Daily News Roundup: Judge Orders Harvard to Turn Over Donor Information

Harvard Entangled in Lawsuit Involving Wealthy Donor: A federal judge ordered the university to produce banking and other financial information related to gifts by the Hong Kong businessman and Harvard alumnus Charles Spackman as part of an effort to track down his assets, The New York Times reports. The ruling stems from a yearslong fight by an investor to collect on a South Korean court judgment against Mr. Spackman.

Suspect Charged in Jewish Community Center Scares: Juan Thompson, 31, was arrested in St. Louis Friday and charged with making at least eight bomb threats against Jewish organizations as part of what the FBI describes as a revenge scheme against a former girlfriend, whom the suspect allegedly attempted to frame for some of the incidents, reports USA Today. Some 100 threats have been phoned in to Jewish Community Centers across the country since the start of the year.

Church Alliance Mobilizes Against Trump Immigration Orders: A network of 37 Protestant and Orthodox Christian denominations representing some 30 million congregants is announcing a campaign Friday to lobby against crackdowns on refugees and migrants, saying they transgress church values to “welcome the stranger and assist those most in need,” writes The New York Times. The participating groups are affiliated with the National Council of Churches and refugee-resettlement charity Church World Service.

French City Bars Charitable Feeding of Migrants: The mayor of Calais, the port city that was the site of a large refugee camp demolished a few months ago, has banned aid groups and volunteers from providing food to migrants as part of an effort to prevent a new camp from opening, The Guardian reports.

Insurance Firms Pledge $50 Million to Help Hartford: The CEOs of Aetna, the Hartford, and Travelers said the five-year commitment must be “part of a comprehensive and sustainable solution” to address social and financial issues and boost local institutions in the Connecticut capital, which is home to the three companies, The Hartford Courant writes.

Gates Foundation Takes Up Search for Male Contraceptive: While big drug companies have abandoned efforts to develop a birth-control pill for men, the world’s largest private grant maker awarded $600,000 to researchers to explore male-centered approaches to curbing unwanted pregnancies, MIT Technology Review writes in an article detailing some of the Gates-backed studies.