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The chain says it's selling records amount of fuel and shoppers are visiting and also hunting for deals.

NPR's Eleni Saluki reports.

Authorities in Dallas say three people died, including a child, and several others were injured when a natural gas explosion destroyed a residential apartment complex in the city's Oak Cliff neighborhood Thursday.

Officials say they're in the recovery phase, and the fire department spokesman Jason Evans said crews are using drones and digging through the rubble by hand to see if there are additional victims.

Thursday night, the National Transportation Safety Board, which has the authorization to investigate pipeline accidents, said it was sending a team of investigators to Dallas.

The natural gas provider will also have its crews at the scene.

Louisiana's House has passed a new congressional map with one less Democratic district on Thursday.

Brooke Thorrington from member station WRF...

WKRF in Baton Rouge reports.

And that map now goes to the state Senate.

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The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll.

Carroll is the woman who won an $83 million civil judgment against President Trump after she accused him of sexually assaulting and defaming her.

The Associated Press is reporting the investigation is focusing on the possibility that Carroll may have committed perjury.

Trump has also asked the Supreme Court to overturn one of the judgments.

However, the U.S.

Attorney's Office in Chicago is denying it opened an investigation.

Since returning to the White House, the Justice Department has opened several investigations against perceived enemies and political opponents of the president.

The Supreme Court ruled that a Mississippi death row inmate had been denied a fair trial 20 years ago.

Justices said the courts failed to explore charges of racial discrimination.