The company waited until 11:30 to tell employees that they could leave work. Long after power went out and the building was flooded with the road needed to leave block by flood waters. Profit before people’s lives.

Surging floodwater and panicked prayers: How a workday at a Tennessee plastics factory turned deadly
An NBC News investigation and timeline reveals how events quickly and dramatically unfolded amid a “one-in-5,000-year flood.”

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Opinion | Why are chilling testimonies from doctors who have visited Gaza being ignored?
People claim the foreign doctors coming back from Gaza are lying. I wish that were the case, because the truth is beyond horrific

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues doctor for providing transition care to youth; first such suit in nation
May C. Lau, a doctor in Dallas, is being sued for violating Texas’s law against gender-affirming care to trans minors.

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Opinion | In its assault on northern Gaza, Israel has taken its depraved campaign to new depths
Healthcare facilities burn, food and water are blocked and drones shoot their fleeing targets. Yet we cannot say we were not warned, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Baier says he made ‘a mistake’ with Trump clip during Harris interview
Fox News anchor Bret Baier said Thursday that he made “a mistake” in not including a specific clip of former President Trump during his interview with Vice President Harris on Wednesday.

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6-year-old boy accidentally shoots younger brother, killing him; great-grandfather charged
A boy shot and killed his younger brother in an accidental shooting in North Carolina, police say. The owner of the gun, Rayfield Ruffin, is being charged.

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Substitute teacher accused of re-enacting George Floyd murder in Minnesota classroom
The teacher was removed from the classroom and barred from “stepping foot on any district property.”

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Why Harris is happy with that confrontational Fox interview
Vice President Harris and Fox News host Bret Baier battled Wednesday evening in a 30-minute encounter that looked more like a debate at times than an interview.

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The Supreme Court Just Signaled How the Next President Could Impact Abortion Access — No Legislation Needed
The Supreme Court’s rejection this week of the Biden administration’s appeal to weigh in on a dispute over emergency abortion care in Texas foreshadows how the next president could protect or restrict abortion access without signing — or vetoing — federal legislation.

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