Special counsel who led Trump prosecutions leaves US Justice Dept
WASHINGTON - Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump for his alleged effort to overturn results of the 2020 election, has left the US Department of Justice, prosecutors said Saturday in a court filing.

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Blue Origin set for first launch of giant New Glenn rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL - A quarter of a century after its founding, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin is finally ready for its maiden orbital voyage on Sunday with a brand new rocket the company hopes will shake up the commercial space race.

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Weather to heighten Los Angeles fire risks
LOS ANGELES - The weather will once again turn against Los Angeles after a brief respite that allowed firefighters to gain ground on blazes across the second-largest US city — and offered enough pause for officials to begin trading accusations.

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Malala Yousafzai 'overwhelmed and happy' to be back in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was "overwhelmed" to be back in her native Pakistan Saturday, as she arrived for a global summit on girls' education in the Islamic world.

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Ukraine captures two North Korean soldiers in Russia
Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday, the first time Kyiv has announced the capture of North Korean soldiers alive.

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South Korea says Jeju Air jet black boxes stopped recording before crash
SEOUL — The black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the crashed Jeju Air flight that left 179 people dead stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said on Saturday.

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