2019

Brazil dam disaster firms to face criminal charges

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe moment the dam collapsed Brazilian federal police have proposed criminal charges against mining giant Vale and German safety firm Tüv Süd and 13 of their employees over January’s deadly dam collapse, reports say. Police reportedly say both firms used falsified documents that said the Feijão dam

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After rural hospital’s closure, county seeks other options

About two years ago, a rural, mountainous Virginia county lost its only hospital, and local officials have now all but given up trying to bring it back. Community leaders in Patrick County said in recent interviews that reopening the hospital has proven financially unworkable, in large part because of the deteriorating building’s $5 million price

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Brad Pitt Talks Defending Gwyneth Paltrow From Harvey Weinstein’s Advances

Brad Pitt recently reflected on confronting Harvey Weinstein over two decades ago when the Hollywood mogul sexually harassed Pitt’s then-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow.  During an interview with CNN Wednesday, correspondent Christiane Amanpour asked Pitt to reflect on how some believe he is “one of the heroes of this story” because he stood up to Weinstein. “Well, I think

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