The NIOSH investigation was disclosed at an event in Mass about lead telecom cables hosted by Sen. Markey, featuring various agency and local officials. Markey said he aims to escalate the attention Congress and federal agencies are paying to this issue. wsj.com/business/telec…

NIOSH is investigating worker safety around lead-sheathed telecom cables, opening up a health hazard evaluation in Western Massachusetts after receiving a union request. It's the first probe by federal occupational health authorities since the WSJ's series wsj.com/business/telec…

The EPA called AT&T and Verizon executives to D.C. to discuss lead cables, on the heels of finding more than 100 readings w/ elevated lead at cable sites. The companies say their own tests show low lead levels.
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Gruenberg told a House panel he had never been investigated for inappropriate conduct. Then, after The Wall Street Journal asked for comment, he corrected the record.

In 2008, the FDIC hired a firm to probe his conduct after he berated a female official. More here >>>
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It has been an appalling 33 weeks since my @wsj colleague Evan Gershkovich was wrongly detained in Russia, just for doing his job as a journalist. #IStandwithEvan #FreeEvan #JournalismIsNotACrime

I STAND WITH EVAN. Every second is one too long. Free Evan now. It's been six months, and the WSJ won't rest until he is home. Read all of the The Wall Street Journal stories today about him. My favorite is the one by Jason Gay: wsj.com/sports/soccer/… #istandwithevan

Children's sketches inspired a map in 'Barbie.' Officials in Vietnam thought they were maritime borders.

The inside story of how the Warner Bros. blockbuster got ensnared in Chinese politics:
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The Journal print edition is running weekly anecdotes about Evan Gershkovich, our friend and colleague who's been unjustly imprisoned in Russia for five months.

Here's why I'm fighting to help free him. I hope you'll help too. #IStandwithEvan

Curious. Brave. Lovely. Inspiring. Generous.

The Journal's @EvanGershkovich has spent 22 weeks in a Russian prison, unjustly detained. We call for his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan #journalismisnotacrime

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It was incredibly moving to see Evan's parents, Ella and Mikhail in our New York newsroom today as we mark 22 weeks of his outrageous detention. We are standing with them every day and will not rest until our brave colleague and friend is home. #IStandWithEvan The Wall Street Journal

Data nerd 🧵: A months-long investigation with Melissa Korn and Jennifer Forsyth found the typical state flagship university spends 38% more than 20 years ago, adjusted for inflation. How do they pay for it? It helps they’re getting 64% more tuition from the average student. (1/7)

Evan is curious, exceptional, empathic, brave, dedicated, lovely, courageous, a superstar, gregarious, inspiring, talented, reliable, generous, funny, driven, passionate, crucial. Evan Gershkovich is an American journalist. It's time to bring him home. #IStandWithEvan

The Wall Street Journal covered this program and the immense pressure internet providers put on it to give them A+ grades even when their customers' experiences were anything but: wsj.com/articles/its-h… @lilliann Shalini Ramachandran

The whiteboxes go dark: FCC's Measuring Broadband America deal with SamKnows is over after 12+ years and the company 'is no longer authorized to collect MBA data or provide fixed broadband performance analysis on the FCC’s behalf' fcc.gov/general/measur…

Rep. Pat Ryan (NY) requested a congressional hearing about lead-sheathed cables that telecom companies have left behind across the U.S. The House Energy and Commerce Committee said it has requested information from providers, following The Wall Street Journal investigation. wsj.com/articles/lawma…

NEW: DOJ & EPA Probe Telecom Companies Over Lead Cables. EPA, under Superfund authority, orders AT&T and Verizon to provide data. The cos’ disclosures so far point to an estimated hundreds of thousands of miles of lead cables. w/Corinne Ramey, Susan Pulliam wsj.com/articles/justi…

In a memo sent to employees, AT&T CEO John Stankey said AT&T expects an extended public discussion about how to manage lead-clad cables and estimated that “these cables represent less than 10% of our copper footprint of roughly 2 million sheathed miles.”

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AT&T said today that it will halt plans to remove two lead-clad cables in Lake Tahoe that it had previously agreed to remove as part of a 2021 settlement. It also said it will test lead levels at other locations where it has lead cables around the country. wsj.com/articles/at-t-…

For underwater lead cables, the groups asked the EPA to prioritize investigating the roughly 330 locations that are in source water protection areas - important for protecting drinking water supply. wsj.com/articles/envir…

They asked the EPA to use its authority under the 'Superfund' law and the Safe Drinking Water Act to ensure the 'immediate removal' of abandoned aerial lead telecom cables and lead infrastructure accessible to children from the ground. wsj.com/articles/envir…