Campaigners Petition Indian Government to Change Marital Rape Law
Campaigners Petition Indian Government to Change Marital Rape Law
Duct Tape Discipline Becoming the Norm in Missouri’s Schools
Duct Tape Discipline Becoming the Norm in Missouri’s Schools
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Fatal Sunnyvale Construction Site Accident
An accident at a Sunnyvale construction site has prompted a wrongful death lawsuit against “Level 10 Construction, two subcontractors, and the property owner” in charge of overseeing the site where a construction worker fell to his death. The lawsuit itself was filed by the man’s wife, Irma Vargas, in Santa Clara County Superior Court, and is seeking damages for “emotional distress, wrongful death, negligent survival and premises liability from Level 10 Construction, Webcor Builders, Alamillo Rebar Inc. and Central Wolfe LLC.”
Descendant of Robert E. Lee Forced to Resign Pastor Post After Charlottesville Comments
Weeks after Charlottesville and a national uproar over the legacy of Confederate war memorials, a descendant of Civil War general Robert E. Lee has been forced to resign from his position as pastor of a North Carolina Church. The great-great-great-great-grand-nephew of the Confederacy’s best-known officer had appeared to make a speech an introduction at the
Trump Announces End to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced the end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected nearly one million young adults from deportation. The decision marks the end of a long drama which began even before the president’s inauguration in January. Before taking office, Donald Trump was a vehement and outspoken opponent of
FDA Clears Bair Hugger Patient Warming Device for Use
What do you get when you blow hot air around a surgical patient? If you’re 3M Co., the maker of the Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming Device, you get over 2,600 lawsuits. You also get a letter from the FDA telling healthcare providers that the device is actually cleared for use. The Bair Hugger was designed to “promote post-surgical healing and cut down on infections by maintaining a patient’s body temperature in surgery.”
The Future of Agriculture
To many, the future of agriculture means robot tractors and vertical farming, but coming challenges and resource scarcity mean we need less tech, not more.
Turtle Ownership More Dangerous Than Expected — Multistate Salmonella Outbreak
Turtle Ownership More Dangerous Than Expected — Multistate Salmonella Outbreak
Handi-Craft Company Recalls 23,000 Bottles of Natural Bottle and Dish Soap
When parents invest in products designed to keep their children safe, they do so with the expectation that those products will actually work. Unfortunately, that’s not always to case. For example, Handi-Craft just issued a recall of “23,000 bottles of Dr. Brown’s Natural Bottle & Dish Soap” because it might contain bacteria that is harmful to children. According to the recall notice, exposure to the harmful bacteria “poses a risk of respiratory and other infections in immunocompromised individuals.”