LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month
Six weeks after devastating wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief amid a public rift over ...
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LA County Fire Chief: Super Scoopers, choppers work – but were grounded during fierce wildfire winds
During a new process aimed at increasing the county’s fiscal transparency, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on Wednesday defended the department’s aerial firefighting capabilities ...
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Jockey Michael O’Sullivan Dies at 24 After Fall in Horse Race: ‘An Exceptionally Talented Young Rider'
“Michael sadly passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning surrounded by his loving family in Cork University Hospital,” Dr Jennifer Pugh, Chief Medical Officer of the IHRB, said.
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Middlesbrough 'make decision on under-fire Michael Carrick' - after slipping down to 11th in the Championship with six defeats in seven
Middlesbrough have reportedly made their decision on Michael Carrick as the under-fire manager received a vote of confidence from the club's chairman Steve Gibson. It comes after the Championship ...
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Chiltern Firehouse: Fire at luxury London hotel 'started from pizza oven'
A fire that ripped through a luxury central London hotel popular with celebrities started accidentally from a pizza oven, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. Chiltern Firehouse was partially ...
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Michael Birnbaum
Michael Birnbaum is a White House reporter for ... served in Europe for more than a decade as the The Post’s bureau chief in Brussels, Moscow and Berlin. He has reported for The Post from ...
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Russia's wealth fund chief will meet U.S. delegation in Saudi Arabia - source in Riyadh
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Russia's sovereign wealth fund chief Kirill Dmitriev will meet a U.S. delegation in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to focus on strengthening ties and increased economic ...
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Education Department letter threatens federal funding of any school that considers race in most aspects of student life
The Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter Friday threatening the federal funding of any academic institution that considers race in most aspects of student life. The letter ...
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Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox defends diversity amid Trump crackdown
Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox is defending efforts to ... and argued that a diverse officer corps helps the department build trust among Boston’s many ethnic communities and improves ...
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A Brief History of Efforts to End the Department of Education
President Donald Trump says he is preparing an executive order to shutter the Department of Education. He talked about abolishing the department throughout his campaign. But this idea is hardly a ...
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Change to State Department website sparks fiery rebuke from Beijing over Taiwanese independence
China has accused the Trump administration of “serious regression” in its position on Taiwan, after the State Department removed a line from its website stating that the US does not support ...
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Bradley Elmore named BFD's interim fire chief
Bradley Elmore has been named the Brevard Fire Department’s new interim fire chief, City Manager Wilson Hooper announced ...