Worried shoppers are trying to give away bagged salads, lettuce and other produce on Facebook, fearing it could be contaminated with cyclosporiasis. Health officials in Michigan — the epicenter of the outbreak — are trying to quell worries with a possible source to the illness. Several months ago, cyclosporiasis wasn’t in anyone’s vocabulary. It’s now […]
Starting Tuesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has become the first governor in the nation to use executive powers to halt permits for large AI data centers by issuing a one-year moratorium. The pause applies to new data centers that use 50 megawatts or more of power while state officials develop regulations to address energy […]
The Los Angeles Police Department has let its contract with Flock Safety expire after an audit found the company’s license plate reader cameras were incorrectly flagging vehicles as stolen. The audit by the department’s inspector general, released last Friday as the contract was expiring, found that 161 vehicles were falsely labeled as stolen in August […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been ordered to immediately halt most vehicle stops nationwide after two fatal shootings within a week, according to multiple reports. CBS News reports that ICE will continue to conduct stops of serious criminal targets but didn’t provide details on what it describes as “serious.” Officials said the suspension is […]
Summer is famous for flings — a few months to have fun with someone without major commitments. Throw in international travelers (and foreign accents), and this year’s round of summer love might actually be able to save America’s struggling dating culture. Young adults in the U.S. have been living in a depressed dating economy, also […]
A woman’s vulnerable decision to come forward and accuse a Senate candidate of sexual assault revealed a stubborn social issue the #MeToo movement thought to resolve: Believing victims. Hours after Jenny Racicot came forward in Politico with allegations that Graham Platner sexually assaulted her during a 2021 encounter, people rushed to discredit and question her […]
A Florida man on death row is set to become the oldest inmate to be executed in state history. Dennis Sochor, 74, who has been on death row since the 80s, is set to be put to death Tuesday. The scheduled execution has resurrected the ethical arguments surrounding the death sentence, but it’s also raised […]
Federal immigration officials fatally shot a man in Maine on Monday, the latest killing under the Trump administration’s efforts to remove people they say are here without authorization. The most recent fatal shooting by an immigration official occurred last week in Houston. In Maine, the shooting comes just days before Democrats start the process of […]
A dozen states led by Democrats are suing to stop the largest media deal in Hollywood history — a $111 billion megamerger that would place CBS News and CNN under one roof, both under the control of an ally to President Donald Trump. Led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the states are challenging a […]
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, erstwhile fixer and intermittent friend, is out of prison, back in the public eye — and calling out his haters. Cohen has a new show on New York City’s Trump-friendly conservative talk radio station WABC, where, in his first episode Sunday evening, he took great lengths to detail his […]
