Just a few days before the July 4 holiday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall for about 36,000 TNT-brand fireworks in four states after three people sustained burn injuries. According to news reports, the TNT Red, White & Blue Smoke fireworks can unexpectedly explode after being lit, posing burn and injury…
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36,000 TNT Fireworks Recalled for Burn Hazard
Hoverboard Causes Major Fire in Rivera Beach, Florida
Ten people in Rivera Beach, Florida, were displaced from their home after a hoverboard caused a fire. According to a WPTV news report, resident Cheryl Wade said the hoverboard was charging in a bedroom for a few minutes when it began to emit smoke and caught fire. Wade said her granddaughter was charging the hoverboard….
French Fitness Blogger Killed by Exploding Whipped Cream Dispenser
A French fitness blogger was killed in an accident involving an exploding whipped cream dispenser, which hit her in the chest and caused her to have a heart attack. According to a news report in the Daily Mail, Rebecca Burger, 33, was struck in the thorax by a cream siphon. Burger has apparently amassed an…
Raging Motorcyclist Triggers Chain Reaction Injury Crash in Los Angeles
California Highway Patrol officials are looking for a motorcyclist who was captured on video as he kicked a vehicle on the 14 Freeway in Santa Clarita triggering a chain-reaction car accident that left a driver injured. According to the Los Angeles Times, the wild 22-second clip of the apparent road rage incident has gone viral….
Austin Police Officer Sues Ford for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Austin Police Corporal Zachary LaHood is suing Ford Motor Company and the dealership, Leif Johnson Ford, in connection with a carbon monoxide poisoning incident in March. According to a KXAN news report, LaHood was working as an on-duty police sergeant at around 1:30 a.m. March 18 when he became nauseous, light-headed and had cognitive issues,…
Telecom Company Faces Class Action Lawsuit Seeking Up to $12 Billion
CenturyLink Inc., a telecommunications company, has been sued in California federal court based on allegations made in a separate wrongful termination lawsuit by a former employee that the company ran a sales incentive scheme and fired her for blowing the whistle on it. The new class action complaint comes as the Louisiana-based company is in…
Dodge Minivans Recalled for Inadvertent Airbag Deployment
Dodge is recalling about 209,135 of its 2011-2012 of its Grand Caravan minivans because of an airbag defect that can cause the vehicle’s airbags to deploy suddenly. According to CNET.com, the vehicles in question were manufactured between August 23, 2010 and July 25, 2012. Dodge believes that about 1 percent of the recalled vehicles have…
Federal Safety Officials Look into 2012 Jeep Liberty Airbag Failure Issues
The U.S. government is investigating complaints that airbag control computers in some Jeep Liberty SUVs can fail preventing the airbags from properly deploying in the event of a car accident. According to a report in the Detroit Free Press, The probe includes about 105,000 of the vehicles from the 2012 model year. So far, the…
Employee Accuses Boss for Dressing Like President Trump and Harassing Her
The employee of a construction company in Pleasanton has filed an employment lawsuit alleging racial discrimination and harassment. According to a KRON news report, the lawsuit, filed by Tishay Wright, an African-American woman, accuses owners of Southland Construction Management Inc. of dressing like President Donald Trump and displaying Confederate flags around the office. Wright, a…
Consumer Reports Warns Liquid Laundry Detergent Pods Could Prove Fatal
Liquid laundry detergent packets could pose serious dangers especially for adults with dementia, Consumer Reports warns. The article gives the example of an 87-year-old woman in Texas who died after eating two liquid laundry detergent packets. This woman’s death is one of eight fatalities linked to ingesting liquid laundry packets in the U.S. between 2012…