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CDC Is Ending Weekly Updates on the Cyclospora Outbreak. Indiana Stopped Counting Wednesday. Only Thirteen of the Forty-One Counting States Still Maintain a Page.
Yesterday I wrote that CDC’s Thursday numbers had not landed and said to watch the investigation page that evening. They did not land. Something else did. CDC’s outbreak investigation page now carries a September 3 date stamp, and the Key points...
2027’s Potential New Employment Laws Are Sitting on Governor Newsom’s Desk — Here Are the Key Measures
The Legislature adjourned on Monday night, August 31, 2026, and everything it passed is now on Governor Newsom’s desk. He has until September 30 to sign or veto each bill. This is his last signing period before his term ends in January, so there is no next year...
Peter Barton Hutt, 1934–2026: The Lawyer Who Built the Food Law the Rest of Us Practice
Peter Barton Hutt died on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. He was 91. The Critical Path Institute, where he sat on the board, announced it the next day. The Personal Care Products Council called him the “Father of Modern Food and Drug Law,” which is...
Army green lights first production drone-killer laser weapon
The Army said the LOCUST X3 is a modular system, allowing it to be mounted on fixed bases, set up in the field or mounted on different vehicles.
The Electric Grid’s ICTS Moment? New National Security Executive Order Targets Foreign-Sourced Energy Equipment
On August 26, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Order 14421, Declaring a National Emergency to Secure the United States Bulk-Power System. The Order establishes a new national security regulatory framework for a broad range of equipment, software, services, and...
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 4)
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 August 31, 2026. Continue Reading In Caroti v. Vuletic, the Court allowed an appeal...
Judge declines to block firing of Stars and Stripes journalists
A federal court judge on Friday allowed the Pentagon to move forward with the firing of three Stars and Stripes employees who are suing the government for wrongful termination.
Man with blood on his jeans claimed woman was 'flirting' with him before he killed her and left her face up in a river, police say
Inset left: Michael Wayne Hatcher (Palo Pinto County Jail). Inset right: Leah Dawn Adams (Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Office). Background: The area where Adams' body was found in the Brazos River in Mineral Wells, Texas (Google Maps). A Texas man is behind bars after...
A Better Carrot? Joelle Mosso of Western Growers Is Onto Something — With a Few Caveats from a Guy Who Makes His Living Off the Stick
I have spent more than 30 years suing food companies that poisoned people. I have said, more times than I can count, that my goal is to be put out of business by an industry that stops making people sick. So, when Joelle Mosso — Associate Vice President of...