Heat wave to continue



Heat wave to continue
CHICAGO -- Forecasters predicted a prolonged period of sweltering heat for parts of the Midwest, issuing excessive heat warnings for the Chicago and St. Louis areas through Tuesday evening. The National Weather Service said the combination of heat and humidity could make it feel like 105 degrees in many areas. The heat wave may ease on Wednesday, the weather service said. The Midwest scorching comes as a two-week heat wave blamed for many as 141 deaths in California began to subside. The state had been sizzling in triple-digit temperatures since July 16.
Discrimination lawsuit
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A downtown hotel has been sued on behalf of four Muslim women who say they were denied housekeeping jobs because they wore hijabs, the traditional clothing that covers their hair. The lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week claims the Marriott Louisville Downtown unlawfully discriminated against the women when they were refused jobs last year. The federal Civil Rights Act requires an employer to accommodate religious practices unless it poses an "undue burden," said Kenneth W. Brown, a senior EEOC attorney. Hotel spokesman Robert Gunnell of Perits Public Relations said the lawsuit was being reviewed and declined to comment further.
Face transplant patientreleased from hospital
BEIJING -- A Chinese farmer who received a partial face transplant after being mauled by a black bear has been discharged from the hospital and will go back to his rural mountain village, state media said Saturday. Li Guoxing, 30, who underwent surgery in Xijing Hospital in the central Chinese city of Xi'an, thanked the doctors and nurses after being released Friday and said he was happy to go home, the Xinhua News Agency said. "Before I accepted the surgery I could not eat, drink or smile like an ordinary person," he said at a news conference. "Now I am starting to act like an ordinary person. It feels great."
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