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NEW YORK (AP) — The largest public housing authority in the nation was infested by a “classic pay-to-play” culture of corruption where workers dispensed repair jobs to contractors willing to pay bribes, a prosecutor said Tuesday as authorities revealed they had arrested 70 current and former employees for illegally pocketing over $2 million. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams told a news …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slow-moving atmospheric river still battering California on Tuesday unleashed record rainfall, triple-digit winds and hundreds of mudslides. Here is the historic storm by the numbers: ___ DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES In just three days, downtown Los Angeles got soaked by more than 8 inches (20.3 cm) of rain — more than half of the 14.25 inches …

HOLDEN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials are planning a new viewing tower and visitor’s center to highlight the state’s elk-restoration program and give the public a better view of the animals. The Division of Natural Resources is reviewing bids for construction of the facility at Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan County, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. The goal is …

BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that crashed off North Carolina’s coast in 2022, killing the pilot, four teens and three other adults, was likely distracted while trying to program the aircraft’s flight management system after takeoff, according to a final report from federal investigators. The pilot likely failed to monitor the aircraft’s speed as the …

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An op-ed piece that dubbed a Detroit suburb “America’s jihad capital” is being condemned by two Democratic state lawmakers, who described it as “racist and Islamophobic” in a resolution presented Tuesday. Introduced by state Rep. Alabas Farhat and House Floor Leader Abraham Aiyash, the measure calls on The Wall Street Journal to retract the piece, which …

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial is demanding more information after a key witness was reported to be in negotiations to plead guilty to perjury in connection with his testimony in the lawsuit. In an email posted to the trial docket Tuesday, Judge Arthur Engoron asked lawyers in the case to provide him with …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman who traveled elsewhere for an abortion just days after reaching six weeks of pregnancy wants a court to affirm that the state’s ban on the procedure — when a “fetal heartbeat” can be detected — should not take effect until later in a pregnancy. In a lawsuit filed in state circuit court …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque Public Schools board named the district’s current chief operations officer as its new superintendent Monday. Gabriella Durán Blakey will succeed current Superintendent Scott Elder when his contract expires on June 30. Elder has led New Mexico’s largest school district for more than three years. Blakey, 48, has served APS for more than 20 years …

BOSTON (AP) — The brother of man suspected in four arsons involving Jewish institutions in the Boston area in 2019 has been extradited from Sweden to face charges alleging that he obstructed the investigation, federal prosecutors said Sunday. Alexander Giannakakis, 37, formerly of Quincy, worked in security at the U.S. embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, when he was arrested by Swedish …

OMAHA, Nebraska, EE.UU. (AP) — Dos policías fuera de servicio mataron a tiros a dos hombres en un SUV en la ciudad más grande de Nebraska, informaron las autoridades, aunque ofrecieron muy pocos detalles del suceso. Los dos policías de Omaha estaban trabajando en un negocio local a eso de las 2 a.m. del sábado cuando abrieron fuego contra los …