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Ethics issues for President Trump have come to a head. The U.S. government accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar for the Air Force One fleet, and he headlined a dinner for top Trump meme coin investors.

2: Writer WALTER MOSLEY. His first book, "Devil In A Blue Dress," (Norton) is a hard-boiled detective story starring a black gumshoe up against white prejudice. MOSLEY's mysteries are loosely based on stories his father told him about black culture the 1940's. His latest book is called "A Red Death" (Thorndike). (REBROADCAST FROM 6/8/90)Mystery writer SUE GRAFTON. Her heroine, Kinsey Millhone, is a new breed of hard-boiled detective: competent and self-reliant, thirty-two years old, twice married with no kids, and currently single. The Kinsey Millhone mystery series began with "A is for Alibi" , and continues through the alphabet. GRAFTON's latest mystery is "I is for Innocent" (Fawcett). (REBROADCAST FROM 5

& 2: .Foreign Correspondent for NPR, TOM GJELTON. He's been reporting from Bosnia. GJELTON won the prestigious George Polk Award for his piece, "Massacre on the Mountaintop." The piece aired September 22, 1992 and described a massacre of 200 Bosnian Muslim men. The George Polk Award honors excellence in journalism. GJELTON also reported on the Gulf War and on the conflicts in Central America. (REBROADCAST from 4/6/93).Foreign correspondent for "Newsday," ROY GUTMAN. He and his photographer were the first western journalists to report on genocide in a Serb-run concentration camp. Shortly after the story was published the camp was closed and the Red Cross let in. Their reporting led to public outrage, and official condemnation by the United Nations. GUTTMAN won a Pulitzer Prize for this reporting. The dispatches have now been collected in a new book, "A Witness to Genocide: The 1993 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Dispatches on the 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Bosnia." (Macmillan Publishing). (REBROADCAST FROM 9/

2: Veteran TV journalist DAVID BRINKLEY. His book, Washington Goes to War, was a surprise best-seller. The book, based on Brinkley's personal experiences and reflections, told the story of Washington in the early 40s, and how both the government and town itself were transformed by the responsibilities thrust on them as a result of the war. (REBROADCAST from 7/6/89). BRINKLEY has a new book: David Brinkley: A Memoir (Knopf).Journalist and former anchor of the CBS News, WALTER CRONKITE. CRONKITE worked at CBS News for 31 years. This interview took place in 1993 after his documentary "The Faltering Dream," in which he interviewed notable black leaders including Reverend Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee about race relations. (REBROADCAST from 10

As of Friday, state health officials have confirmed three new cases in Spartanburg County bringing the total number in South Carolina this year to 19.

California and Washington passed stricter gun control measures, Nebraska and Oklahoma both passed measures backing the death penalty, and Colorado became the sixth state to legalize assisted suicide.

U.S. employers added more jobs than expected last month, while the unemployment rate inched up to 3.6%. Unusually warm weather contributed to job gains for construction workers.

U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs in February, only a modest slowdown from the previous month, indicating the labor market remains hot. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% from 3.4% in January.

Retail sales dipped 0.4% in February after a surprise start-of-the-year surge that appeared at odds with the Federal Reserve's goal of cooling down the economy.

Meta agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 federal lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations after his suspension from Facebook and Instagram in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack.