[ad_1] CNN — To help prevent outbreaks of food-related illness and problems like the formula shortage that left many parents in the US without adequate access to food for their babies, the US Food and Drug Administration needs a clearer mission and a different kind of leadership, and it has …
Read More »Pan Am Flight 103 Fast Facts
[ad_1] CNN — Here’s a look at the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. December 21, 1988 – Pan Am Flight 103 exploded 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after takeoff from London. Two hundred fifty-nine people on board the New York-bound Boeing 747 were killed, along with 11 …
Read More »Kris Wu: Chinese-Canadian pop star sentenced to 13 years of prison for rape in China
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN — A Chinese court in Beijing sentenced Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu, also known as Wu Yifan, to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of sexual offenses, including rape, the court said in a post on its official Weibo account. Wu rose to fame …
Read More »She left the dangers of Ukraine only to be killed riding a bike close to home. Hundreds will ride in her honor to demand change
[ad_1] CNN — On Thursday, Dan Langenkamp marked 12 weeks since his wife, Sarah, was killed. To honor her, Dan and his two young sons do what they do every day at around 4:05 p.m., the time Sarah died: They drop whatever they are working on, gather together, hold hands …
Read More »Buffalo snow: Western New York slammed with more than 5 feet of snow, triggering road closures and flight cancellations the weekend before Thanksgiving holiday
[ad_1] CNN — New Yorkers in the western part of the state are still being slammed with a massive snowstorm that has shut down roads, triggered driving bans and canceled flights the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. By Friday evening, 5.5 feet of snow had covered streets in the town …
Read More »Food safety company accused of using children for hazardous overnight jobs
[ad_1] New York CNN Business — The Labor Department has filed a federal lawsuit charging a leading US food sanitation company with using dozens of children in hazardous jobs on overnight shifts at various food processing plants. The company, Packer Sanitation Services, is described by the Labor Department as one …
Read More »TSA to conduct additional training after passenger is allowed on a flight with two boxcutters, agency says
[ad_1] CNN — The Transportation Security Administration is admitting multiple failures and is instituting alerts to security officers at airports nationwide after a man got through a checkpoint with two box cutters. The move comes as passengers are expected to flood airports ahead of Thanksgiving. TSA security checkpoint agents at …
Read More »Texas air show: 6 dead after pair of vintage military aircraft collide midair in Dallas
[ad_1] CNN — Six people are dead after two World War II-era military planes collided in midair and crashed at Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow Saturday afternoon, killing all on board, the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office said Sunday. “We can confirm that there are six (fatalities),” a spokesperson …
Read More »5 things to know for Nov. 10: Midterms, Tropical storm, Ukraine, Marijuana, Listeria
[ad_1] CNN — Election officials cautiously went into the midterms this week bracing for the possibility of harassment and hostility at some polling places. Luckily, voting went smoothly across the US – even after two years that election-deniers bragged that they would flood the polls with observers to find fraud. …
Read More »Germany blocks sale of chip factory to China over security fears
[ad_1] London/Berlin CNN Business — The German government has blocked the sale of one of its semiconductor factories to a Chinese-owned tech company because of security concerns. Germany’s economic ministry said in a statement that it had prohibited Elmos Semiconductor, which makes chips for the automotive industry, from selling its …
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