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Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is recalling five Neutrogena and Aveeno sunscreen products after tests revealed small amounts of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical.
The company announced the recall on Wednesday, noting that most of its spray sunscreens were affected. J&J is asking consumers to stop using: Continue reading “J&J recalls spray sunscreens after testing found traces of cancer-causing chemical”
The Biden administration is launching an operation to relocate Afghan nationals who aided the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan and are in the process of applying for residency in the United States.
“At President Biden’s direction, the United States is launching Operation Allies Refuge to support relocation flights for interested and eligible Afghan nationals and their families who have supported the United States and our partners in Afghanistan and are in the SIV application pipeline,” a senior administration official said in a statement. Continue reading “Biden administration to relocate Afghans who aided US military effort as they await visa process”
Ammunition manufacturer Ammo Inc. is building a new factory as American consumers deal with an ongoing ammunition shortage caused by unprecedented demand for guns.
While a new factory is welcome news to gun consumers, it won’t go online fast enough to solve this year’s problem of overwhelming demand versus limited supply. Continue reading “Ammo Inc. Builds Factory To Feed America’s Insatiable Demand”
With the onset of the pandemic last year, ammunition got very expensive and very hard to find.
Now that America is starting to reopen, ammo is slowly starting to reappear on store shelves.
Prices are still sky high, however, and industry leaders estimate it could be 12 to 24 months before the cost of ammunition returns to pre-COVID levels. Continue reading “‘Bite the bullet’ and buy now: Ammo prices likely won’t drop for 12 to 24 months”
Two U.S. Marshals and one suspect were shot Tuesday in Baltimore, authorities confirmed.
The three unnamed individuals were transported to a hospital, where the suspect later died, the Baltimore Police Department tweeted Tuesday. Continue reading “2 US Marshals shot in Baltimore: authorities”
SPRAGUE RIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — The week-old Bootleg Fire on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, fueled by heat, wind and drought conditions, has grown to over 200,000 acres, and officials on Tuesday announced new closures and evacuations extending into Lake County.
The emergency closure was expanded for the second time in a week due to increased fire activity and movement. Continue reading “Bootleg Fire tops 200,000 acres; evacuations, area closures extended to Lake County”
Legal Insurrection – by Mary Chastain
Politico reported that President Joe Biden and his allies at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) want Short Message Service (SMS) carriers to monitor private text messages for anyone spreading lies about the COVID vaccine:
Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages. The goal is to ensure that people who may have difficulty getting a vaccination because of issues like transportation see those barriers lessened or removed entirely. Continue reading “Report: Biden Supporters, DNC Want SMS Carriers to Monitor Private Text Messages for Vaccine Lies”
Numerous homes and structures have been destroyed by the Bootleg Wildfire, which has burned over 150,000 acres in Oregon.
In a tweet on Monday, Christine Pitawanich of KGW 8 News in Oregon, wrote that a public information officer for the Bootleg Fire said that at least seven homes and structures were destroyed on Monday. Continue reading “Homes, Structures Destroyed by Bootleg Fire as Over 150K Acres Burn in Oregon”
Statesman Journal – by Zach Urness
The Bootleg Fire burning in southern Oregon exploded for the fifth day in a row Saturday afternoon, leading to the rare step of police citing and arresting people attempting to enter or stay in the evacuation zone northeast of Klamath Falls.
The fire was mapped at 143,607 acres Sunday morning after massive smoke plumes brought life-threatening risk and hazardous air quality across southern Oregon on Friday, according to fire crews. Pictures from the area showed darkened skies similar to those witnessed during last September’s Labor Day Fires. Continue reading “‘The most extreme you can find:’ Bootleg Fire explodes, police arrest people in evacuation zone”
SPRAGUE RIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bootleg Fire that broke out earlier this week on the Fremont-Winema National Forest nearly doubled in size yet again on Friday, to nearly 77,000 acres, and Klamath County officials expanded the evacuation zones as a result.
Here’s Saturday’s report:
The Bootleg Fire continues to burn on the Fremont-Winema National Forest and on private lands. Hot and dry weather conditions have continued overnight and are forecast through today. Additional resources have been ordered and continue to arrive. Continue reading “Bootleg Fire doubles in size yet again, to nearly 77,000 acres; evacuation areas expand”
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Bootleg Fire, a wildfire that broke out in southern Oregon’s mountains is spreading in windy, hot and dry conditions. As of Friday morning, the fire had grown to 38,892 acres, more than doubling in size during the past 24 hours. Fire officials have reported between 0% to 1% containment.
