Jason Arday, who became Cambridge’s youngest Black professor in 2023, was found dead inside an address in south London on Friday. He resigned last week as professor of sociology of education after coming under intense media scrutiny, with weeks of news headlines alleging plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments.
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Josh Kushner and Bob Iger agree to buy the Lakers
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UK faces its fifth heatwave in a record high summer
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Israeli army demolishes home of Palestinian killed by soldiers in July during West Bank clashes
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Trump says Secret Service and the military wanted him off Air Force One in Turkey due to threat
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Woman rescued after 36 hours trapped under collapsed building in Colombia quake
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Trump told Ukraine it had no cards. Then Kyiv took the war to Russia
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Extreme heat brings early harvest to Italy’s sparkling wine industry
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AP Is There: Colombia searches for thousands missing after 7.4 magnitude earthquake
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‘Fastest man on earth’ sets new record in hydrogen-powered car
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Trump Media is selling faster access to Trump’s Truth Social posts
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