The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether the blowout violated terms of a 2021 settlement letting Boeing avoid prosecution for allegedly misleading regulators who certified the 737 Max.
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FBI tells passengers on plane that lost a panel in flight they might be crime victims
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether the blowout violated terms of a 2021 settlement letting Boeing avoid prosecution for allegedly misleading regulators who certified the 737 Max.
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Trump says he has nearly $500 million in cash but doesn’t want to use it to pay N.Y. judgment
To obtain a bond, Trump’s lawyers said he would likely have to put up 120% of the judgment, or more than $557 million.
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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
The House is scheduled to leave town for a 2-week spring recess at the end of Friday’s session. It’s doubtful any vote on removing Johnson would be imminent.
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Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown
The latest package was clearly unpopular with most Republicans, who viewed it as containing too few of their policy priorities and as spending too much.
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Israel’s Netanyahu rebuffs U.S. plea to halt Rafah offensive. Tensions rise ahead of talks
International mediators, led by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt, have been working on a cease-fire to pause or end the war in Gaza.
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Rose Dugdale, English heiress who became IRA militant, dies at 82
In 1958, she was a debutante at a Buckingham Palace ball. In 1974, she was masterminding plots for the Irish Republican Army.
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Cupid the peacock was shot with an arrow. Neighbors united to help him.
‘When I saw the extent of the injury, it’s a miracle he’s alive,’ said Donny Block, who worked with neighbors in Exeter, California, to get Cupid into surgery.
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No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict, prosecutor says
Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said that, after reviewing the police investigation, he agreed that the fight between Benedict and 3 girls was an ‘instance of mutual combat.’
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Democrats seize on Republican proposal that would raise Social Security retirement age
The budget proposal from a large group of House Republicans would, among other things, raise the retirement age for Social Security and endorse a bill that would codify that life begins at conception.