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Month: June 2023

Biden picks longtime transportation official as acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has another acting leader at the controls. The White House said Thursday that President Joe Biden picked longtime government official Polly Trottenberg to run the FAA. She replaces another acting administrator, Billy Nolen, who announced in April that he would leave soon. Trottenberg held a high-ranking job in

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Los Angeles county DA’s office quits Twitter due to barrage of ‘vicious’ homophobic attacks

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported. The account, which went by the handle @LADAOffice, no longer exists on Twitter. “Our decision

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Los Angeles county DA’s office quits Twitter due to barrage of ‘vicious’ homophobic attacks

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported. The account, which went by the handle @LADAOffice, no longer exists on Twitter. “Our decision

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Who is Jack Smith, the special counsel behind the Trump classified documents indictment?

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s monthslong investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents has entered a new chapter with the indictment of the former president. Trump faces 37 felony counts, which include charges relating to the willful retention of national defense information, according to the indictment unsealed

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Trump says he’s been indicted in classified documents investigation; Justice Dept. yet to confirm

By ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White

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James Watt, sharp-tongued and pro-development Interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — James Watt, the Reagan administration’s sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary who was admired by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists, Beach Boys fans and eventually the president, has died. He was 85. Watt died in Arizona on May 27, son Eric Watt said in a statement Thursday.

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James Watt, sharp-tongued and pro-development Interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — James Watt, the Reagan administration’s sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary who was beloved by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists, Beach Boys fans and eventually the president, has died. He was 85. Watt died in Arizona on May 27, son Eric Watt said in a statement Thursday.

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Florida woman who fatally shot neighbor appears in court, sheriff releases details of racist threats

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A white Florida woman charged with shooting and killing her Black neighbor told detectives that she called the victim’s children by racist slurs in the months leading up to the slaying, according to an arrest report released Thursday. Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, admitted to detectives

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