Category: Security
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Boeing blamed for whistleblower’s death in new lawsuit
The family of John “Mitch” Barnett, a Boeing whistleblower whose death last year brought fresh attention to the company’s persistent struggles with quality, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit… Read More
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Chicago Public Media’s cost-cutting buyout reduces Sun-Times staff by 20%
The Chicago Sun-Times, which bills itself as the hardest-working newspaper in America, may have to work even harder after more than a fifth of its… Read More
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Mattel to lay off 120 workers in latest cost-cutting move
Mattel, the toymaker behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, is laying off 120 workers from its El Segundo headquarters, according to a notice provided to state… Read More
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Trump orders Education Department to be dismantled
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of… Read More
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$500+ million in illegal drugs seized by Coast Guard
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Thursday that the United States Coast Guard was offloading 45,000 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana… Read More
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Fmr. top Democrat’s husband charged with pandemic loan fraud
Former Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush’s husband was charged on Thursday with two counts of wire fraud for allegedly defrauding the federal government by submitting… Read More
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Pentagon cuts $580 million in ‘wasteful spending’
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memo on Thursday directing the Department of Defense to cut more than $580 million in contracts and grants… Read More
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Denver man sentenced to 21 years in prison for human trafficking
A man who took a deal and pleaded guilty in January to human trafficking was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in prison, according to the… Read More
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ICE detained 81 people in Kentucky, 25 charged during ‘targeted enforcement’ in March
The U.S. Department of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement detained 81 people in Kentucky accused of being in the U.S. illegally this month during “enhanced, targeted enforcement.” The arrests happened between March… Read More
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WWII airstrip in Central California sold. It was ‘the country club of training bases’
An airstrip once used to develop U.S. pilots during World War II in Central California has been sold. Located in western Fresno County about 10 miles south of Dos Palos and 15 miles… Read More