There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas well, plugged when she was a little girl, starting to leak again.
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Prosecutors provided the most detailed look yet at their election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
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