Milwaukee to Pay $3.4 Million in Racial Profiling Lawsuit
Milwaukee to Pay $3.4 Million in Racial Profiling Lawsuit
McDonald’s Removes Salads As Intestinal Parasite Outbreak Continues in Midwest
Are you a fan of McDonald’s salads? Well, you may want to find an alternative lunch choice for the time being. According to the company, the popular fast food chain recently pulled salads from “3,000 restaurants in the Midwest after health experts announced that more than 100 people had been infected by an intestinal parasite in recent weeks.” The intestinal parasite wreaking havoc throughout Illinois, Iowa, and other states is cyclosporiasis. So far there have been confirmed reports of “15 infections in Iowa and 90 others in Illinois.” According to health officials, “everyone who became ill in Iowa and about a quarter of those who became sick in Illinois said they had eaten McDonald’s salads in the days before symptoms appeared.”
Democratic Senators Investigate Smart Televisions Amid Privacy Concerns
Democrat senators are asking federal regulators to investigate the manufacturers of smart televisions amid worries that the devices are collecting more personal information than previously though. In a letter sent Thursday to Joseph Simons, chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission, Sens. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) voiced their concerns about “consumer privacy
ICE Uses Arrest of “Rideshare Rapist” to Lash Out at San Francisco, Sanctuary Cities
Federal immigration officials are citing the Monday capture of San Francisco’s “Rideshare Rapist” as a public policy failure. In a statement, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency blamed local sanctuary city laws for allowing suspect Orlando Vilchez Lazo to pick up and sexually assault unsuspecting women. By refusing to cooperate with ICE, the agency
CFPB Accuses Education Department of Protecting Abusive Student Loan Servicer from Lawsuit
The nation’s beleaguered Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is accusing the Education Department of impeding a lawsuit ‘that could bring relief to millions of student loan borrowers.’ The Associated Press reports that the kerfuffle stems from the CFPB’s attempts to sue Navient Solutions. Navient, the nation’s largest server of student loans, has attracted criticism for its
South Carolina Will Require Insurers to Implement Heightened Security Measures
South Carolina Will Require Insurers to Implement Heightened Security Measures
Judge Rules Controversial Roundup Cases Can Proceed to Jury Trial
Judge Rules Controversial Roundup Cases Can Proceed to Jury Trial
Jessica Biel Closes West Hollywood Eatery After Employee Lawsuit is Dismissed
Not everyone is cut out for the restaurant industry, something actress Jessica Biel recently discovered after she decided to close down her relatively new restaurant, Au Fudge. The decision to close the West Hollywood eatery came after it was hit with a lawsuit in 2017 by disgruntled employees who accused “Biel, 36, and her business partners of stealing $430,100 in tips.”
Patient Safety Advocates Protest Essure at Bayer U.S. Corporate Headquarters
The E-Sisters are headed to Bayer in protest of the ridiculously unsafe Essure “permanent” birth control device. Here is the press release approved for publication. We wish them all the best at making their point to an unsympathetic Bayer.
Breast Milk, Oil, Water, and Money
Why would the U.S. come out against a resolution in favor of feeding infants breast milk? As with any commodity necessary for life, follow the money.