LA superintendent placed on leave after FBI raid on home and district office

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Trustees unanimously voted to place Alberto Carvalho on leave and appointed Andres Chait in the interim

Two days after the FBI searched the headquarters of the Los Angeles unified school district and the home of its superintendent, the district board of education placed Alberto Carvalho on administrative leave.

The board met in closed session meetings for several hours on Thursday and Friday to discuss Carvalho’s employment with the nation’s second largest school district. The trustees unanimously voted Friday to place Carvalho on paid leave, and appointed another high ranking district official, Andres Chait, to serve as interim superintendent.

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Last of the summer rain puts southern states on flood watch and Sydney on alert for bull sharks

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SA premier Peter Malinauskas warns residents to prepare for heavy falls and possible flash floods

Late summer rain is causing havoc across Australia, with South Australia on flood watch, Victoria cleaning up after a downpour, and Sydney issuing a shark warning after heavy falls.

Almost all of South Australia, much of western Victoria and parts of western NSW were on flood watch as a slow-moving pressure system from central Australia moved east. Queensland had also seen severe rainfall.

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Rubio plans Israel trip as Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with US-Iran talks – Al Jazeera

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  1. Rubio plans Israel trip as Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with US-Iran talks  Al Jazeera
  2. Rubio to travel to Israel to discuss Iran, other issues, State Dept. says  CNBC
  3. Secretary Rubio’s Travel to Israel  U.S. Department of State (.gov)
  4. Rubio to visit Israel as US Embassy authorizes staff to leave ahead of potential Iran strike  Politico
  5. Rubio plans to visit Israel next week as U.S.-Iran tensions remain high after latest talks  PBS
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Trump suggests US could carry out ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba

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As tensions between two countries reach new highs, US president says regime is ‘talking with us’

Donald Trump has suggested the US could carry out a “friendly takeover” of Cuba as tensions between Washington and Havana reach a new high after the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.

As he left the White House for a campaigning event in Texas on Friday, Trump said: “The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re in a big deal of trouble.”

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Polls, preferences, potential defections: can Victoria’s Liberal party ward off the rising threat of One Nation?

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Opposition leader Jess Wilson is under pressure to reveal her position on a deal with Pauline Hanson’s party as the state election approaches

While internal divisions have long been the Victorian Liberal party’s main obstacle to winning government, a new threat is emerging on its right flank: One Nation.

Just four years ago, One Nation received just 8,077 lower house first-preference votes out of more than 3.6m cast in Victoria – equivalent to 0.22% of the total – and won a single seat in the upper house.

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Shabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat

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Home secretary will defy ‘plain wrong’ calls from unions and leftwing MPs that she is alienating Muslim voters

Shabana Mahmood will press on with hardline immigration policies despite calls for a reversal from unions and left-leaning Labour MPs after the Green party’s byelection victory.

Senior Labour sources insisted that the home secretary would continue to roll out changes to asylum policy, dismissing as “plain wrong” claims that it would further alienate Muslim voters.

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OpenAI vows safety policy changes after Tumbler Ridge shooting – BBC

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  1. OpenAI vows safety policy changes after Tumbler Ridge shooting  BBC
  2. Shooter had second ChatGPT account, OpenAI reveals as it overhauls safety protocols  Politico
  3. Exclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago  WSJ
  4. When Chatbots Are Used to Plan Violence, Is There a Duty to Warn? - The New York Times  The New York Times
  5. OpenAI outlines steps to boost safety measures in response to Canada school shooting  Reuters
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