NYC prepares for potential Trump indictment; Los Angeles schools shut down; NTSB issues derailment report | Top headlines for March 20 & 21, 2023
On this version of Hot off the Wire (posted March 21 at 6:46 a.m. CT): The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been meeting in secret to hear evidence for weeks. An indictment of Trump, who is seeking the White House again in 2024, would be an unprecedented moment in American history. Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District are walking off the job over stalled contract talks. They’re being joined Tuesday in solidarity by teachers for a planned three-day strike that’s shutting down the nation’s second-largest school system. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is heading to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Saudi Arabia has freed an American citizen it had imprisoned more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince. Federal investigators say a Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama earlier this month lacked required alignment control couplers and a company inspection didn't identify their absence. Amazon is planning to eliminate 9,000 more jobs. In sports, Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino is on the move, NBA and college basketball highlights and Japan advanced to the...
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