Voters in Plattsmouth, Nebraska this week decided to recall one of their school board members after she tried to remove books from school libraries. In a mail-in election on Tuesday, more than 1,600 Plattsmouth voters supported recalling Terri Cunningham-Swanson, while 1,000 residents voted against, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Ms. Cunningham-Swanson led an effort to have […]

Fortress Safe is recalling about 61,000 biometric gun safes nationwide after the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced. The recalled safe poses a serious safety hazard and risk of death because the biometric reader on the lock can be opened by unauthorized users. “The safes contain a […]

Amazon announced on Monday that it will invest up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic and take a minority stake in the company. The investment underscores Amazon’s push to become a major player in generative artificial intelligence. Under the agreement, Amazon will place an initial investment of $1.25 billion in Anthropic, with […]

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a federal lawsuit Sept. 15 against the state’s largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion. The lawsuit (pdf) filed in Indianapolis federal court alleges Indiana University Health and IU […]

A federal judge ruled on Saturday to temporarily block portions of an Arkansas law that would subject librarians and bookstores to criminal charges for providing “harmful” materials to minors. Act 372, signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in March, would hold librarians and book vendors criminally liable for making allegedly inappropriate books accessible to […]

Audio streamer Spotify said on Monday that it is raising the prices of its Premium plans. In the United States, the company’s Premium Single plan will now be $10.99, up from $9.99. The cost of a Premium Duo plan, which allows for two accounts, will rise from $12.99 to $14.99, while a Premium Family plan […]

About 7.5 million Baby Shark bath toys are being recalled because the miniature shark’s plastic fin poses a serious injury risk to children. Zuru, a California-based toymaker, is recalling 6.5 million Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Sing & Swim bath toys and one million Junior Mini Robo Alive Junior Mini Baby Shark Swimming bath toys. […]

The U.S. population has gotten older in the past two decades, with adults 65 or older growing by more than a third from 2010 to 2020, while the share of children under the age of 5 declined, according to Census Bureau data released May 25. From 2000 to 2020, baby boomers (born 1946–1964) and millennials […]

New York City has lost nearly half a million residents in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with most city-dwellers having flocked to the southern states, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The U.S. Census Bureau revealed on May 18 that the Big Apple witnessed an exodus of over 468,200 between April 2020 and July 2022, resulting in […]

Big banks in the United States will bear billions of dollars in extra fees to replenish a deposit insurance fund that was used to bail out banks in March, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said on Thursday. The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank impacted the deposit insurance fund (DIF) […]

The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit environmental health organization, released the 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce on Wednesday. The research revealed that almost 75 percent of non-organic fresh produce sold nationwide contains residues of potentially harmful pesticides. The EWG’s analysis is based on data from 46,569 samples of 46 fruits and vegetables […]

Ford Motor Co. will halt F-150 Lightning production until the end of next week following a battery problem that caused an EV truck to catch fire during a pre-delivery check, the company said on Friday. “The teams worked quickly to identify the root cause of the issue,” Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg said in a statement Friday. […]

The U.S. government and Honda issued a ‘Do Not Drive’ warning on Friday for about 8,200 older Acura and Honda vehicles that still have Takata Alpha airbag inflators, urging car owners to have them immediately repaired because the defective airbags make it dangerous to drive the vehicles they are installed in. The urgent warning relates […]

Bed Bath & Beyond said in a filing on Thursday that it received a notice of default from its lender, JPMorgan Chase, and admitted to not having sufficient funds to repay what it owes. The retailer was informed by JPMorgan Chase on Wednesday that its debts were due immediately under the credit agreement. According to the […]

Jay Withey, who helped save 24 people last month during a snowstorm in Buffalo, New York, was rewarded for his actions on Friday with tickets to the upcoming Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. Retired Bills running back Thurman Thomas and his wife, Patricia Thomas, surprised Withey at work with two tickets to Super Bowl LVII […]

Al Roker returned to the Today Show on Friday morning after being away for two months and revealed more details about his health issues. Roker’s wife, ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts, joined him in the broadcast to give an update on what happened during his ordeal. “He is a living, breathing miracle,” said Roberts. “He […]