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A new Silicon Valley-backed academy is preparing to offer high school graduates an alternative to the traditional four-year college path as fewer Americans say a college education is very important.

The Horowitz Andreessen Academy in San Francisco describes itself as a private, full-time, in-person school aimed at young people coming out of high school, particularly students who otherwise might attend a four-year university.

Its first cohort is expected to include roughly 50 students in a tuition-free, one-year program beginning in fall 2027. Admissions will emphasize “proof of work,” including what applicants have built or otherwise accomplished.

The Horowitz Andreessen Academy centers its program on technology and leadership skills, with students expected to pursue projects and gain exposure to employers in the technology sector.

Andreessen Horowitz incubated the Academy and is investing $35 million in the project. Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg serve on its board alongside founder and CEO Gagan Biyani.

Biyani previously co-founded Udemy and Maven and his career has focused on building alternative models for education and professional learning.
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Its founding partners include tech heavyweights like Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Palantir. Partners provide a range of support from curriculum development, resources, and networking opportunities. More than 40 additional companies have signed on as hiring partners.

According to a report from the New York Times, messages pulled from a phone seized from Omar's sister gave investigators what they needed to get inside the congresswoman's home. The paper laid out the details this week, citing three people familiar with the matter.

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Federal investigators have been reviewing family text messages as they aim to build a case implicating Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, of conspiring to commit immigration fraud, three people familiar with the matter said this week.

The messages were obtained from a phone that officials seized earlier this year from one of Ms. Omar’s sisters, Sahra Noor, a health care executive and author, according to the three people.

The messages contained information that investigators had used to get a federal judge to authorize homeland security agents to search Ms. Omar’s Washington-area residence on Monday, the three people said. Agents spent hours searching the home of the congresswoman and were seen walking away with several boxes of seized items.

Agents seized Omar's phone, her computer, and her passport during Monday's search. Federal agents also went through her trash looking for DNA evidence. Investigators don't comb through a sitting congresswoman's garbage on a hunch.