The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Infant deaths: A Pennsylvania 1 hospital said it has discovered the source of a waterborne germ that sickened at least eight premature infants last month, killing three. Geisinger Medical Center in Danville said the process it was using to prepare donor breast milk led to the deadly outbreak in its neonatal intensive care unit.
Interim named: Chicago’s mayor 2 named former Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck to serve as interim police superintendent, a day after the city’s top police officer announced he’s retiring. Beck’s name surfaced as a possible interim even before Eddie Johnson announced he was stepping down after more than three years as Chicago’s top cop.
Reagan inbronze: TheU.S. 3 Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan at a site overlooking the location of the former president’s iconic speech imploring the Soviet Union to remove the Berlin Wall. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo helped remove the cover from the statue on the embassy’s terrace, at eye level with the top of the landmark Brandenburg Gate.
Whistleblower move: Facebook 4 says it is deleting the name of the person who has been identified in conservative circles as the whistleblower who triggered the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s actions. The company said that mention of the potential whistleblower’s name violates Facebook’s “coordinating harm policy.”
Dow settlement: Dow Chemical 5 Co. and government officials have reached an estimated $77 million settlement to compensate for pollution by its plant in Midland, Michigan. Federal and state officials announced the deal Friday. The Dow plant released dioxins and other hazardous substances into rivers and their watersheds for decades after opening in 1897.