A video suggests the massive Eaton fire may have been sparked at a Southern California Edison transmission tower following flashes of blue and white light near the equipment. Residents shared videos and photos of flames at the tower’s base as the fire started on Jan. 7. Attorneys allege the video shows arcing and sparks falling onto the dry hillside, adding to evidence pointing to the transmission tower as the cause of the fire that killed 17 people and destroyed over 9,000 structures.
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Gulf War veteran, convicted of 1998 shotgun killings of girlfriend and her 3 young children, executed in Florida
Jeffrey Hutchinson, a 62-year-old Army combat veteran, was executed in Florida on Thursday for the 1998 shotgun murders of his girlfriend, Renee Flaherty, and her three children, aged 4 to 9. Despite claiming innocence and citing mental health issues related to his Gulf War service, courts upheld his conviction and death sentences after a 2001 trial, where evidence linked him to the crime scene. The execution proceeded after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a final...
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