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American oil tycoon accused of trying to conspire with OPEC to inflate prices

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Scott Sheffield, founder and longtime CEO of a leading American oil producer, attempted to collude with OPEC and its allies to inflate prices, federal regulators alleged on Thursday. The Federal Trade Commission said Sheffield, then CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, exchanged hundreds of text messages discussing pricing, production and

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Student journalists assaulted, others arrested as protests on college campuses turn violent

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Journalists tasked with covering violent unrest on college campuses across the US have been arrested and barred access as police moved in to crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up encampments and barricaded themselves inside buildings. The confrontations with journalists come as student-run news outlets and traditional

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Former Google workers fired for protesting Israel deal file complaint claiming protected speech

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Dozens of former Google workers filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday after they were fired or placed on administrative leave last month for protesting the company’s cloud-computing contract with Israel’s government. The complaint accuses Google of retaliating against the workers for

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