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Federal agency fires staff, calls it an error, fires them again – The Mercury News

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By Josh Eidelson | Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s Small Business Administration told probationary staff members it had mistakenly sent them termination notices, and then informed some of them the next day that they were fired after all. “Probationary employees across the Small Business Administration may have received an unsigned notice of employment termination,” according to … Read more

California teen accused of running ‘swatting’ business sentenced to 4 years in federal prison – The Mercury News

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An 18-year-old Lancaster resident was sentenced to four years in federal prison for making hundreds of swatting and threat calls across the nation, often for profit, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Alan W. Filion made nearly 400 swatting and threat calls between August 2022 and January 2024, according to a statement … Read more