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Democratic senator on Biden’s farewell plea: ‘Now he tells us’

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said statements in President Biden’s farewell speech came much too late in a Thursday statement, raising question with the commander in chief’s parting remarks. “Now he tells us. Biden speaks out against dark money, for climate action, and for SCOTUS term limits. I pressed four years for this speech,” Whitehouse posted […]

Technology

Judge rejects Boeing plea deal that was opposed by families of crash victims

The compliance monitor is supposed to ensure that “Boeing implements a program designed to prevent and detect violations of US fraud laws,” O’Connor wrote. Failing to retain a monitor would violate Boeing’s probation, but O’Connor said that Boeing wouldn’t actually have to comply with the monitor’s recommendations. “[T]he plea agreement prohibits imposing as a condition […]

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Judge throws out Boeing plea deal over fatal 737 MAX crashes

STORY: A judge has thrown out Boeing’s plea deal over two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX jets. The incidents killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, and were traced to a design flaw. Relatives of the victims had called the firm’s agreement with the Department of Justice a “sweetheart” deal that failed to hold […]

Business & Finance

Court rejects Boeing plea deal tied to 737 Max crashes

Nadia Milleron, whose daughter Samya Stumo, was killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, holds a sign of crash victims behind Dennis Muilenburg, foreground, CEO of Boeing, during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Hart Building on aviation safety and the future of the Boeing 737 MAX on Tuesday, October […]

Entertainment

Jimmy Kimmel Makes Plea to Republicans Ahead of Election

Jimmy Kimmel kicked off his latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a message directly for moderate Republicans. Ahead of the show, the host posted on social mediaasking for people to “ask a Republican you love” to watch Wednesday night, as he has a “special monologue” for them. “I assume you’re watching this because you […]

Entertainment

Young Thug Co-Defendant Takes Plea Deal in YSL Trial

One of the co-defendants charged under the YSL gang and racketeering conspiracy indictment took a surprise plea deal Tuesday in a move that could alter the course of Young Thug’s problem-plagued trial. Quamarvious Nichols, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO act in a deal with prosecutors that dropped six […]