Texas
Tribune Daily Brief
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Brief for Oct 17 |
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In
today's Brief: Several U.S. House members from Texas vote in disapproval of
Trump's Syria actions. Also, Texas voters will have the chance to make it
harder for the Legislature to create a personal income tax.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 10/17/2019   
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| City
of San Antonio May Settle with Woman Subjected to Public Cavity Search
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On Aug.
8, 2016, Natalie D. Simms was subjected to a public vaginal cavity search
during which her tampon was pulled out in view of male police officers and
others nearby, according to a federal lawsuit filed last year in the Western
District of Texas. Simms sued the city of San Antonio and now-retired San
Antonio Police Department detective Mara Wilson for unspecified damages,
alleging that the act was a 'blatant violation' of her constitutional rights.
The legal battle may be ending. The city is scheduled to vote Thursday on a
proposed settlement that would award Simms $205,000, according to an official
agenda. Simms and her lawyer have agreed to the sum, the San Antonio
Express-News reported, citing a city memo.
Allyson Chiu , The Washington Post 10/17/2019
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| Trump
Administration: Academy Sports Liable for Selling Gun to Sutherland Springs
Shooter |
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The
federal government says a Texas-based sporting goods retailer is responsible
in part for the 2017 mass shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs.
Several local families are suing the U.S. Department of Justice, claiming the
federal government's negligence allowed shooter Devin P. Kelley to purchase
the firearm used in the massacre. Now, Trump administration lawyers are trying
to shift some of the attention onto Academy Sports + Outdoors, writing in a
motion filed Tuesday that the retailer is liable for the massacre because the
shooter purchased his gun and high-capacity magazine at one of its
stores.
Lauren McGaughy, The Dallas Morning News 10/17/2019
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| Juul
Faces First Wrongful Death Lawsuit |
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The
mother of an 18-year-old boy who died after using electronic cigarettes for
three years filed the first wrongful death lawsuit against Juul Labs Inc. The
suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California, seeks unspecified damages, including punitive damages, for the
death of Daniel David Wakefield, a resident of Pasco County, Florida, who died
in in August of last year. His mother, Lisa Marie Vail, the plaintiff in the
complaint, alleged that her son began using Juul's e-cigarettes, which he
believed to be safe, at age 15.
Amanda Bronstad , Law.com 10/17/2019
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| Jury
Orders James Fetzer to Pay $450K to Sandy Hook Father |
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Wisconsin jury on Tuesday ordered a conspiracy theorist who claimed the
grieving father of a victim of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre
had fabricated his son's death certificate to pay the father $450,000. A judge
had ruled in June that James Fetzer, co-author of the book "Nobody Died at
Sandy Hook," had defamed Leonard Pozner, father of Noah, 6, the youngest
victim of the December 2012 mass shooting, by falsely claiming that Pozner had
fabricated copies of his son's death certificate.
Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, Yahoo News 10/17/2019
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| Study:
Toxic Metals Found in Nearly All Tested Baby Foods |
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Healthy
Babies Bright Futures has found that toxic heavy metals were present in nearly
all brands tested. Toxic heavy metals can be damaging to babies' brain
development, even in trace amounts, according to the study. The organization
tested containers from 168 types of baby food from 61 brands to levels of four
different toxic heavy metals: cadmium, lead, arsenic and mercury. The tests
found that 94% of containers tested positive for lead. 73% tested positive for
arsenic, 75% tested positive for cadmium and 32% tested positive for mercury.
26% of containers tested contained all four metals.
Suzanne Nuyen, TEGNA , WFAA.com 10/17/2019
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