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Apple rejects ‘false claims’ by Justice Department regarding Pensacola investigation

Apple on Monday responded to accusations by the U.S. Justice Department that it didn’t do enough to unlock the Pensacola shooter’s iPhones, decrying “false claims” made by the Department of Justice.

Watchdog was investigating Pompeo for arms deal and staff misuse before firing

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State department inspector general Steve Linick was reportedly close to finishing his report before his dismissal on Friday

The government watchdog who was fired last week had been investigating the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for sidestepping Congress to approve arms sales to the Gulf and using staffers for personal errands, according to congressional sources.

Donald Trump declared his intention to fire the state department inspector general, Steve Linick, in a letter sent to the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, late on Friday night. The White House said the decision was taken at Pompeo’s advice.

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Dust bowl conditions of 1930s US now more than twice as likely to reoccur

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Climate breakdown means conditions that wrought devastation across Great Plains could return to region

The agricultural conditions known as a “dust bowl”, which helped propel mass migration among drought-stricken farmers in the US during the great depression of the 1930s, are now more than twice as likely to reoccur in the region, because of climate breakdown, new research has found.

Dust bowl conditions in the 1930s wrought devastation across the US agricultural heartlands of the Great Plains, which run through the middle of the continental US stretching from Montana to Texas. The conditions are caused by a combination of heatwaves, drought and farming practices, replacing the native prairie vegetation.

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