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| Investigators: Hundreds of Violations in Tarrant County Home Day Cares |
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In 2016, the Arlington region (which includes Tarrant and Dallas counties) led Texas in violations and investigations of home day cares, according to state statistics obtained by the Star-Telegram. The region, which also has the most day cares in the state, has been at the top of the stateâ??s investigations and violations list for the last seven years. Since 2010, 27 children have died at day cares â?? both homes and licensed child care centers â?? in the Arlington region, according to state statistics. In Tarrant County for the same time period, five have died. No statistics were available for home day cares alone. The state conducted 845 investigations of home day cares in this region in the 2016 fiscal year. Officials found 231 violations, ranging from spankings to too many children in a home to unqualified people watching young children.
DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR., Star Telegram 10/25/2017    |
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| Environmentalists Worry Industry Could Thwart Cleanup of Toxic Houston-Area Dump Site |
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This month, environmentalists celebrated the EPA's announcement of a final plan to clean up a long-festering pit of toxic sludge along the San Jacinto River east of Houston. The strategy is one theyâ??ve long demanded: a near-total excavation of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits, where dioxins and other carcinogenic pollutants have festered since a paper mill company began disposing of its waste near the river in 1965. The plan also requires the companies deemed responsible for the dump to foot the $115 million cleanup bill. At least one of those companies, along with some state and local industry groups, continue to oppose the approach. And that has environmental and advocacy groups worried that they may try to wiggle out of cleanup obligations amid negotiations with the EPA â?? even as Administrator Scott Pruitt has expressed support for the plan.
KATIE RIORDAN, Texas Tribune 10/25/2017 |
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| Series: The Body Trade (Part 2) |
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After a few emails, a body broker sold reporter Brian Grow two heads and a cervical spine. The spine came from a young man whose parents were too poor to bury him â?? and they say they never knew his body would be sold.
BRIAN GROW and JOHN SHIFFMAN, Reuters 10/25/2017 |
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| â?˜Damaged for the rest of my lifeâ?? |
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Elisha Cooke-Moore had been told she had cancer-causing genes. The 36-year-old mother said an obstetrician-gynecologist noted that the results of her genetic testing showed she had a 50 percent chance of getting breast cancer and up to an 80 percent chance of getting uterine cancer, so she underwent a recommended double mastectomy and hysterectomy to try to beat the odds. But Cooke-Moore, 36, from Gold Beach, Ore., said that months after she had the surgeries, she learned that her medical team was wrong â?? the test results were negative. Now she is suing Curry County Health District and members of her medical team for $1.8 million.
Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post 10/25/2017 |
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| Settlement Reached in Wrongful Death Suit Over N.C. Athlete's Death |
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A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit over the death of a Wake County, North Carolina high school football player. The lawsuit was filed by the family of the football player who died after sustaining a head injury in practice in 2014. The lawsuit alleged that the Wake County school system was responsible for the student's death. In Sept. 2014, the 17-year-old died from a stroke that a state medical examinerâ??s report said was caused by a head injury suffered five days earlier in football practice. The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed.
T. Keung Hui, News & Observer 10/23/2017 |
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