Bigad Shaban
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Bigad Shaban
@bigadshaban.bsky.social
Senior Investigative Reporter @NBCBayArea | Floridian-Egyptian🐫 now Cali guy | God is good | @UF Gator | Bego to my Kels | Peabody, duPont, 18-time Emmy Winner
1) Children, seniors with disabilities, and men and women living with AIDS are just a few of the groups now in danger of losing their housing in California because of a major delay in funding from the federal government.

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Elderly, kids, and disabled could lose housing amid federal funding delays
Children, seniors with disabilities, and men and women living with AIDS are just a few of the groups now in danger of losing their housing in California because of a major delay in funding from the fe...
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April 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Investigations into the cause of the DC plane crash are still underway, but Pres. Trump said "diversity" hires, leading to an increase in the number of disabled employees within FAA, are possibly to blame.

Disability advocates call comments “baseless” & “scary.”
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Trump's comments on FAA workers are “baseless” and “scary,” say disability advocates
President Donald Trump raised multiple possibilities on Thursday for the cause of the Washington D.C. plane crash, including what he deserved as lowered hiring standards at the FAA. But some said his ...
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January 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#Breaking Trump White House will offer all 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign - roughly 8 months of pay/benefits.

Offer will be emailed w/ subject "a fork in the road," which happens to be the name of the art featured in Elon Musk's current pinned tweet.

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January 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
#Breaking
1) In the final weeks of the Biden administration, the federal govt. is proposing a new national “voluntary” program for the evaluation and oversight of autonomous vehicles.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the goal is to improve transparency.
December 20, 2024 at 5:53 PM
So...my wife got pregnant with another man's baby.

Naturally, my newsroom wanted to do a story about it.

producer: @christineni.bsky.social
reporter: Janelle Wang
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Love and loss: One woman's decision to carry her best friend's baby
A story of giving this holiday season and how kindness and gratitude can truly change people’s lives.
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December 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
1) Waymo's driverless cars surpass 25 million miles on U.S. roadways across San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin.

We got a first look at newly released data revealing how the autonomous vehicles stack up against human drivers.

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Waymo's robotaxis surpass 25 million miles, but are they safer than humans?
Waymo says its fleet of driverless cars has surpassed 25 million miles on public roadways and continues to outperform human drivers across major safety metrics.
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December 19, 2024 at 5:32 PM
1) Cruise, the embattled driverless car company, is officially getting out of the robotaxi business, according to its majority owner General Motors.

Last year, we took you along on a Cruise of our own, but you might remember our ride took an unexpected turn.
December 10, 2024 at 10:46 PM
#BREAKING
1) GM says is getting out of the robotaxi business. Cruise - its troubled self-driving subsidiary will no longer get GM funding for "robotaxi development...given the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business..." GM said in a statement.
December 10, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Enough plastic pollution to fill 3.5 million dump trucks makes its way into communities and oceans across the globe each year.

#WeInvestigate the world-wide effort to end plastic pollution & explain what it means for wildlife and your own dinner plate.

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November 23, 2024 at 5:19 PM
I’m making new friends at the @Safeway in San Francisco’s Marina!

Come say hi!

We’re inviting people to donate to our local food banks this holiday season as part of our @nbcbayarea ‘Nourishing Neighbors’ food drive!
November 16, 2024 at 7:29 PM
A teacher in Oakland, CA was fired for repeatedly wearing a “Free Palestine” pin the classroom.

The Gaza war continues to be a polarizing issue here at home, testing the limits of free speech at schools and workplaces across the country.

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#gaza #israel #palestine
Oakland teacher fired after refusing to take off “Free Palestine” pin in classroom
A teacher at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland was let go for repeatedly wearing a “Free Palestine” pin in her classroom. The teacher said she wore the pin as a sign of solidarity with students who...
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November 16, 2024 at 2:50 PM