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Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Michigan AG Releases Flint Water Crisis Report (headlineusa.com) — Flint residents are getting a long-awaited public report on the criminal investigation into the city's lead-contaminated water crisis, which Michigan's attorney general calls the final step her office can take. The 101-page document details years of health concerns, failed prosecutions of state officials, and how earlier legal settlements and state funding have tried to address the damage. It also underscores that no criminal trial will be held.
• Michigan attorney general releases Flint water crisis report in final accountability step (latimes.com subscription) — Michigan's attorney general has released a long-promised report detailing the criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis, calling it the last accountability step her office can take. The 101-page document outlines how lead-tainted water harmed Flint residents, why charges against officials were dismissed, and aims to give Flint residents a fuller public record of what happened.
• Miko Marks Reflects on Dolly Parton's Music, Humanity and Trailblazing Legacy (kpfa.org) — A Flint-born singer-songwriter reflects on how Dolly Parton's music shaped her path from childhood in Flint to a career spanning country, Americana, and blues. She recalls hearing Parton at her grandmother's house, drawing strength from Parton's warmth, storytelling, and boundary-crossing legacy as she navigated racism and sexism in the music industry.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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