The fire is burning in steep, rugged terrain in mixed conifer and lodgepole pine in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, about 10 miles northeast of the unincorporated community of Sprague River.
Continue reading “Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon grows to 38,892 acres, 3,000 homes threatened”
President Joe Biden signed a wide-ranging executive order Friday afternoon aimed at minimizing the stranglehold of monopolies on certain industries and increasing competition among companies, which the White House believes will benefit consumers by driving down prices.
“For decades, corporate consolidation has been accelerating. In over 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of large companies now control more of the business than they did 20 years ago. This is true across health care, financial services, agriculture and more. That lack of competition drives up prices for consumers,” according to a White House fact sheet. Continue reading “Biden signs executive order aimed at increasing competition in US economy”
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the California-Nevada border Thursday afternoon, with people reporting feeling a jolt hundreds of miles away, as far as the Bay Area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The earthquake, reported just south of Lake Tahoe, triggered a series of aftershocks with at least one with a 4.6 magnitude, the USGS said. Continue reading “Magnitude 5.9 earthquake shakes up California-Nevada border, regionally largest ‘in almost two and a half decades’”
The man arrested and charged in the killing of an Indiana police officer at an FBI office had been a mayoral candidate and federal prisons employee, media outlets reported.
Shane Meehan, 44, was charged Thursday with premeditated murder of a federal agent in the death of Terre Haute police officer Greg Ferency, who was an FBI task force officer. Continue reading “Former mayoral candidate charged with murder in killing of Indiana cop at FBI office”
A suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of a golf pro at a Georgia country club, media outlets report.
A Cobb County sheriff spokesperson said Bryan Rhoden was arrested Thursday by deputies and U.S. marshals in the shooting death of Gene Siller, a golf pro at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Continue reading “Suspect with bodies in truck during killing of Georgia golf pro is arrested, police say”
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Thursday it was “absolutely the government’s business” to know which Americans haven’t been vaccinated yet against the coronavirus.
Responding to GOP criticisms of the Biden administration’s planned “door-to-door” campaign to encourage unvaccinated Americans to inoculate themselves, Becerra told CNN the government has had to “spend trillions of dollars to try to keep Americans alive during this pandemic.” Continue reading “HHS Secretary Becerra: ‘Absolutely the government’s business’ to know which Americans haven’t been vaccinated”
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A western Indiana police officer was fatally shot Wednesday when he was ambushed near FBI offices in Terre Haute, according to federal officials.
Sgt. Ryan Adamson of the Terre Haute Police Department identified the officer as 30-year veteran Detective Greg Ferency. Ferency had been a federal task force officer since 2010, the FBI said in a statement. Continue reading “Police officer fatally shot in ambush near federal building”
Dramatic video shows the moment a press conference at a NATO airbase in Lithuania was cut short over an emergency alert due to reportedly inbound Russian jets. Lithuania’s president Gitanas Nauseda and Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez had been speaking at a high level briefing when the very NATO jets that served as their backdrop had to be scrambled in order to monitor the Russian jets’ movements in the area. Continue reading “NATO Press Conference Interrupted As Jets Scrambled Over Inbound Russian Fighter ‘Alert’”
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he will lead class-action lawsuits against Twitter, Google and Facebook over alleged censorship, declaring that “big tech is out of control” and is functioning as “the de-facto censorship arm of the U.S. government.”
“While the social media companies are officially private entities, in recent years they have ceased to be private with the enactment and their historical use of Section 230, which profoundly protects them from liability,” Trump said as he announced the lawsuits in conjunction with the America First Policy Institute. Continue reading “READ IT: Trump lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook, Google over alleged big tech censorship”
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated on Wednesday at his home by a group of unidentified gunmen, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced. Joseph said the security situation in the country was “under the control” of Haiti’s police and military.
Haiti has suffered for years from political instability, and Moïse had been governing by decree. Critics had accused the 53-year-old of ruling like an autocrat. Continue reading “Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in “well-coordinated” attack at his home”