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Six More States File Opioid Abuse Lawsuits Against Purdue Pharma
Six More States File Opioid Abuse Lawsuits Against Purdue Pharma
Uber Considering Changes Amid Driver Sexual Assault Allegations
Uber Considering Changes Amid Driver Sexual Assault Allegations
Ziyad Tahini Recalled Nationwide Amid Salmonella Scare
Eggs aren’t the only products being contaminated by salmonella at the moment. Recently, tahini pasts sold in Walmart was recalled by Ziyad Brothers Importing after state test results found traces of salmonella in the products. The recall is for Walmarts nationwide, though the Cicero, IL company noted that it “had not yet received the results of confirmation testing, but it initiated the recalls a precautionary move.”
Service Members Ask Appeals Court to Revisit Burn Pit Lawsuits
Service Members Ask Appeals Court to Revisit Burn Pit Lawsuits
Mulvaney Makes Decision to Close CFPB’s Student Lending Office
Mulvaney Makes Decision to Close CFPB’s Student Lending Office
District Reaches Settlement in Wrestling Coach Case
In October 2016, a jury found the 50-year-old Thomas Joseph Snider guilty of molesting 25 students while he was a boy’s wrestling coach for Torrance High School. The district has now, finally, reached a $31 million settlement with twelve of these students in a negligence lawsuit their families brought against it. Snider committed his crimes
More Than 3 Dozen People Sickened by Salmonella as Massive Egg Recall Continues
A massive egg recall linked to salmonella was recently expanded after more than a dozen people “reported contracting the foodborne illness after eating the popular breakfast food item.” According to the original recall notice, 35 people across nine different states fell ill with salmonella poisoning “after eating eggs that were traced back to” an April recall. At the time the April recall was issued, 22 people had been sickened and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that “more than 207 million eggs produced by Rose Acre Farms in Seymour, Ind., were being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.”
Controversial Circuit Breakers Still in Millions of Homes
Controversial Circuit Breakers Still in Millions of Homes
Former Model Loses Her Life During Deadly Scabies Outbreak
Former Model Loses Her Life During Deadly Scabies Outbreak