West Reading chocolate factory explosion: Federal judge orders Pa. Public Utilities Commission to turn over inspection reports to federal investigators [Update]
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West Reading chocolate factory explosion: Federal judge orders Pa. Public Utilities Commission to turn over inspection reports to federal investigators [Update]
The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission and National Transportation Safety Board had been at odds over the reports.
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Federal judge orders Alameda County to review death penalty cases
Dozens of death penalty convictions in Alameda County must be reviewed after prosecutors there were found to have intentionally excluded Black and Jewish jurors during a murder trial in 1995, a federal judge ordered. Handwritten notes from prosecutors in the decades-old case suggests the attorneys were involved in "serious misconduct," but Alameda County Dist. Atty. Pamela Price on Monday said additional evidence suggests more death penalty cases may have been tainted by prosecutors trying to...
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Vermont Awarded $62 Million in Federal Solar Incentives
Vermont will receive $62.4 million from a new federal program that's aiming to make solar power more affordable for low-income people. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the award on Monday — Earth Day — as part of a $7 billion initiative called Solar for All. The idea was championed by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), who kicked off the grant program in Waterbury last fall with EPA Administrator Michael Regan. The effort aims to help people transition away from...