey

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· Jun 30, 2026

‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt

'We are talking about students carrying a significant debt into their late 40s, and many will never repay it.' The post ‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt appeared first on Crikey.

TwistedSifter

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· Jul 7, 2026

College Student Says Parents Keep Asking for Money, Leaving Her Feeling Responsible for the Household

This is a lot of pressure to put on a college student... The post College Student Says Parents Keep Asking for Money, Leaving Her Feeling Responsible for the Household appeared first on TwistedSifter.

MyJoyOnline

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· Jul 8, 2026

Judge orders release of $5.8m awarded to E. Jean Carroll in Trump abuse case

A judge has ordered that writer E Jean Carroll be paid the more than 5m (£3.7m) US President Donald Trump owes her after he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in a civil case three years ago.

Fox News

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· Jul 8, 2026

Teachers who celebrated Charlie Kirk's assassination now cash in with taxpayer-funded settlements

Public universities paid over 2.7 million to educators disciplined for controversial social media posts about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.

NaturalNews.com

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· Jul 2, 2026

AstraZeneca to Pay Texas $34 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations

(NaturalNews) Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has agreed to pay nearly 34 million to the State of Texas to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical company vio...

ArcaMax

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· Jul 2, 2026

Chris Brown most pay housekeeper 12.9 million after dog bits

Chris Brown's long-running legal dispute with a former housekeeper who was bitten by a dog has resulted in him being ordered to pay almost 13 million in damages.

KTLA 5

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· Jun 26, 2026

Did we vote for this? California's gas tax is going up again | Do it Live!

Paying over five bucks a gallon apparently isn't painful enough, so California is automatically hiking the gas tax again on July 1st and the worst part is we don't even get to vote on it. We look at the math behind our brutal reality at the pump, and why switching to a hybrid or an EV won't actually save you from the state finding a way to tax you anyway. Also, the TSA is dropping $781 million on new 3D scanners to literally zoom and rotate inside your carry-on bags, and Norway is completely banning smartphones and AI from classrooms because younger kids are actually losing basic reading skills. Watch more: ktla.com/doitlive Follow: @doitlive.show Hotline: 818-860-0998 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

NPR Topics: Education

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· Jun 28, 2026

Will the new student loan limits actually drive down tuition? Economists weigh in

The idea that there's a connection between federal student loans and what colleges charge dates back almost four decades. But it's unclear that link can lead to lower costs.

MindShift

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· Jun 28, 2026

Will the New Student Loan Limits Actually Drive Down Tuition? Economists Weigh In

The idea that there's a connection between federal student loans and what colleges charge dates back almost four decades. But it's unclear that link can lead to lower costs.

Slate Magazine

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· Jun 24, 2026

My Dad Convinced Me to Take on a Major Monthly Expense. It Turns Out He Made a Promise About It That He Couldn’t Keep.

I never would have considered it!

Wirepoints

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· Jun 25, 2026

Teachers unions call for special session, more money – Center Square

“The 2 billion that we are owed just adequately funds, but when you are repairing harm you have to fund above and beyond,” Chicago Board of Education member Jitu Brown said. Brown also asked that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson duplicate his December 2025 1 billion tax-increment-financing sweep to Chicago Public Schools.

The Independent

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· Jul 10, 2026

Ohio county struggling to care for 16 siblings rescued from squalor amid ‘unprecedented child welfare crisis’

The local prosecutor said the cost of medical care required for one of the defendants alone would have bankrupted Vinton County

Toronto Sun

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· Jul 7, 2026

Substitute teacher gets jail time for sending nudes to middle school student

The teen said he became friends with Carter via Snapchat

USA TODAY Sports

· Jun 25, 2026

How did Austin Reaves beat odds, land $185M deal with Lakers? Tiny town knows

A teacher, a coach and friend from Austin Reaves' hometown of Newark, Arkansas share insight into his success on way to a 185M deal with the Lakers.

Metro

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· Jun 21, 2026

Katie Price lets rip at ‘s**t’ dad Dwight Yorke in scathing Father’s Day post

'You should be ashamed of yourself disowning your son.'

The i Paper

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· Jun 28, 2026

The best thing I learnt in private school? Never to send my kid to one

Knowing that so many financial resources were put into you is a sure-fire way to make a kid choke and freak out later in life

Washington Examiner

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· Jun 30, 2026

Woman who wrote book on healthcare fraud sentenced in $136 million Medicare scheme

EXCLUSIVE — The author of multiple books on healthcare compliance was sentenced Tuesday to federal prison for fraudulently billing Medicare as part of a 136 million scheme that spanned several U.S. states, the Washington Examiner has learned. Jean Wilson, 54, received a 10-year prison sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, in the U.S. []

Diane Ravitch's blog

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· Jul 1, 2026

U. of Tennessee Professor Was Fired for Criticizing Charlie Kirk, Wins $1.9 Million

An anthropology professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville wrote a comment on her private Facebook page after Charlie Kirk was murdered. She was not sorry. Her post was forwarded to university officials, and she was fired. She sued and said that the University had punished her for exercising her First Amendment rights. She won in []

WOKI – 98.7 FM – Knoxville

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· Jun 23, 2026

Judge Blocks Tennessee SNAP Limits on Soda and Candy Ahead of Rollout

Nashville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) - A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee's plan to restrict what Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reci...

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