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News Tipoffs - Michigan Editors Newsletter for Sunday January 18, 2026 ( 5 items )  

CAIR in the News, January 17, 2026
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR in the News, January 17, 2026 * REPORT: CAIR Helped Foil Plot Against President Trump (Video) CAIR: Thumbs down - Houston Chronicle Perhaps Gov. Greg Abbott should mouth an Allahu Akbar or two. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which the governor bizarrely deemed a terrorist organization, says it had been working with the FBI to prevent terror a  more

Defense Security Cooperation Agency Accelerates Arms Sales to Key Allies Amid Global Tensions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSFR) -- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) published five separate arms sales notifications in the Federal Register on Jan. 12, 2026, outlining proposed Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases for Morocco, Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt, with total notified values ranging from tens of millions of dollars to several billions. The notices, issued under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act and published to meet statutory reporting requirements, describe proposed tr  more

Oberlin College Completes Inventory of Human Remains, Funerary Objects Affiliated With Several Native American Tribes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (TNSFR) -- Oberlin College has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and an associated funerary object, establishing a cultural affiliation with the Shawnee Tribe and several other tribal nations. The assessment was finalized under the requirements of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The inventory confirms the presence of remains representing at least one individual, including a rib fragment, finger bones, and teeth recovered from  more

The Sister Jean bounce: An oral history of the Ramblers' 2018 March Madness run
CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release: * * * The Sister Jean bounce: An oral history of the Ramblers' 2018 March Madness run * It was the college basketball story the world needed when the 11th-seeded Loyola Ramblers made it to the Final Four during 2018's March Madness alongside their then-98-year-old team chaplain, Sister Jean. The following is an account of the Ramblers' NCAA Tournament run that catapulted Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt  more

Wright-Greene Named Chief Human Resources Officer
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 16 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University posted the following news: * * * Wright-Greene Named Chief Human Resources Officer * EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 16, 2026) - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has selected an exceptional professional with a distinguished record of service in higher education focused on human resources leadership, workplace development and employee relations to serve as associate vice cha  more