Older Nissan vehicles at risk for exploding Takata air bags, feds warn
Owners of about 84,000 older Nissan vehicles in the United States that are equipped with recalled and unrepaired Takata airbags should stop driving them immediately because of safety risks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday. The agency made the announcement after the Japanese automaker on Wednesday warned car owners not to drive certain […]
California lawmakers move closer to banning multiuse plastic bags
Both chambers of the California legislature voted in favor of legislation last week that would ban grocery stores and other retailers from giving multiuse plastic bags to customers. Under the legislation, stores would still be able to offer paper bags or plastic bags that are made of at least 50% post-consumer recycled materials and for […]
California Democrats Ramp Up War On Plastic Bags After First Ban Failed Spectacularly
California lawmakers are reimagining the state’s ban on plastic bags, according to Fox News. The state legislature voted to jettison reusable plastic bags after the ban failed to reduce pollution, the report noted. In a statement, Democratic State Sen. Catherine Blakespear, who authored the bill, acknowledged that the Golden State’s ban “hasn’t worked out as […]
California lawmakers vote to ban ‘reusable’ plastic bags from grocery stores
California lawmakers voted to phase out reusable plastic bags after banning single-use bags failed to reduce plastic pollution. “California’s original plastic bag ban did not work as planned, and unfortunately, since it was enacted, the state’s plastic bag waste has increased dramatically,” said Sen. Katherine Breakspear, the bill’s author., In a statement. “California must do […]
California woman arrested after police find decomposing body of elderly woman wrapped in plastic bags in locked closet
California police said a woman was arrested after the discovery. rotting body Friday, a photo of an elderly woman wrapped in a plastic bag. Hanford police said they went to a home on Encore Drive near 11th Street on Friday after a neighbor called them to do a welfare check. When they entered, they found […]
Nearly 900K Yogi tea bags recalled for excessive pesticide residue
(wisconsin) – Approximately 900,000 Yogi tea bags have been recalled due to excessive levels of pesticide residues, according to details released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Yogi’s parent company, East West Tea Company, LLC, issued a recall 54,846 16-count boxes of Organic Yogi Echinacea Immune Support Tea Bags (877,536 total) were distributed nationwide. […]
Man Who Tried Killing Cops With Machete-Like Knife In NYE Times Square Attack Bags Lengthy Sentence
A judge sentenced a Maine man to 27 years in prison Thursday after he pled guilty to committing a terrorist attack on police in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a press release. 20-year-old Trevor Bickford of Wells attacked and injured three New York City Police […]
Texas doctor found guilty of poisoning patients by putting dangerous drugs in IV bags
A Texas doctor dubbed a “medical terrorist” has been found guilty of injecting a heart-stopping poison into an IV at his former North Dallas clinic. FOX 4 in Dallas reported that a 12-member jury found Dr. Reynaldo Ortiz guilty on all 10 charges after nearly seven hours of deliberation. Ortiz reportedly wore a mask and […]
Speaker Johnson Bags North of $20 Million in Full First Fundraising Quarter
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) had an impressive fundraising campaign in his first quarter as speaker, raising $20 million, according to his office. politiko beginning report It cited a release issued by Johnson’s office late in the morning that revealed Johnson’s fundraising status on Thursday. inbox: “Chairman Mike Johnson announced that he has raised more […]
Bags of antisemitic flyers with ‘rat poison’-like substance found in Chicago neighborhood: ‘Vile’
Dozens of bags containing anti-Semitic fliers and what appeared to be “rat poison” were found scattered around Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on Monday morning. 43rd Ward Alderman Timmy Knudsen said his office received a tip that the fliers were being distributed in the heart of Lincoln Park near Geneva Terrace and Belden. Knudsen said the […]