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Recalls issued: Ford is issuing two recalls covering over 737,000 vehicles to fix oil leaks and trailer braking systems that won’t work. The oil leak recall includes the 2020 through 2022 Ford Escape SUV and the 2021 and 2022 Bronco Sport SUV with 1.5-Liter engines. The trailer braking recall includes F-150 pickups from 2021 and 2022, as well as the 2022 F-250, 350, 450 and 550. Also covered are the 2022 Maverick pickup, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVS. Hit man escapes: Anewyork mobster who killed three people and attempted to kill two others has escaped from federal custody. Dominic Taddeo, a hit man from a Rochester-area crime family, escaped March 28. Taddeo, 64, had been imprisoned in Florida before being transferred to a residential halfway house, also in Florida, in February. Amazon workers unionize:

Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive. Votes were still being tabulated but union supporters secured a wide enough margin to give the fledgling Amazon Labor Union enough support to win. Discrimination verdict upheld:

The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld much of a 2019 jury verdict that found the state discriminated against a transgender state prison employee by denying him the use of men’s restrooms and locker rooms. The ruling means Jesse Vroegh has won his discrimination lawsuit based on gender identity. Police on hand: Oscars producer

Will Packer said Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards stage, but Rock declined to press charges.