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Montana inmates with mental illnesses languish in jail awaiting treatment before trial

7:58am October 01, 2023

by Aaron Bolton

Montana inmates with severe mental illness can languish for months in jail. They are too ill to stand trial, and there's only one state hospital that can treat them.

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Behind the latest UAW strike is its almost 90-year history

7:58am October 01, 2023

The United Auto Workers union strike enters its third week, but the history of their fight goes back to the 1930s.

A stack of the Marion County Record sits in the back of the newspaper's building, awaiting unbundling, sorting and distribution on Aug. 16, 2023, in Marion, Kan.

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The police chief who led a raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended

1:11am October 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday. He declined to discuss his decision further and did not say whether Cody was still being paid.

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California's governor rejects a bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers

11:23pm September 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said he vetoed the bill because the fund the state uses to pay unemployment benefits will be nearly $20 billion in debt by the end of the year.

Emergency responders work the scene of semitruck crash in Teutopolis, Ill., on Saturday. Federal regulators confirmed they are reviewing the crash of a semitruck carrying a toxic substance in central Illinois, resulting in "multiple fatalities" and dangerous air conditions that prompted the evacuation of area residents.

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A truck crash in Illinois kills 5, injures 5 and forces evacuation over ammonia leak

9:02pm September 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

The crash caused a large plume of anhydrous ammonia that caused dangerous air conditions in the northeast area of Teutopolis.

All Onewheel products are being recalled, including the Pint model seen here.

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All Onewheel e-skateboards are recalled after reported deaths

6:13pm September 30, 2023

by Emma Bowman

Future Motion recalled 300,000 boards after previous resistance to the federal safety commission's push for a recall. Four incidents of fatal brain trauma are linked to the self-balancing boards.

A Dallas high school football referee ripped off a player's helmet during a game

5:42pm September 30, 2023

by Juliana Kim

A referee pushed and pulled off the helmet of a student football player after the two collided during a game Friday night. The Texas high school athletic association is investigating.

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NYC: Trash bags out, bins in

5:33pm September 30, 2023

by Austin Cope

For decades, New York City has piled its trash in heaps of bags on city sidewalks. Now, the city is rolling out trash bins and requiring businesses to start using them.

The presidential flag (center) is hand embroidered.

Inside the workshop where presidential flags are lovingly made, mostly by immigrants

4:45pm September 30, 2023

Philadelphia – city of brotherly love, birthplace of American democracy. And the only place in the world where presidential flags are made.

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at an event on the one-year launch of the Pandemic Fund, in New York City on Sept. 19.

Janet Yellen says a government shutdown would add to risks of a recession

3:18pm September 30, 2023

by David Gura

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding the alarm about the damage a government shutdown could do to the U.S. economy. "It's really reckless and will impose immediate harm," Yellen told NPR.