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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for June 29 |
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In todayâ??s Brief: Parents must overcome obstacles to be reunited with kids, Gov. Abbott tells President Trump imported metals are vital to Texasâ?? growth, and abortion opponents see opportunities for the 2019 Legislature.
Cassi Pollock , Texas Tribune 06/29/2018    |
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| Distracted Driving Factor in Pedestrian Deaths |
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Count Paul Snyder, chair of the transportation design program at Detroitâ??s College for Creative Studies, believes distraction, more than vehicles themselves, is responsible for the increase in pedestrian fatalities. Snyder believes distraction is a more reasonable explanation for why pedestrian fatalities have risen 46 percent since 2009 while overall traffic fatalities are up only 11 percent.
Nathan Bomey and Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, USA Today 06/29/2018 |
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| AT&T to Pay $5.25 Million to Settle U.S. Probe Into '911' Call Outages |
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AT&T Inc will pay $5.25 million to settle a U.S. investigation after two outages in 2017 prevented about 15,000 callers from making emergency "911" calls, the company and a federal regulator said on Thursday. The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday AT&T had agreed to make changes to reduce the likelihood and impact of future 911 outages and improve notifying 911 call centers of outages.
Reuters, Reuters 06/29/2018 |
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| Parkland Investigating Nursing Home for Possible Over-Drugging of Patients |
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Parkland Hospital investigators are investigating Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation for possible over-drugging of patients. The reviews follow the WFAA series, â??Drugged and Dying,â?? that investigated the unnecessary use of alleged powerful antipsychotic drugs to sedate or control patients.
Charlotte Huffman & Mark Smith, WFAA.com 06/29/2018 |
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