Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for April 10, 2026. In today’s headlines, U.S. news spans from academia to global politics. Hip-hop is making significant strides in higher education, with colleges expanding courses and even offering full degrees, signaling new career opportunities. Vice President JD Vance faces a challenging assignment in Pakistan, leading […]

OCTOBER 10

614: Today the fifth Council
of Paris “prohibited the Jews from asking or from exercising civic or
administrative rights.”

680: At the Battle of Karbala,
Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated
by fo…