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Month: November 2021

Alleged kingpin pleads guilty to overseeing dope ring responsible for 4,000 kilos of coke worth $24 million

By BRENDAN KIRBY Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A panel of potential jurors staring at him, an alleged drug kingpin on Monday cut a deal with prosecutors. Darrin Jamark “DD” Southall, 43, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine

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Mild start to November

High temperatures this afternoon topped out in the low 80s providing a mild start to November. Clouds will remain through the evening hours with a light northwest breeze. Low pressure to the north is responsible for the increase in clouds cover to start off the new month. Some clouds will linger into Tuesday with more

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FirstEnergy agrees to $306M refund to Ohio customers

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the nation’s largest utility holding companies has agreed to refund customers of its three Ohio electric companies $306 million for collecting significantly excessive profits over a three-year period. The settlement between Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. and the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel and other groups was announced Monday.

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FirstEnergy agrees to $306M refund to Ohio customers

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the nation’s largest utility holding companies has agreed to refund customers of its three Ohio electric companies $306 million for collecting significantly excessive profits over a three-year period. The settlement between Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. and the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel and other groups was announced Monday.

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Jayapal says House progressives ready to ‘pass both bills’ without commitment from Manchin and Sinema

By Annie Grayer and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal on Monday said her caucus is ready to move forward on two bills key to President Joe Biden’s agenda “as soon as tomorrow,” a significant concession after previously seeking direct assurances from Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on the legislation.

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Rubio takes Big Business to task a year before election

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is taking Big Business to task. In an op-ed published Monday, the Republican from Florida called corporate America “the instrument of anti-American ideologies.” Rubio bemoaned what he described was corporate America’s “wokeness,” and he proposed holding corporate leaders legally liable “when they abuse their corporate

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

La norma de emergencia sobre vacunación para las grandes empresas se publicará “en los próximos días”

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Registro Federal publicará en los próximos días la norma del Departamento de Trabajo que obliga a las empresas privadas con 100 empleados o más a exigir su vacunación o someterlos a pruebas semanales, cumpliendo así un anuncio que el presidente Joe Biden hizo en septiembre. La Oficina de Administración y

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He nearly died from Covid after choosing not to get vaccinated. Later, he returned to apologize to the medical staff

By Noah Sheidlower and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN After battling Covid-19 for almost a month and being released from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Richard Soliz returned to the hospital in late October. But it was not for medical treatment — it was to apologize. Soliz, a graphic artist who had not received a Covid-19 vaccine,

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