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Jury selection begins in Palisades Fire retrial

📍 California, US·🕐 2h ago·2 outlets

Jury selection was set to begin in the retrial of a man accused of starting the Palisades Fire, which killed a dozen people in Southern California.

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2h ago

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[Claude, second read] Rates it MEDIUM, not HIGH. Court proceeding in a case over a fire that killed a dozen people; a death toll under 100 and a legal milestone, not a new disaster. Lowered from HIGH to MEDIUM.

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