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Good morning, friends of The Short List!✨ I'm John, and I'm excited to share some of the week's best stories from the USA TODAY newsroom. That's no "April fools". Let's dive in: |
🔵Beware of noxious fumes: A widely-used pipeline rehabilitation procedure has landed people in the hospital, triggered evacuations and sparked lawsuits because of the noxious fumes it produces. Cured-in-place pipe lining creates a new pipe inside an old one by inserting a soft, resin-soaked liner into a damaged pipe. The process has been used on hundreds of millions of feet of underground infrastructure. Yet, it carries an inherent public health risk that the industry has downplayed, even as the list of exposures continues to grow, a USA TODAY investigation found. |
📗'The book from the enemy': In 1967, U.S. Army sergeant Peter Mathews discovered the diary of a North Vietnamese soldier while scouring a battlefield. Duty demanded that he turn it over to military intelligence. But the book was strikingly beautiful, adorned with intricate drawings of flowers and landscapes and what appeared to be poetry and songs. Instead of handing it over to commanders, Mathews put it in his pocket. Later that year, he was sent home. Life went on. |
⚾Play ball ... now!: The 2023 Major League Baseball season got underway this week with some of the biggest rule changes in its history in place. The changes, including a 15-second pitch clock when the bases are empty and limits on infield shifts, step up the league's efforts to shorten games and create more offense. Get caught up on the game's new look with this visual explainer from USA TODAY's graphics team. |
There's more: Be sure to check out other great reads below.👇 See you next week! | | | | President Joe Biden declined repeatedly to discuss Trump's indictment. But in a 2024 rematch against Donald Trump, it might be a different story. | | | | Challengers like Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Mike Pence will decide how much of an issue they should make of Trump's legal travails. | | | | Stephen Paddock, 64, killed dozens from his 32nd-floor suite at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino before killing himself. | | | | The colossal amount of rain and snow that has fallen on California over the past few months equals more than 78 trillion gallons of water. | | | | Terry Badger III was in a dark place the afternoon of March 6. He believed his life wasn't worth living. His parents say he was bullied at school. | | | | The News-Press photographer Ricardo Rolon took images above Fort Myers Beach using a drone to see the landscape six months after Hurricane Ian. | | | | Kroger wants to be America's supermarket. Who are they and how will their proposed $25 billion takeover of Albertsons change them? | | | | "Ambient gaslighting" refers to the subtle undercurrents of gaslighting we may experience without really thinking about it. | | | | We don't fully know yet what happened with Jonathan Majors, but the internet's swift instinct to blame someone exposes a lot about our culture. | | | | Employers know that workers who take time away from work are more productive in the long run and also tend to retain those workers longer. | | | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
