The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen announced on Friday it has voluntarily recalled three batches of its Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 after finding some samples of the product contained trace levels of a cancer-causing chemical. Edgewell Personal Care Company, which submitted the announcement to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said an internal …
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150,000 New Yorkers At Risk For Monkeypox, Officials Declare Public Health Emergency
Monkeypox cases continue to rise in New York City, prompting officials to declare a public health emergency on Saturday while estimating that approximately 150,000 Big Apple residents face possible exposure. The emergency declaration went into effect immediately and has allowed the state’s health department to issue orders under the New York City Health Code and …
Reasonable To Conclude Visa Knowingly Helped Monetize Child Porn, Says Judge In Pornhub Case
A federal judge ruled on Friday that it was reasonable to conclude that Visa knowingly ‘intended to help monetize child pornography’ on Pornhub and other sites operated by its parent company, MindGeek. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California wrote, “Visa knew that MindGeek’s websites were …
‘Brave And Heroic:’ 7-Year-Old Boy Rescues Toddler From Drowning In Pool
A seven-year-old boy displayed heroic courage two weeks ago when he rescued a toddler from drowning at the bottom of a pool in a Sacramento, California, apartment complex. Massiah Browne told Good Morning America that while he was swimming and playing at a relative’s community pool on July 19, he noticed a three-year-old boy at the bottom with …
Deadly Kentucky Floods Kill 8, Dozens Of Homes Damaged; Gov. Requests Federal Aid
Devastating flash floods throughout eastern Kentucky have left eight residents dead, dozens of homes submerged in water, and others completely swept away from their foundations as Governor Andy Beshear (D) declared Thursday a state of emergency while the death toll rises. “It’s awful,” Beshear told WKYT-TV. “We’ve been through two and a half years of a pandemic, multiple ice …
Three Women Charged For Destroying NYC Restaurant Over Extra $1.75 Dipping Sauce Cost
Three women who destroyed a New York City restaurant that left employees bloodied reportedly over the cost of extra dipping sauce earlier this month were arrested and now face assault, robbery, and criminal mischief charges. Cell phone footage from one of the employees obtained by Univision shows three women in their mid-twenties wreaking havoc at …
Bruce Springsteen Manager Defends $5k Ticket Prices; The Boss Still Silent
Bruce Springsteen’s manager is doubling down on ticket prices for the 72-year-old rocker’s latest tour, which have some seats costing as much as $5,000 apiece. In this economy, such prices have left fans shocked that the musician who once championed the working man has allowed his ticket sales to “rip the bones from their backs.” …
Connecticut Mom Found Dead With 3 Children’s Bodies: Police
A Connecticut woman is suspected of strangling her three children to death, including one as young as five years old, before authorities found her dead, hanging inside a shed outside her suburban home, police announced Thursday. The City of Danbury Police Department confirmed the identities of the deceased as Sonja Loja, 36, and her three …
WHO Director Calls On Social Media And New Outlets To Regulate Monkeypox ‘Disinformation’
Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) called on social media platforms and news organizations Wednesday to counter so-called monkeypox misinformation through national regulations as the virus spreads into a global outbreak. Last weekend, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the virus a “public health emergency of international concern.” Recent numbers indicate that there are …
Legendary American Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s Moon Jacket Auctions For $2.8 Million
Legendary American astronaut Buzz Aldrin sold his white, Teflon-coated space jacket worn during his historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon for nearly $2.8 million on Tuesday at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. Aldrin’s Inflight Coverall Jacket was one of the astronaut’s 69 lots he listed for sale during the auction and became …