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By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Rich McKay READING, Pennsylvania, - A leather-skinned mummified man lying in an open coffin in Reading, Pennsylvania, known only as «Stoneman Willie» to the public got two things Saturday he went without for 128 years — a burial and his real name. Dressed in a period tuxedo, his generations-long public afterlife as the stuff of city lore and ghost stories ended when he was introduced to the world as James Murphy of New York at a funeral in Reading. A group of funeral home employees and well-wishers, said in unison, «Rest in peace, James,» as they unveiled his tombstone, with his real name in small letters below large type reading, «Stoneman Willie.» His send-off included a colorful procession with a motorcycle hearse carrying his casket. Murphy was of Irish descent, an alcoholic, and was in Reading at a firefighters' convention when he died in the local jailhouse of kidney failure on Nov. 19, 1895, said Kyle Blankenbiller, the director of the Theo C.

So-called "legacy admissions" — long a standard practice at many prestigious American universities, including Harvard and Stanford — are coming under increased scrutiny, though it's unlikely they'll go without a fight, even in a country that extols success through individual merit. But cracks are beginning to form, galvanized by a recent Supreme Court case and an Education Department investigation sparked by a legal complaint aiming to take down what one university president called an «aristocratic» system unfit for a democracy. Legacy admissions don't guarantee entry into a particular university, but they do give hopefuls an edge: If a prospective student can boast that, in addition to having a solid academic record, they are the child or relative of an alumnus, that can tip the scales in their favor during the very competitive admissions process. Harvard University's acceptance rate for «legacy» students from 2014 to 2019 was 33 percent, according to the student newspaper — compared to its overall acceptance rate of six percent.

The judges presiding over Coinbase and Binance’s lawsuits will likely watch the results of the SEC v Ripple case closely, crypto lawyers told Cointelegraph.

The SEC’s latest complaint against Binance could point to why former Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks chose to step down in August 2021, only three months after his appointment.

Republican Congressman Warren Davidson has introduced legislation with an aim to remove Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler from his role.