Category: Breaking News
Lawsuits Filed for Power Pressure Cooker Burn Injuries
Two lawsuits have been filed for people who were severely burned in explosions of food from the Tristar Power Pressure Cooker XL.
The Most Common (and Commonly Broken) New Year’s Resolutions
If you’re anything like me, you have a hard time following through with your New Year’s resolutions. You know, those well-meaning solutions to life’s woes that seem perfectly doable as December draws to a close, yet by mid-January are systematically...
Trove of Nude Photos Found at USC Gynecologist’s Storage Unit
LAPD investigators searched a storage unit for George Tyndall, a former gynecologist who is accused of sex abuse at the University of California (USC), and found a trove of homemade pornography and photos of naked women in what appeared to...
Workers Injured in Oil Well Site Explosion in Wyoming
Three men were injured and a building was destroyed in an oil well site explosion in Campbell County, Wyoming.
Strange Object Discovered Far Beyond Pluto: Could it be ‘Planet X?’
At the extreme edge of our local solar system, astronomers from the Carnegie Institution for Science have discovered a bizarre, previously unknown object whose presence may have profound implications for our own local group of 8 planets (sorry, Pluto).
Ron Simon & Associates Files 2nd Ohio Chipotle Lawsuit as Food Poisoning Victim Count Reaches 700
The national food safety law firm of Ron Simon & Associates has filed a second lawsuit in the food poisoning outbreak linked to the Chipotle Mexican Grill located at 9733 Sawmill Parkway in Powell, Ohio. Local health departments are now...
5 Injured in Texas Gas Pipeline Explosions
Five people were critically injured and hospitalized with serious burns after a series of natural gas pipeline explosions in Midland County, Texas.
2 Men Badly Burned in Natural Gas Explosion
Two people were severely injured in a natural gas explosion at a collection facility about 50 miles west of Grand Junction, Utah.
Psychiatric Meds Recalled for “Non-Child Resistant” Blister Packs
Novartis and Sandoz are recalling dozens of brands of popular psychiatric drugs -- some 470,000 products in all -- after a toddler somehow figured out how to access the “child resistant” packaging, according to a recall notice issued Friday by...
GPS System Could Have Prevented Deadly Train Accident
Federal investigators say a GPS-based system could have prevented yesterday's deadly train accident in which an Amtrak train slammed into a freight train, leaving the conductor and engineer dead.