CDC investigating multistate listeria outbreak linked to ham products
A multistate outbreak of listeria infections linked to ready-to-eat deli ham produced by Johnston County Hams Inc is being investigated, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Senate gets FBI Kavanaugh report; Trump rejects Democratic criticism
President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected Democratic criticism of the White House’s handling of an FBI probe into sexual misconduct accusations against his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, as Senate Republicans maneuvered to confirm the conser…
Republican Senator Corker says he will vote for Kavanaugh
Republican Senator Bob Corker said on Thursday he planned to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Whoops! Typos on highway signs vex drivers from New York to Ohio
When a typo appears on a road sign, fixing the error is not as easy as hitting “backspace” or opening a giant container of Wite-Out. In some cases, it can take more than 50 years.
Five senators hold keys to Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court bid
President Donald Trump’s nomination of conservative federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to hinge on the votes of a handful of senators: three Republicans and two Democrats.
Republican Sen. Collins says Kavanaugh probe appears thorough: media
Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Thursday she believed the FBI probe of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was thorough.
FBI probe of Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh ‘incomplete’: Feinstein
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said on Thursday that the FBI report on sexual miscondut allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was the “product of an incomplete investigation.”
Toxic ‘red tide’ algae spotted in waters near Miami
Toxic algae blooms known as a red tide have been found off beaches near Miami, officials in Miami-Dade County said on Thursday, a rare east coast sighting of a phenomenon more often seen in the Gulf of Mexico that can kill fish and irritate humans.
Senators get FBI report on Kavanaugh, Republicans push vote
The White House on Thursday rejected Democratic criticism of its handling of an FBI probe into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as Senate Republicans maneuvered to confirm the conservative judge within days.
Crosses in Arizona desert mark where ‘American dream ended’ for migrants
The brightly-colored crosses that Alvaro Enciso plants in the unforgiving hard sand of Arizona’s Sonoran desert mark what he calls ‘the end of an American dream’ – the places where a migrant died after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
