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An Oklahoma-based cleaning company has been fined nearly $172,000 after federal investigators found that it had hired nearly a dozen children to work dangerous overnight shifts at an Iowa slaughterhouse.
Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
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December 4, 2024 at 12:17 AM
An Oklahoma-based cleaning company has been fined nearly $172,000 after federal investigators found that it had hired nearly a dozen children to work dangerous overnight shifts at an Iowa slaughterhouse.
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‘We close the circle’: Rafa Nadal makes emotional exit after Davis Cup defeat
‘We close the circle’: Rafa Nadal makes emotional exit after Davis Cup defeat
* Nadal ends career after Spain beaten by Netherlands
* ‘The truth is that you never want to get to this point’
Rafael Nadal says he has “closed the circle” on his time in tennis as his storied career came to an end at the Davis Cup in Málaga.
“It’s…
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November 20, 2024 at 12:33 AM
‘We close the circle’: Rafa Nadal makes emotional exit after Davis Cup defeat
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‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: the moral challenge of saving the world’s tiniest babies
‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: the moral challenge of saving the world’s tiniest babies
Doctors are pushing the limits of science and human biology to save more extremely premature babies than ever before. But when so few survive, are we putting them through needless suffering?
Alice Smith was five months pregnant when she noticed some…
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November 19, 2024 at 5:28 AM
‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: the moral challenge of saving the world’s tiniest babies
Finally migrating to blue sky from elsewhere. But curious about the city’s ’drought warning.’ Will people listen? Is a weeklong or two weeks drought that unusual? Let it rain soon, of course. — www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/n... — so wild we’re in a declared drought here.
Drought Warning Declared in New York City and 10 Counties in State
City officials announced the designation for the first time in more than 20 years as wildfires burned and residents continued to await meaningful rainfall.
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November 19, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Finally migrating to blue sky from elsewhere. But curious about the city’s ’drought warning.’ Will people listen? Is a weeklong or two weeks drought that unusual? Let it rain soon, of course. — www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/n... — so wild we’re in a declared drought here.