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| The Brief for Dec 6 |
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In today's Brief: Texas system for helping the uninsured frustrates women, doctors and midwives while boosting subpar medical care.
Elvia Limn, Texas Tribune 12/06/2019    |
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| Uber Report: Over 3,000 Sexual Assaults Reported in U.S. rides in 2018 |
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Uber received 3,045 reports of sexual assault during U.S. rides in 2018, the company revealed in a wide-reaching safety report. The safety report released Thursday detailed reported instances of sexual assault, fatal physical assault and motor vehicle fatalities during Uber rides over the past two years.
DANIELLE GARRAND, CBSNews.com 12/06/2019 |
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| Cancer Cluster Identified in Houston Neighborhood |
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State officials have identified a cancer cluster in a north Houston neighborhood near a site contaminated over many decades by railroad operations that treated wooden ties with the hazardous product creosote. Creosote was used for more than 80 years in a railroad yard located in the historically black neighborhoods of Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens. Creosote treatments ceased there in the 1980s, but chemicals sank deep into the ground and created a plume that has moved beneath an estimated 110 homes in the area and contaminated groundwater.
Erin Douglas , Houston Chronicle 12/06/2019 |
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| Investigation: Hundreds Accused of Child Abuse by Doctors Come Forward |
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Stories shared with NBC News and the Houston Chronicle by more than 300 families from 38 states, follow a yearlong investigation highlighting the plight of parents accused of child abuse based on mistaken or overstated reports by doctors. The flood of responses demonstrates the nationwide reach of problems detailed in the series, which showed that child welfare workers in Texas removed children from homes after receiving reports from doctors that were later called into question.
Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle 12/06/2019 |
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| Judge Grants Class Action Status in A&M Lawsuit |
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A state district judge in Newton County has approved class action status for a lawsuit filed by former Texas A&M students against the fund-raising 12th Man Foundation, the latest development in a long-running dispute over the university s seating policies at remodeled, expanded Kyle Field.
David Barron, Houston Chronicle 12/06/2019 |
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| How Much is Pain Worth? |
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MGM agreed on Oct. 3 to settle with the plaintiffs and pay out $800 million to the Las Vegas shooting victims. Now comes the delicate part the moment when two retired judges working with input from lawyers will attempt to put a dollar figure on all that pain and suffering.
Marco della Cava , USA Today 12/06/2019 |
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| Ford Workers Break Their Silence |
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A Detroit Free Press investigation published in July found that Ford knew the DPS6 was defective before putting it on the market and later rejected a plan to stop using it. After publication of the "Out of Gear" investigation, Ford insiders reached out to provide previously unseen company documents and firsthand accounts about the cars development and the company s efforts to cover up the problems.
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, USA Today 12/06/2019
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| Widow of TPC Chemical Explosion Victim Announces Lawsuit |
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The widow of a man who died in the recent explosion at a chemical plant in Port Neches, Texas, says she intends to file a lawsuit against TPC Group. The woman says her husband died of a heart attack shortly after the explosion last week. She is one of many who will be attending a press conference today to discuss the impacts of the plant explosion.
Kaitlin Bain, Beaumont Enterprise 12/06/2019 |
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| Cincinnati School Seeks Immunity in Bullied Student's Suicide Death |
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Officials with an elementary school in Cincinnati are asking for immunity in a lawsuit over the death of a Carson Elementary School student who took his own life after being bullied. The lawsuit was filed by the family of the student, who committed suicide days after a severe bullying incident. According to the lawsuit, the child was knocked unconscious in a school bathroom by another student. School officials told the boy's mother he had fainted. They are now seeking immunity under the law for preventing all violence between students.
Justine Coleman, The Hill 12/05/2019 |
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