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How decades of underfunding led to McDougald Terrace's carbon monoxide crisis

How decades of underfunding led to McDougald Terrace’s carbon monoxide crisis

Originally published by 11abcEyeWitness DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — An ABC11 I-team investigation uncovered the carbon monoxide emergency at a Durham public housing complex cost $9 million to fix. McDougald Terrace drew national attention in late 2019 when hundreds of Durham residents were evacuated and multiple hospitalized due to high levels of carbon monoxide. A year […]
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‘Fentanyl Is in Everything': Philadelphia Says Overdose Deaths Skyrocketing

‘Fentanyl Is in Everything’: Philadelphia Says Overdose Deaths Skyrocketing

Originally published by 10Philadelphia Philadelphia health officials are warning that, as overdose deaths again increased in 2020, that one of the deadliest components of the overdose epidemic, fentanyl, is being infused with illicit drugs more than ever. “In 2020, testing of persons who died of drug overdose increasingly found fentanyl mixed with other drug types, […]
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At least 200 people evacuated after gas leak discovered in Old East Dallas, fire official says

At least 200 people evacuated after gas leak discovered in Old East Dallas, fire official says

Originally published by THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS At least 200 people were evacuated Wednesday after Dallas Fire-Rescue crews were alerted to a gas leak in Old East Dallas, a department spokesman said. Dallas Fire-Rescue’s hazardous materials team was called about 1 p.m. regarding the smell of natural gas at Willow Street and Exposition Avenue, near […]
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