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Trump names Brendan Carr, senior GOP leader at FCC, to lead the agency

Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband. Carr is a longtime member of the commission and served previously as the FCC’s general counsel. He

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Two Missouri officers asked women for their phones – then stole nude images, authorities say

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A former Missouri police officer and a former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper have been indicted separately on federal charges accusing them of taking nude images from women’s phones during traffic stops while on duty. Julian Alcala, a 29-year-old former police officer in Florissant, was indicted Wednesday in federal

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Gabon votes yes on new constitution a year after the military seized power

Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Authorities in Gabon say voters have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation. Over 91% of voters approved the new constitution in a referendum held on Saturday, Gabon’s Interior Minister

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More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the US Pacific Northwest

Associated Press U.S. officials are proposing increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest under changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades. Friday’s proposal would overhaul the Northwest Forest Plan that governs about 36,000 square miles of U.S. Forest Service land in Oregon, Washington and California. The

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California to remove derogatory term for Indigenous women from names of streets, parks and other places in 15 counties

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — California is stripping the word “squaw” – a derogatory term for Indigenous women – from dozens of place names across 15 counties, state agencies recently announced. For decades, the names of more than 100 of the state’s parks, buildings, streets, bridges and other geographic features and locations have

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