A young girl suffered severe brain damage after being electrocuted by a hotel handrail at an MGM resort. Zynae Green, aged just six, sustained serious injuries after touching the rail at an outdoor area of the MGM National Harbor Hotel, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. It sent 120 volts of electricity coursing through her body, sending…
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Hotel Handrail Electrocution Leaves Girl, Six, With Severe Brain Damage
Dec. 31 is the Deadline for Ford Explorer Owners to Get Free Repairs for Carbon Monoxide Problems
The deadline is drawing close for Ford Explorer owners to get their free repairs for carbon monoxide issues. According to a WNCN report, Ford offered about a year ago to repair almost 1.5 million Explorers for vehicle owners who might be concerned about carbon monoxide leaks. The problem with carbon monoxide leaking into the vehicle…
Thanksgiving Turkey Turmoil Continues with Jennie-O Raw Turkey Recall
Jennie-O Turkey is recalling more than 91,000 pounds of raw turkey in what is proving to be an ongoing, nationwide salmonella outbreak. According to a CBS News report, this recall is the first tied to an outbreak the U.S. Department of Agriculture says has sickened 164 people across 35 states and caused one death in…
Ford Recalls about 40,000 for Various Safety Defects
Ford has announced four separate safety recalls covering about 40,000 vehicles for a number of potential safety defects. According to a report on TheDrive.com, the first recall involves the 2018 Ford Explorer with either the 2.3-liter four cylinders or 3.5-liter V-6 EcoBoost engines. Ford claims about 160 of the 2018 Explorers may have misassembled fuel…
FDA Places New Restrictions on Flavored E-Cigarettes
Soon after e-cigarette manufacturer Juul announced that it is suspending its social media campaigns and getting rid of several e-cig flavors, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, and impose a new set of restrictions on the sales of flavored e-cigarettes in retail stores….
Disney Sued Over Bedbug Bite Claims at California Resort Hotel
A woman has launched a lawsuit against Disney after claiming to have been ridden with bed bug bites at a Disneyland resort. Dr. Ivy Eldridge, 41, says she woke up covered in bedbug bites while staying at the Anaheim amusement park’s Disneyland Hotel. She needed medical attention for a rash which covered her body and…
Raw Salmonella-Tainted Turkey Linked to 164 Illnesses and One Death in California
Barely a week before Thanksgiving, Consumer Reports is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to identify the brands of turkey that have been linked to a drug-resistant strain of salmonella in turkey that has been linked to 164 illnesses across 35 states, and one death in California. According to a news release issued by Consumer…
Dad Driving Pregnant Wife to Hospital Killed by Hit and Run Driver
A hit-and-run accident proved fatal for 22-year-old Ricky Sandoval who was driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth to the couple’s third child in Menifee. According to an NBC Los Angeles news report, the baby girl was born soon after he father’s death. Sandoval’s 23-year-old wife, Alyssa, was transported to an area…
Juul will Stop Selling Most E-Cig Flavors in Stores and Suspend Social Media Marketing
E-cigarette manufacturer, Juul Labs, announced this week that it will stop selling a majority of its flavored e-cigarette pods in retail stores and halt social media promotions amid mounting government pressure and a public backlash over the steep increases in teen vaping. According to a report in The New York Times, this decision by the…
Scam Robocalls Hit Epidemic Levels
A huge number of automated scam calls are hitting phone lines in a worsening robocall epidemic. Record levels of automated phone calls have been intercepted in recent weeks. Through the month of October, a specialist Long Island firm called Nomorobo reported blocking a staggering 850,000 problem calls. Over that time, the company traced more than…