LAUSD tries to quash lawsuit alleging the district defrauded taxpayers

[ad_1] A judge has allowed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District to proceed to a jury trial, quashing the school officials’ attempt to have the filing dismissed.  The district’s former superintendent Austin Beutner is spearheading the lawsuit. Beutner and Hollywood’s biggest stars helped secure nearly a billion dollars specifically for new art teachers…

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Workers at Louisville business near UPS plane crash recall “explosion after explosion,” melted clothes and chaos

[ad_1] When Georgie Dow heard an explosion at the auto parts recycling business where she works in Louisville, Kentucky, she had no idea a UPS aircraft had just crashed outside.  Dow, the chief financial officer of Grade A Auto Parts located just south of the Louisville International Airport runway where UPS Flight 2976 was departing on…

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Judge issues temporary restraining order dictating conditions inside Broadview ICE facility

[ad_1] A federal judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order requiring federal authorities to maintain certain sanitary conditions inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, while also guaranteeing detainees contact with their attorneys. The order requires ICE to provide detainees at Broadview with clean bedding and sufficient space to sleep if…

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Transportation secretary announces 10% reduction in U.S. air traffic due to government shutdown

[ad_1] Federal officials announced Wednesday that the U.S. will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” U.S. markets starting on Friday, citing staffing shortages during the government shutdown. “We have decided that a 10% reduction in scheduled capacity would be appropriate to continue to take the pressure off of our controllers,” said Bryan Bedford,…

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