promoearn: Your weekend must reads 📰

Saturday, November 19, 2022

Your weekend must reads 📰

Saturday, November 19

Good morning, friends of The Short List: Weekend Edition✨! I'm John Riley, and it's a big weekend in sports: The 2022 World Cup — soccer's most important championship — kicks off Sunday in Qatar.⚽ Follow USA TODAY for all the action.

•	Meet Team USA: See the 26 players going to the 2022 World Cup
•	World Cup quiz: Test your knowledge of soccer's biggest event
•	Who will win?: Predictions, picks for champion, Golden Boot and more
•	Controversy: FIFA and Qatar both get what they deserve with the World Cup beer debacle, writes columnist Nancy Armour.

And now, here are some of the best reads of the past week from USA TODAY.

Decaying dams a growing threat

Do you live near a dam? It could be crumbling, threatening homes and lives as heavy rains increase due to climate change.🌧️

This week, a USA TODAY analysis found that thousands of U.S. dams could pose a growing threat to nearby communities. They are in places that make them likely to harm people or property if they fail, and they face increased risk of failing because river-swelling rainfalls have become more common, testing the limits of these structures.

•	What happens if a dam fails? An inside look at one city's nightmare scenario.
•	More than 200 U.S. dams have failed in foul weather since 2000. See if your community is at risk.

Few students face punishment for sexual misconduct

Passed 50 years ago this summer, Title IX is supposed to ensure students' right to an education free from sexual harassment and gendered violence. But an 18-month USA TODAY investigation found a flawed system with inconsistent enforcement at the nation's largest public universities.

While many survivors who endured the process saw their education disrupted, few students who harmed them faced meaningful punishment . Universities suspended just 1 of every 12,400 students enrolled each year for sexual misconduct. They expelled 1 in 22,900. That's despite studies consistently finding roughly 1 in 5 female and 1 in 16 male students experience sexual assault in college, with LGBTQ+ students experiencing sexual violence at even higher rates.

•	Check your school: How many students did your university suspend or expel for sexual misconduct under Title IX?
•	Falling short: A Marshall University student is in prison for rape. His victims reveal how the school failed them.
•	Marshall responds: The school is seeking a new Title IX coordinator after USA TODAY's investigation.