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At least 20 immigration judges fired by DOJ
The Justice Department has fired 20 immigration judges as immigration courts deal with a reported backlog of about 4 million cases. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez ...CBS News - 3d -
Trump administration prepares for legal fights over firings
President Trump's administration is preparing for U.S. courts to weigh in on his efforts to shrink the federal workforce by removing government employees at several agencies. CBS News' Willie James ...CBS News - 3d -
Federal workers with 'exceptional' reviews fired for 'performance' issues
Dozens of probationary employees at one agency were told one of the reasons they were being fired was for poor performance — even though they had "exceptional" reviews.NBC News - 2d -
DOGE Fires FDA Investigators Reviewing Neuralink
Cuts over the weekend included about 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices.Inc. - 1d -
Department of Homeland Security preparing for high-level firings
The Trump administration is preparing to fire hundreds of senior leaders at the Department of Homeland Security, according to three sources familiar with the matter. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard ...NBC News - 2d -
National Science Foundation fires 168 probationary employees
The federal agency that funds science research says the staff reduction came in response to a White House directive.CBS News - 1d -
Firings Expand at Interior Department With Purge of Probationary Workers
More than 2,000 workers at the Interior Department were fired in recent days, according to counts from workers groups and those familiar with the cuts, as probationary workers were targeted across ...The New York Times - 1d -
DHS fires roughly 400 probationary employees
The Department of Homeland Security has fired approximately 400 probationary employees across the department, pledging to remove more. The firings came after the Office of Personnel Management ...The Hill - 22h -
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings
Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency as part of the ongoing DOGE purge, sources tell WIRED.Wired - 50m -
Last man charged in 2020 killing of rapper Pop Smoke pleads guilty
Corey Walker pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of robbery, with firearm and gang enhancements, in the fatal shooting of rapper Pop Smoke.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 6 -
Philippines Plane Crash Kills U.S. Service Member and 3 Contractors
The plane, which had been contracted by the Pentagon, went down during a routine mission in the southern Philippines, the U.S. military said.The New York Times - Feb. 7 -
Small plane crashes on avenue in Sao Paulo, killing two
A small aircraft crashed on an avenue in Sao Paulo, killing at least two passengers, the local firefighter corps said in a statementABC News - Feb. 7 -
Tennessee winter tornado kills mother and daughter, several others injured
A devastating winter tornado in Morgan County, Tennessee, killed at least two people and injured several others on Friday. CBS News correspondent Nicole Valdes reports.CBS News - Feb. 7 -
Georgia police officer killed responding to pickleball club; suspect arrested
The Roswell police officer responded to a report of a suspicious person in the parking lot of a pickleball club when he was shot.CBS News - Feb. 8 -
Dozens of Maoist Guerrillas Killed in Central India, Officials Say
Rebels known as Naxalites have waged an insurgency that has ebbed and flowed over decades, but government operations have given them less space to maneuver.The New York Times - Feb. 9 -
U.S. Marine from California among 4 killed in Philippines plane crash
Three defense contractors, who have not yet been identified, also died in the plane crash.CBS News - Feb. 9 -
Crew members killed in American Airlines crash receive posthumous honors
Jonathan Campos, Samuel Lilley, Danasia Elder and Ian Epstein, the crew who died on board American Eagle Flight 5342, have received honorary awards from their airline.CBS News - Feb. 9 -
Freed Israeli hostage was unaware wife and daughters killed, British family says
His wife, Lianne Sharabi and two daughters were murdered by Hamas in the 7 October attack.BBC News - Feb. 9 -
Chile issues evacuations as wildfires rage, killing at least 1
Chile's President Gabriel Boric said recently some fires are "deliberate" and urged an investigationCBS News - Feb. 9 -
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Opening statements set in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie
Lawyers are scheduled to deliver opening statements Monday at the trial of the man charged with trying to fatally stab author Salman Rushdie.NBC News - Feb. 10 -
AI Will Save Dating Apps. Or Maybe Finally Kill Them
A slew of tools—from Iris Dating to Grindr’s forthcoming “wingman”—promise that they can increase your odds of finding someone with AI. So far, the results are mixed.Wired - Feb. 10 -
A Tunisian extremist is on trial accused of killing 3 people in a French church
A Tunisian man is on trial in France on terrorism charges over the killing of three people in a basilica in the French Riviera city of Nice in 2020ABC News - Feb. 10 -
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4 killed, including at least 2 teens, in bus crash in Washington state
Four people were killed and seven others were injured when a car collided with a passenger bus Sunday in Washington state, authorities said.CBS News - Feb. 10 -
Regional airliner bestows posthumous honors on crew killed in DC crash
The four airline crew members killed in the midair collision with a military helicopter last month in Washington, D.C., are receiving posthumous awards in their honor, Pacific Southwest Airlines ...The Hill - Feb. 10 -
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”The New York Times - Feb. 10 -
Bus plunges off a Guatemala bridge, killing at least 56 passengers
Guatemala City officials said children were among the victims in the Belice Bridge accident.CBS News - Feb. 10 -
Bus Plunges off Bridge in Guatemala City, Killing at Least 53
The bus collided with other vehicles on a main bridge in Guatemala’s capital before falling into a ravine early Monday morning.The New York Times - Feb. 11 -
Shot, poisoned and beaten to death: why leopard killings are soaring in Pakistan
A wave of incidents threatens the survival of the species in the country, say conservationists. Inside the Pakistan Museum of Natural History, in Islamabad, two taxidermists work on a leopard skin. ...The Guardian - Feb. 11 -
Couple who killed Ukrainian women to kidnap baby learn their fate
The couple were motivated by their "long-unfulfilled wish to have a daughter," prosecutors said.CBS News - Feb. 11 -
Off-duty corrections officer killed in 'targeted' attack: Police
An off-duty corrections officer in Florida was shot and killed in a “targeted attack,” according to police.ABC News - Feb. 11 -
5 people killed in a suicide bombing near a bank in northern Afghanistan
Afghan police say a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device near a bank in northern Afghanistan, killing at least five people and wounding seven othersABC News - Feb. 11 -
At least 55 civilians killed by militia fighters in northeastern Congo
Authorities say militia fighters in northeastern Congo have killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages and a camp for displaced people campABC News - Feb. 11 -
Off-duty corrections officer killed in targeted attack, police say
Officials said Deputy Basil Powell was "targeted and ambushed while returning home."CBS News - Feb. 11
