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let's start with a wraparound of today's news cycle. In the last hour, the Senate has voted to approve the bill enforcing the railroad labor agreement. They just barely made it ahead of the strike deadline. It's worth noting a separate vote on adding seven days of paid sick leave to the agreement failed. The measure comes after talks had stalled between railway and four unions which had previously rejected the agreement, biden has said he was reluctant to override the union's decision, but that a rail shutdown would potentially devastate the economy. The bill is now on its way to president biden's desk for his signature. The Minneapolis ST paul area will see its second nurse strike of the year at the end of next week. On Wednesday night, 15,000 nurses authorized in an unfair labor practice strike. The Minnesota nurses association says the vote passed overwhelmingly. The president Of the M. N. A. says working conditions for nurses need to be improved to help maintain proper patient care. A previous hospital strike in the area took place in September but ended after three days. The strike will begin on December 11 and could last through the end of the year. China is reportedly ready to ease Covid 19 restrictions. After recent protests across the country, Reuters reporting, chinese officials will allow for at home quarantine and cut mass testing. This would mark a major shift from current policies that require entire communities to quarantine after exposure, officials say the decision is because Covid 19 was weakening. They did not mention the recent protests, survivors of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde have filed a $27 billion class action lawsuit, according to court documents. The suit names the city, the school district, their respective police departments and the texas department of Public safety. As defendants, law enforcement Officers waited 77 minutes to intervene in the shooting, which killed 19 Children and two adults. The suit says quote, fell exceedingly short of their duty bound standards. There are at least two other similar suits looking for damages for victims of the deadly attack. Officials in the West Coast are warning of a complete doomsday scenario for the Colorado River officials say. As soon as next summer, Lake Powell's levels could drop a critical 38 ft. This would kick off a domino effect of bad outcomes. The dam would have to halt its turbines, which generate power for 4.5 million people. It would also drastically reduce the amount of drinking water the reservoir can produce if the water continues to fall eventually, it will hit the point of deadpool halting the Colorado River completely, roughly one in 10 americans rely on the Colorado River for drinking water in Hawaii. A second volcano on the big island has erupted just east of Mana loa, smaller kilauea is now also erupting dual eruptions haven't been seen since 1984. Meanwhile, some good news from this, the officials say the lava flows heading towards the big island's main highway has slow the lava spreading out but could take more than two days to reach the key road. Hawaii isn't the only state with two volcanoes currently erupting. It's also happening in Alaska. These are the Pavlov and the great, sickened volcano, officials saw. Three other volcanoes show signs of unrest as well. The Orion spacecraft is officially on its way home in the last 10 minutes. Orion performed a critical engine burn, taking it out of lunar orbit after a bumpy road to its launch. The Orion mission has been relatively smooth. Earlier this week, Orion hit 270,000 miles from earth, shattering. The previous record for the furthest distance ever reached by spacecraft designed to carry humans, Orion is set to splash down off the coast of California on december 11th.