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Woman veered out of lane and smashed into man on wheelchair from behind, killing him: Police
Inset: Kandice Baker (Allen County Jail). Background: The aftermath of a crash in Fort Wayne, Ind. (WPTA/YouTube). A woman in Indiana crossed the center line of a road and smashed into a man on an electric wheelchair, killing him, authorities say. Kandice Baker, 45,...
Weekend Wrap-Up: CDC Closed the Largest Cyclospora Outbreak in American History at 12,883 Sick. FDA Closed a Romaine E. coli File and Named No Grower. And the Egg Recall the State Asked For Came on a Tuesday That Nobody Announced Until Friday.
Saturday, September 12, 2026This is the tenth Saturday column. Last Saturday’s edition ran under the headline The State Matched the Outbreak Strain to the Farm’s Barns and Asked for an Egg Recall That Has Not Come; its point was that the recall...
SEC Expands Accommodations for Issuers of Asset-Backed Securities Submitting Draft Registration Statements
On September 8, 2026, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that the SEC is expanding its nonpublic draft registration statement review accommodations to...
Suit Alleging Harms from Addiction to Video Games Sent to Arbitration
The facts of this case are just sad. The plaintiff, Rochelle Tomlin, is the mother of a child, M.B., who has been playing video games since he was four. He is now twelve, and Ms. Tomlin alleges that he has become addicted to playing Fortnite and Roblox, both on his...
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...