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Month: March 2023

Former Georgia sheriff who ordered detainees to be strapped to restraint chair sentenced to 18 months prison

By Melissa Alonso and Jennifer Henderson, CNN The former sheriff of a suburban Atlanta county was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison on civil rights charges related to his treatment of incarcerated people, according to the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Victor Hill, previously the Clayton County sheriff, was

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Nevada utility seeks OK to spend $373M on ‘resilience’ plan

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s dominant electric utility is asking state regulators to approve a $373 million maintenance and infrastructure resilience plan that executives say is needed to protect against extreme weather, wildfires and natural disasters. NV Energy’s three-year Natural Disaster Protection Plan was filed March 1 with the state Public Utilities Commission, the Las

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