LOS ANGELES — Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into a warehouse explosion in downtown Los Angeles that injured 11 firefighters Saturday, multiple law enforcement sources said.Investigators with the city's fire and police departments — as well as the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — are looking into a business connected to…
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Former President Barack Obama slammed U.S. politicians for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic at a virtual commencement address to graduating high school seniors across the country on Saturday night."Doing what feels good, what’s convenient, what’s easy, that’s how little kids think. Unfortunately a lot of so-called grownups, including some with fancy titles, important jobs,…
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While many U.S. national parks have temporarily closed to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, one remote national park in Hawaii must remain operational—for its residents, not for visitors. Kalaupapa National Historical Park sits on a secluded peninsula, separated from the rest of the island of Molokai by a two-thousand-foot-tall wall of cliffs. Unlike other…
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David Gura2h ago / 11:53 PM UTCThe U.S. economy won't recover "until people feel confident that they are safe," Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Sunday, in an interview with CBS News's "60 Minutes." “The sooner we get the virus under control, the sooner businesses can reopen,” he said. While Powell anticipates that economic conditions could improve…
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has asked Congress for a lifeline amid the coronavirus pandemic that has caused applications to plummet and brought it to the brink of insolvency.A naturalization ceremony in 2019 administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Los Angeles. Credit...Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockMay 17, 2020LOS ANGELES — A precipitous drop in applications for…
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WASHINGTON — The State Department inspector general who was removed from his job Friday was looking into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a staffer walk his dog, pick up his dry cleaning and make dinner reservations for Pompeo and his wife, among other personal errands, according to two congressional officials assigned to different…
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