Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for May 24 |
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In today's Brief: How Abbott and Patrick have handled last week's mass shooting so far, and new census estimates show Texas suburbs are still booming.
Cassi Pollock , Texas Tribune 05/24/2018    |
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| How USA Gymnastics Covered for Larry Nassar |
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USA Gymnastics officials agreed to provide what Larry Nassar's attorney called "false excuses" for his absence from major gymnastics events in 2015, rather than disclose to parents and gymnasts that Nassar was under investigation for child sexual abuse. Emails obtained by The Indianapolis Star reveal that on two separate occasions, Nassar and a USA Gymnastics attorney negotiated cover stories E2=80=94 first that Nassar was sick and later that he was focusing on his private practice =E2=80=94 to explain why the longtime team physician was not attending two major events in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics.
Tim Evans and Marisa Kwiatkowski, IndyStar, USA Today 05/24/2018 |
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| Lawsuit: Houston Texans Cheerleaders Berated, Body-Shamed by Bosses who Underpaid Them |
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Three former Houston Texans cheerleader say they were overworked, underpaid, ridiculed and body-shamed by their coaches and the team. The women, who are seeking class-action status, have file a lawsuit accusing the NFL team and their supervisors of failing to pay minimum wage and overtime as well as disregarding complaints that fans had physically assaulted them. The 2017 squad members filed the suit Tuesday in Houston federal court. It accuses the Texans and cheerleader programs director Altovise Gary of violating both the Texas Labor Code and the federal Fair Labor Standards act. It does not specify the amount of damages sought.
Sara Coello, Houston Chronicle 05/24/2018 |
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| Investigation: Heart Failure |
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A Houston surgeon's hidden history of research violations, conflicts of interest and poor outcomes.
Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, Houston Chronicle 05/24/2018 |
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| Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck, Killed Pedestrian Wasn't Set to Stop in an Emergency |
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An Uber Technologies Inc. car involved in a deadly crash in Arizona wasn't designed to automatically brake in case of an emergency, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary report on the accident. The self-driving car, which was being tested on a public road with a human operator, struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March. Uber said Wednesday that it was closing down its self-driving vehicle program in the state, two months after Arizona barred it from road-testing the technology. The agency, which investigates deadly transit accidents, said Uber's self-driving system determined the need to emergency-brake the car 1.3 seconds before the deadly impact. The NTSB report said that, according to Uber, automatic emergency braking isn't enabled in order to =reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior and that the system also isn't designed to alert the operator in case of an emergency.
Austen Hufford, WSJ Blogs 05/24/2018 |
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| Uber Shutting Down Self-Driving Operations in Arizona |
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Uber is shutting down its self-driving car tests in Arizona, where one of the cars was involved in a fatal crash with a pedestrian in March, the company said Wednesday. The company notified about 300 Arizona workers in the self-driving program that they were being terminated just before 9 a.m. Wednesday. The shutdown should take several weeks. Test drivers for the autonomous cars have not worked since the accident in Tempe, but Uber said they continued to be paid. The company's self-driving trucks have also been shelved since the accident.
Ryan Randazzo, Arizona Republic 05/24/2018 |
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