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Month: September 2022

Officials probing whether Northeastern explosion was staged

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal officials are examining whether the employee who reported an explosion at Northeastern University may have lied to investigators and staged the incident, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Investigators identified inconsistencies in the employee’s statement and became skeptical because his injuries did not

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Ex-deputy gets life for killing ex-wife, stepdaughter, man

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former Texas sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for killing his ex-wife, teenage stepdaughter and the stepdaughter’s boyfriend. Former Travis County sheriff’s deputy Stephen Broderick was automatically sentenced after pleading guilty to capital murder Tuesday in the deaths of 35-year-old ex-wife Amanda Broderick, 17-year-old stepdaughter Alyssa

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California AG sues Amazon over allegedly anticompetitive pricing contracts

By Brian Fung, CNN Business California’s attorney general sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging the company has forced third-party sellers to offer only their lowest prices in listings with the e-commerce giant and harming competition in the process. The complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court takes aim at contractual language Amazon uses with third-party sellers

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Cal ISO shares how much energy was conserved during California’s hottest day by issuing a Flex Alert

Earlier this month, Californians saw a 10 day streak of Flex Alerts while the state’s power grid saw a record breaking demand. The California System Operator held back from issuing any rolling blackouts while the state faced an immense heat wave earlier this month. Jeff Monford, Senior Advisor or Financial Communications for Southern California Edison

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Mother of three children who drowned in Brooklyn arrested and charged with second-degree murder

By Mark Morales and Ray Sanchez, CNN The 30-year-old mother of three children found unresponsive on the Coney Island shoreline in Brooklyn has been arrested and charged in their deaths, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday. Erin Merdy has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human

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