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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for August 16 |
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CASSANDRA POLLOCK, 08/16/2017   
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| Millions Consumed Potentially Unsafe Water in the Past 10 Years |
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Texas, Oklahoma and California were the top states for EPA drinking water quality violations during the past decade. As many as 63 million people â?? nearly a fifth of the country â?? from rural central California to the boroughs of New York City, were exposed to potentially unsafe water more than once during the past decade, according to a News21 investigation of 680,000 water quality and monitoring violations from the Environmental Protection Agency. The findings highlight how six decades of industrial dumping, farming pollution, and water plant and distribution pipe deterioration have taken a toll on local water systems.
AGNEL PHILIP, ELIZABETH SIMS, JORDAN HOUSTON & RACHEL KONIECZNY, NEWS21, Texas Tribune 08/16/2017
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| Charlottesville Women Injured in Car Crash During Protest File Suit |
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Two women from Charlottesville, Virginia, who were injured when a driver crashed into a crowd of protesters have filed a lawsuit against organizers of the white nationalist rally and the driver of the car. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday and seeks $3 million in compensation from the defendants. The lawsuit states that the women were driving home when their car was hit by the other driver. Some of the pedestrian victims hit by the driver were also thrown onto the plaintiffs' car, says the lawsuit. One woman was killed in the incident and the driver has been charged with second-degree murder for killing her with his car, and additional charges for the other 19 people injured.
Staff Report, Reuters 08/15/2017
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| South Carolina Sues Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Crisis |
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The state of South Carolina has filed a lawsuit against Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, over the opioid crisis. OxyContin is a drug at the center of the crisis that has been manufactured, shipped, prescribed and sold throughout the United States. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Alan Wilson, Purdue has failed to comply with a 2007 agreement it signed with South Carolina and dozens of other states over allegations of its promotion of OxyContin. Over 565 South Carolinians died of an overdose tied to opioids in 2015, according to the most recent data.
Andrew Brown, Charleston Post Courier 08/15/2017
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| Former Texas A&M Student Files Title IX Lawsuit Alleging Male Gender Bias |
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A former student of Texas A&M University has filed a Title IX lawsuit against the school alleging male gender bias. The former Corps of Cadets member states in the lawsuit that he was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a female member of the Corps and that school officials violated his due-process rights. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff was falsely accused of the assault, which resulted in his depression and eventual admittance into a mental facility. The plaintiff states that the university did not allow him a chance to defend himself against the allegations while he was hospitalized. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from the university and nine university officials named as defendants.
Tommy Witherspoon, Waco Tribune Herald 08/16/2017
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