Saturday, 3 December 2022

Los Angeles City Council votes to ban oil and gas drilling

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Friday to ban the drilling of new oil and gas wells and to phase out existing ones over the next 20 years

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Jury awards ex-Maine trooper $300,000 in whistleblower case

The jury found the state police wrongly retaliated when he raised concerns.

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Friday, 2 December 2022

Utility recommends natural gas plant despite objections

The nation’s largest public utility is recommending replacing an aging coal burning power plant with natural gas, ignoring calls for the Tennessee Valley Authority to speed its transition to renewable energy

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Man pardoned by ex-Kentucky gov. convicted of strangulation

A Kentucky man has been convicted of strangulation and domestic violence, three years after he was one of hundreds pardoned during former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s last days in office

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Saurabh Kumar Takes Nine Wickets In Match, India A Draw With Bangladesh A

Having got four wickets in the first innings, Saurabh was brilliant in the second innings as he had figures of 5/63 in 43 overs

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Wounded officers sue Sig Sauer, say gun goes off by itself

Law enforcement from several states say they were wounded by the pistol.

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Indiana judge issues gag order in case of 2 slain teen girls

An Indiana judge imposed a gag order on Friday in the case of a man charged in the notorious slayings of two teenage girls nearly six years ago

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Thursday, 1 December 2022

Landmark trial on Arkansas trans youth medical ban wraps up

The nation's first trial over a ban on gender-confirming care for children has ended and is now in the hands of a federal judge

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Environmentalists fight huge utility's long-term contracts

A lawyer for environmental groups suing the Tennessee Valley Authority argues distributors have signed onto what amount to “never-ending” contracts that unfairly tie them to power generated by the nation’s largest public utility

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10 Los Angeles students appear to OD on cannabis edibles

Ten Los Angeles students appear to have overdosed on edible cannabis products at their middle school in the San Fernando Valley

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Man in prison for 3 decades gets new trial in baby's killing

A Connecticut man imprisoned for the past 28 years for a New Haven shooting that killed a baby and paralyzed her grandmother has been granted a new trial

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NC co-pilot's death in fall from plane ruled accidental

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled the death of a pilot who fell from a small airplane in flight in North Carolina in July an accident

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Officer body camera images released from shootout with teen

Police in Raleigh, North Carolina, have released body camera video from a shootout with a 15-year-old boy suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding two more

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