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A government watchdog fired by President Donald Trump in January has filed a legal brief arguing that Trump is well within his executive powers to fire him and the 16 other U.S. inspectors general ousted just four days into his second term.  Eric Soskin, the former inspector general for the U.S. Department of Transportation, was appointed by Trump during his first presidential term. He was then fired just four days after Trump returned to the Oval Office, Jeff Beelaert, an attorney for Givens Pursley and a former Department of Justice official, told Fox News in an interview.”Eric was one of…

A South Carolina death row inmate who gruesomely killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in 2001 is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Friday – the first execution of its kind in the U.S. in 15 years.Brad Sigmon, 67, who admitted to the killings because his ex-girlfriend refused to get back to him, will be strapped to a chair at around 6 p.m. and three volunteers armed with rifles about 15 feet away will fire bullets into his heart.Each will be armed with .308-caliber, Winchester 110-grain TAP Urban ammunition often used by police marksmen. The bullet…

Apple plans to invest $500 billion domestically over the next four years and hire 20,000 additional workers in the U.S., the iPhone maker announced on Monday.The company’s plans include building a new 250,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in Houston, set to open in 2026, that will make servers to power Apple’s AI services. Apple also said it would establish an educational academy in Michigan focused on manufacturing and boost its investment in a fund aimed at fostering innovation across the U.S.The investments and hiring plans mark Apple’s “largest-ever spend commitment,” the company said in a news release. The announcement follows a…

A “Friday evening matinee?” To quote the Gershwins, it ain’t necessarily so. But that’s how modern artificial intelligence suggested I hit Broadway.When I was asked to see what A.I. gets right and wrong about visiting New York City, I was deeply curious and felt well qualified for the assignment — I’ve been a resident of Manhattan since 1989, a frequent city tour guide for friends and family, and a journalist who has written about technology (including chatbots) since the 1990s.I sampled several A.I.-planner sites with the same vacation request: Create an itinerary for a trip for two people to New…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Employers in Canada added 1,100 jobs across sectors in Canada last month, even as the country grapples with uncertainty around U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The unemployment rate was steady at 6.6 per cent in February, remaining unchanged from January.The employment rate rose in the retail and wholesale sector (1.7 per cent) as well as finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing (1.1 per cent).However, some sectors, such as transportation and warehousing saw job losses (2.1 per cent).February was the first full month since the inauguration of Trump, a period which has…

Hawthorn face a nervous wait to see if midfielder James Worpel has suffered a serious ankle injury, while Sydney could lose Taylor Adams to a hamstring issue.

China remains Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral lender, accounting for US$4.66 billion of the US$10.58 billion borrowed from other nations. Japan is the second-largest, with just over US$2.5 billion in loans. Sri Lanka had concluded debt deals with the Export-Import Bank of China and the China Development Bank last year. Japan is the first country in the 17-member Official Creditor Committee (OCC) of Sri Lanka to ink a debt deal, Sri Lankan officials said. Beijing is not a member of the OCC. The government of leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, which came to power in September, had hoped to finalise debt…

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Doors open for Beach Night with a feels-like temperature of 7 degrees and purple aloha shirts for the first 250 students through — a true commitment to the bit. But the party is on inside, already. Crudites and chicken skewers are disappearing apace; an open bar is working like a bug light. Decades of St. Thomas men’s basketball alums are filing into a private reception, sorting through rosters and info sheets for a soon-to-open $175 million arena, warming up the space for one of their own.Johnny Tauer, Ph.D., walks in at 6:26 p.m. The four-shot almond…

Russia unleashed a furious bombardment aimed at critical Ukrainian infrastructure overnight on Thursday and on Friday amid increasing worries that the American decision to withhold intelligence assistance could leave Ukraine more vulnerable to attacks.Ukraine’s energy minister, German Galushchenko, said Russian forces launched a “massive missile and drone” assault on power and gas facilities across the country.The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia sent 261 attack vehicles — 67 missiles of various types and 194 drones, some which were outfitted with dummy warheads to confuse and overwhelm air defense crews.Ukraine shot down or disabled most of the attack drones, the air…

Washington — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could be much…