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Lawmakers are in Richmond this week to figure out what to do with industrial pollution created by decades of fossil fuels. Michael Pope has the story.
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- Man Who Sexually Assaulted Airline Passenger Convicted, Could Face Life In Prison August 20, 2018It took a jury less than four hours of deliberation to convict a Detroit-area man of sexually assaulting a woman who had fallen asleep in the window seat next to him during an overnight flight.
- Pope Francis On Clergy Sex Abuse: 'We Showed No Care For The Little Ones' August 20, 2018
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- Westminster car crash: Suspect appears in court August 20, 2018Salih Khater appears in court charged with the attempted murder of pedestrians and police.
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- Birmingham Prison taken over from G4S by government August 20, 2018
