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9:47pm, 1st August, 2019

Texas county sues Exxon over air pollution from petrochemical fire: official

Harris County, Texas sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Thursday over pollution from a fire a day earlier at the company's Baytown Olefins Plant, according to an attorney for the county.

2:37pm, 1st August, 2019

US

Texas county sues Exxon over air pollution from petrochemical fire -official

Harris County, Texas sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Thursday over pollution from a fire a day earlier at the company's Baytown Olefins Plant, according to an attorney for the county.

Gas explosion in Lincoln County, Kentucky, kills one: local media

4:37am, 1st August, 2019

US

Gas explosion in Lincoln County, Kentucky, kills one: local media

One person was killed by a gas explosion in Kentucky's Lincoln County on Thursday, according to LEX 18 News.

San Diego County sues Trump administration over immigration policy

5:12am, 4th April, 2019

Politics

San Diego County sues Trump administration over immigration policy

San Diego County has filed a federal lawsuit against the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing it of leaving thousands of asylum seekers stranded without help and straining county resources, officials said on Wednesday.

Bid to close voting sites in mostly black U.S. county fails

9:07am, 24th August, 2018

Politics

Bid to close voting sites in mostly black U.S. county fails

A county elections board in Georgia on Friday blocked an effort to close most polling places in a largely black county ahead of the November election, where a Democrat is vying to become the first U.S. African-American female governor, a county spoke...

Georgia candidates decry plan to close voting sites in mostly black county

5:04pm, 20th August, 2018

Politics

Georgia candidates decry plan to close voting sites in mostly black county

A plan to close most polling places in a predominantly black Georgia county ahead of November’s elections is drawing opposition from the state's gubernatorial candidates and voting rights activists, who deem it blatant voter suppression.