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Minnesota jail punished for denying food, water to feces-smearing inmate

The Minnesota Department of Corrections has punished a county jail that withheld food and water for more than two days as punishment for an inmate who smeared feces in his cell and refused to clean it. The department has ordered the Otter Tail County Jail in Fergus Falls to transfer all current inmates to the […]

NYC Mayor goes after hotels, residents for water bills

New York City Mayor Adams (D) issued a warning that the city has begun the next phase of enforcement efforts to collect delinquent water bills from residents and commercial establishments. Mayor Adams announced at a press conference that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is ramping up collection efforts on 2,400 chronically delinquent […]

Johannesburg, Soweto Run Out of Water as South Africa’s Utilities Face Collapse

Johannesburg and the large nearby town of Soweto have been forced to endure days without water as power problems knock out pumping stations and a late summer heat wave strains reservoirs. Local utilities have reduced water pressure or shut off water altogether, forcing residents to rely on bottled water. And in Johannesburg’s rich, leafy suburbs, […]

Adam Hadwin fires club into water in wild Players Championship meltdown

one of us. Adam Hadwin launched his club into the water after hitting the ball into a drink at the Players Championship on Thursday. Trouble for the Canadian began on the hole in front of the famous 17th island green on the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Hadwin hit […]

Thames Water absent from industry’s £180m anti-pollution drive | Thames Water

Thames Water risks a fresh backlash over its tackle on sewage dumping after refusing to fund an industry-wide £180m initiative to fast-track efforts to cut pollution in England’s waterways exposed to The government announced on Monday that the sum would be spent on six companies over the next 12 months to prevent more than 8,000 […]

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon throws cold water on inflation ‘soft landing’

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon poured cold water on hopes that the Federal Reserve could achieve a “soft landing” in its fight to curb inflation. “The world is poised for a soft landing,” Solomon said at a bankers conference in Miami on Tuesday, as inflation remains stubbornly above the Fed’s 2% target rate. “The level […]