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A Shout-Out to My Friend Herb Weisbaum, The ConsumerMan, for Asking the Question Nobody in the Industry Wants Asked: Why Do Americans Keep Getting Sick From Food?
My friend Herb Weisbaum, The ConsumerMan, published a piece this morning at KOMO News and Checkbook that asks the question I have been asked at kitchen tables for more than thirty years. Why does this keep happening?The article grew out of a conversation...
Georgia National Guard helicopters are spotting marijuana grows to help police get search warrants
Hovering over Georgia this summer, National Guard helicopter crews flew from field to field searching for marijuana being grown illegally on private property. The Georgia Guard calls part of the mission “probable cause generation,” a role in a decades-old counterdrug...
Woman throws pot of boiling water at cheating husband and severely burns her 4-year-old son instead, police say
Inset left to right: Catherine Philippe and Junior Borelus (Plainfield Police Department). Background: The apartment complex in Plainfield, Ind. (Google Maps). An Indiana woman was recently arrested after an attempt at taking vengeance on her cheating husband put her...
Mother forced her vulnerable son to live in a shed without a bathroom as an incentive to find a job, told him he couldn't enter her house when her boyfriend was over: Deputies
Inset left to right: Amanda Sewell and Brandon Cox (Cheatham County Sheriff's Office). Background: The property where authorities say the neglect occurred (WKRN/YouTube). A couple in Tennessee is accused of forcing a vulnerable teenager to live in a shed without...
'You are a clear and present danger': Judge castigates man for stabbing his wife 26 times in front of their children during sentencing hearing
Inset: Juan Diego Ramos Lopez (Ada County Sheriff's Office). Background: The sub-development where Lopez stabbed his wife in Meridian, Idaho (Google Maps). An Idaho man will spend significant time behind bars for stabbing his estranged wife 26 times in front of their...
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Increases Scrutiny of Curricular Practical Training Authorizations: What Schools and Designated School Officials (DSOs) Should Know
Photo by naïri from corelens The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is reminding schools and Designated School Officials (DSOs) of their responsibilities when authorizing Curricular Practical...
Do you want Meta’s AI Agent to send your email and book your travel?
The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “Meta on Tuesday rolled out Muse, an artificial intelligence agent that acts as a personal digital assistant by autonomously using software apps and websites on behalf of people.” The September 8, 2026 article entitled...
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (SEPTEMBER 7 – SEPTEMBER 11)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil DecisionsGood afternoon.Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 7, 2026. Continue Reading In Panasonic Canada Inc. v. XL Specialty...
Five Settlements, Five Lessons — What August’s California Wage-and-Hour Resolutions Tell Employers
Scaled Comp’s August Settlement Pulse recorded about 225 California PAGA and wage-and-hour settlements totaling $157.4 million. The medians tell you where the market sat. They don’t tell you why one employer paid six times what another did for nearly the...