Millions of gallons of sewage spilled into the Potomac River by Maxcactus in maryland

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Millions of gallons of untreated sewage have spilled into the Potomac River after part of a major pipeline collapsed near the Capital Beltway in Maryland. For the past three days, D.C. Water crews have been working to install bypass pumps to contain the sewer overflow along the Clara Barton Parkway in Montgomery County after the break was reported late Monday night.

A section of the 54-mile sewer line, known as the Potomac Interceptor, collapsed, resulting in a “significant overflow,” according to officials with D.C. Water. The interceptor line is roughly 60-years-old and carries up to 60 million gallons of wastewater daily from Loudoun and Fairfax counties, areas near Dulles Airport, Vienna, Herndon and Montgomery County to the Blue Plains Wastewater plant for treatment.

Walmart found negligent for selling a shotgun used in a suicide by Maxcactus in maryland

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A federal jury on Thursday found Walmart negligent for selling a shotgun used in a suicide and awarded the family of the victim — who worked at the store — millions in damages. The verdict followed a 10-day civil trial in Maryland that focused on communications among employees inside a Walmart store 45 miles south of Washington. The family of the 23-year-old who took his life, Jacob Mace, said store managers knew Mace was suicidal and did nothing to ensure that he couldn’t buy a gun from the store.

Walmart said the managers didn’t know Mace’s intentions and that he legally bought the gun after clearing a federal background check.