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DTE Energy shut off electricity to homes hundreds of thousands of times.

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DTE Energy shut off electricity to homes hundreds of thousands of times.

Lawmakers approve payments to parents of children who died of catastrophic brain injuries.
Budget also dedicated to studying environmental hazards and creating new standards.
Breaking down a unique dataset on Facebook groups regarding last year's U.S. Capitol attack.
Due to deaths, firefighter gets reprimanded following delayed 911 response.
“I just feel like we are being left on Pandemic Island.”
A year later, she feels let down.
Counteracting techniques by the ultrawealthy to avoid income taxes has a serious trickle-down effect.
Consumer Product Safety Commission releases 104-page staff report on dangers of carbon monoxide.
She said her husband was abusive and a judge took away her kids and ordered her arrest.
A year later it’s remarkably hard to tell what the board has done.
China has spread its own version of the Games beyond its borders.
In Rutherford County there's a huge racial disparity in jailed children.
“It sucks but I wouldn’t have changed any of it.”
Many consider that TANF funding is a program distinguished by failure.
Reno seeks to purchase motels as affordable housing instead of letting developers demolish them.
Germany has embarked on a formal effort to exit coal, while the U.S hasn't.
The NYPD is quashing a move to punish the officer.