Johnson & Johnson is earmarking nearly $9 billion to cover allegations that its baby power containing talc caused cancer, more than quadrupling the amount that the company had previously set aside to pay for its potential liability. Under a proposal announced Tuesday, a J&J subsidiary will re-file for Chapter 11… Read More
FDA identifies culprit of contaminated eyedrops
The manufacturer of eyedrops recently linked to deaths and injuries lacked measures to assure sterility at its factory in India, according to U.S. health inspectors. Food and Drug Administration officials uncovered about a dozen problems with how Global Pharma Healthcare made and tested its eyedrops during an inspection from late… Read More
Top GOP rival demands Trump ‘step aside’
Asa Hutchinson, who recently completed two terms as Arkansas governor, said Sunday he will seek the Republican presidential nomination, positioning himself as an alternative to Donald Trump just days before the former president was arrested in New York. Hutchinson said that Trump, his competitor, should drop out of the race…. Read More
Tie-breaking election quietly happening Tuesday night
Voters in Wisconsin will pick a Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, choosing between Democratic-backed Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz and Republican-backed former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly in a race that will determine control of the court in a key political battleground. Though the race is officially nonpartisan,… Read More
Hurricane Ian qualified as Category 5 at one point, feds say
Hurricane Ian briefly reached maximum Category 5 status before weakening to a Category 4 storm as it blasted ashore last September in southwest Florida, eventually causing over $112 billion in damage in the U.S. and more than 150 deaths directly or indirectly, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday…. Read More
GM avoids layoffs as 5,000 workers take buyouts
About 5,000 white-collar workers at General Motors took the company’s buyout offers, which the automaker says is enough to avoid layoffs at this time. GM said Tuesday that the offers will save about $1 billion per year in costs, about half of the $2 billion it wants to cut annually… Read More
Medical examiner group makes politically correct change
A leading group of medical experts says the term “excited delirium” should not be listed as a cause of death. Critics have said the term has been used to justify excessive force by police. The National Association of Medical Examiners had been one of the last to take a stand… Read More
[Highlights] March Madness ends in a steamroll
After six games and 240 minutes of pure dominance that ran through March, then part of April, it finally became clear there was only one thing that could stop the UConn Huskies. The final buzzer. The team from Storrs, Connecticut, topped off one of the most impressive March Madness runs… Read More
Former Gov. chief of staff dead after F.B.I. confrontation
Roy McGrath — a wanted fugitive and former chief of staff for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan — was found Monday in Tennessee. McGrath, 53, was injured by a gunshot around the time of a confrontation with law enforcement. He died later that day, according to his lawyer. Sponsored: In 1944,… Read More
Spoon spotted: Arizona Dairy Queen recovers its big red spoon
A giant red spoon that was stolen from an Arizona Dairy Queen and sparked a mystery on social media was found Monday morning, and it’s partly thanks to Pokémon GO. Michael Foster, 52, was playing the outdoor mobile game when he spotted the 15-foot (4.5-meter) spoon around 7 a.m. It… Read More
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