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As climate fight intensifies, U.S. states seek to block local natural-gas bans

March 6, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Advocacy Groups / Pressure Groups / Lobbies, Arizona, CALIFORNIA, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, CLIMATECHANGE, Coal, Energy (TRBC), Environment, fired Power Stations, General News, Government / Politics, Lawmaking, MINNESOTA, Mississippi, MISSOURI, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utilities (TRBC), NATURALGAS, Oklahoma, Pictures, Pollution, Regulation, Tennessee, United States, US, USA, Utilities (TRBC)

(Reuters) – Lawmakers in at least five U.S. states have proposed bills since mid-February to prevent cities from banning natural

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Entertainment 

R. Kelly accused of sex with teen girl in 1990s as indictment is updated

February 15, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Celebrities, Children / Youth Issues, Crime, General News, Illinois, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), MINNESOTA, Music, New York, PEOPLE, Personalities / People, Picture available, RKELLY, Sex Crimes, United States, US, White Collar Crime / Fraud / Corporate Crime

(Reuters) – Singer R. Kelly, already facing trial in three states on sexual abuse, child pornography, kidnapping and obstruction of

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Entertainment 

Factbox: Two years of #MeToo in the courts

January 9, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments FACTBOX, HARVEY, METOO, MINNESOTA, Pennsylvania, PEOPLE, US, WEINSTEIN, Women

FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein exits the New York Criminal Court after his sexual assault trial in the Manhattan

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Environment environmentNews 

Winter storm strands 1,000 near Grand Canyon, delays Thanksgiving travelers

November 30, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, General News, Michigan, MINNESOTA, Picture available, Precipitation, Tourism / Travel, United States, US, USA, Utah, WEATHER, Weather Markets / Weather, Wisconsin

PHOENIX (Reuters) – Some 1,000 people were stranded without heat or power in a small Arizona town near the Grand

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Entertainment 

Singer R. Kelly charged in Minnesota with soliciting sex from minor

August 6, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, CALIFORNIA, Celebrities, Children / Youth Issues, Crime, Crime / Law / Justice, General News, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Illinois, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Living / Lifestyle, MINNESOTA, Music, PEOPLE, Personalities / People, Picture available, Pictures, RKELLY, Sex Crimes, United States, US, Video, Women

(Reuters) – Singer R. Kelly, jailed in New York last month after he was charged in Brooklyn and Chicago with

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Entertainment 

Memoir Prince was writing before death to be released in October

April 23, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Books, Celebrities, Drug Trafficking / Narcotics, General News, Living / Lifestyle, MINNESOTA, Music, PEOPLE, Personalities / People, Picture available, Pictures, PRINCE, Publishing (TRBC), United States, US, Video

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An unfinished memoir that Prince was writing before his 2016 death will be released in October,

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Environment 

Exclusive: More than 1 million acres of U.S. cropland ravaged by floods

March 29, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Corn, Disasters / Accidents, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, EXCLUSIVE, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), Floods, Grains, Iowa, Livestock, Major News, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, Nebraska, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Soybean, United States, US, USA, Video, WEATHER, Weather Markets / Weather

CHICAGO/COLUMBUS, Neb. (Reuters) – At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the “bomb cyclone”

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Environment 

‘Bomb Cyclone’ brings snow, high winds to U.S. Plains states

March 13, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Airlines (TRBC), Colorado, Disasters / Accidents, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, MINNESOTA, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Precipitation, Production Status Changes, South Dakota, Texas, Transmission Lines, Transportation (TRBC), United States, US, USA, Video, WEATHER, Weather Markets / Weather, Wisconsin, Wyoming

DENVER (Reuters) – A late-winter blizzard pounded U.S. Rocky Mountain and Plains states on Wednesday, unleashing a “bomb cyclone” of

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Environment 

Snow, sleet threaten U.S. East Coast, hinder hundreds of flights

February 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Airlines (TRBC), Arizona, Colorado, Education, Illinois, Major News, Maryland, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Precipitation, Tourism / Travel, United States, US, US Government News, USA, Utah, Washington DC, WEATHER, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A winter storm bore down on the U.S. East Coast on Wednesday, threatening to snarl New

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Environment 

Polar vortex delivers Arctic blast to U.S. Midwest

January 29, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Airlines (TRBC), Canada, Company News, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, MINNESOTA, New Hampshire, New York, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Temperature, Transportation (TRBC), US, USA, Vermont, WEATHER

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A blast of Arctic air from the polar vortex brought record-setting cold to a wide swath of

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