Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for April 24 |  | In today’s Brief: The years-long legal battle over Texas’ political maps is before the nation’s highest court today, and scrutiny over outside donations to universities.
Cassi Pollock , Texas Tribune 04/24/2018    | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| Ruling Reversed for Some New Orleans-Area Flood Victims | | A Washington appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that held the federal government liable for some of the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina and other major storms =E2=80=94 a ruling that could have resulted in damage payments for residents and businesses of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward and neighboring St. Bernard Parish. The class action lawsuit by local governments and property owners blamed flooding on the now-closed Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. Often referred to locally as the "Mr. Go," the canal was a man-made shortcut from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. The suit claimed construction, operation and failure to maintain the waterway contributed to government-caused flooding that amounted to an illegal government taking of private property.
KEVIN MCGILL, ASSOCIATED PRESS, CBSNews.com 04/24/2018 | | Read Article: CBSNews.com |
| Feds Widen Safety Probes of 2.3M Vehicles from Ford, VW and Nissan | | The U.S. government's highway safety agency is expanding three investigations for brake and air bag troubles that could affect more than 2.3 million vehicles from Ford, Volkswagen and Nissan. The expansions by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration were announced Monday and over the weekend on the agency's website after investigators found more consumer complaints about the problems
MarketWatch, CBSNews.com 04/24/2018 | | Read Article: CBSNews.com |
| Honda says more than 60K Vehicles Still Active with 'Time Bomb' Takata Air Bags | | Honda says there are more than 60,000 people still driving their vehicles equipped with a specific air bag related to the massive Takata recall that has been called a "ticking time bomb" by industry experts. This detail came out in an exclusive from the Washington Post asking the question why 62,307 people in the U.S. are "still driving around with explosive devices in their cars." The Washington Post article came to this finding while highlighting the story in the death of Jewel Brangman, who was killed 10 years ago in a "relatively minor crash" when her fatal air bag exploded with metal shrapnel and severed her carotid artery.
Benjamin Raven, MLive 04/24/2018 | | Read Article: MLive |
| Prince's Estate Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Walgreens and Hospital | | The estate of late musician Prince has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Walgreens over the star's death. The lawsuit was filed in Illinois against the pharmacy and the Trinity Medical Center hospital by Prince's heirs. The lawsuit accuses the defendants of failing to properly investigate and treat an initial overdose Prince suffered a week before his fatal overdose. Additionally, the lawsuit alleges two Walgreens employees gave the musician a medication for an "invalid medical purpose."
Sy Mukherjee, Fortune 04/24/2018 | | Read Article: Fortune |
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