Black farmers press for faster settlement payments
Black farmers complain the government is slow and stingy about settlement money from a federal lending discrimination suit. Of 21,073 claims, 7,214 denied and 11,025 approved. payments exceed $357 million to 7,143 recipients, with 3,882 approved but unpaid. Lawyers see potential total up to $2 billion.
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US Department of AI Culture
John Boyd
National Black Farmers Association
USDA
George Hildebrandt
Leavenworth, Kan
Rosalind Gray
Office of Civil Rights
Gray
Legionella found at St Joseph Medical Center Towson
Officials at St Joseph Medical Center in Towson Md banned showers and handed out bottled water after tests on the hospital hot water system detected legionella bacteria. No current patients have Legionnaires disease though a recently discharged patient is recovering at home. A task force was formed after several summer cases in the Baltimore area and four deaths in Harford County.
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Towson
St. Joseph Medical Center
Baltimore
Linda Harder
David Blythe
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
St. Joseph
Harford County
Connecticut Gunman Kills Three Then Himself in Waterbury
Mark Cote, 29, killed Brian Miller and neighbor, firefighter Jamie Quinones, and Maria Perez before taking his own life. Police say the three victims knew the suspect and point to a domestic context. Waterbury officials confirmed Quinones, a six year veteran, died in the shootings.
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Waterbury
Conn
Philip Giordano
Mark Cote
Brian Miller
Cote
Edward Flaherty
Miller
Flaherty
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Jamie Quinones
Maria Perez
Maria Hernandez
Hartford
Activing
James Trainor
Giordano
Quinones
Joint effort dismantles Colombia drug ring Operation Journey nets 43 arrests
U S officials credited a two year investigation with breaking a major drug trafficking operation that used eight to ten freighters to move Colombian cocaine to 12 nations. The probe, dubbed Operation Journey, led to 43 arrests and nearly 25 tons seized, with leader Ivan de la Vega in custody in Venezuela and facing charges in Florida.
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Washington
Drug Enforcement Administration
Customs Service
Ivan de la Vega
Venezuela
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Drug Enforcement Administration Office
Athens
Greece
Customs Office
Houston
Justice Department
Customs
Firopean
Son
Colombia
Orinoco River
DEA and
Europe
Raymond W. Kelly
de la Vega
DEA
Donnie Marshall
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