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Lawsuit aims to hold oil companies responsible for Hurricane Maria devastation.

How a small-town lawyer is using the RICO Act, a law designed to go after the mafia, to sue oil companies. She says they knew fossil fuels were causing climate change and hid the info.

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Charter Communications has  agreed to buy Time Warner Cable  in a $56.7 billion deal.

Time Warner/Charter Cable Merger Will Affect Millions in California

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