The Food and Drug Administration this week escalated a recall of 1.6 million cartons of eggs over potential salmonella contamination to its most serious classification. On Wednesday, the FDA designated the incident a “Class 1” recall, which the agency applies to product recalls “in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of…
Another round of dangerous storms brought heavy rain over part of the U.S., already beyond its limits. The Midwest was hit again with the worst of it, with the brunt falling on Indiana on Thursday. Ian Lee reports and Lonnie Quinn has the forecast. Source link
Multi-platinum singer Becky G’s mission goes beyond music with her latest album. The global star said in an exclusive interview with “CBS Mornings” that visuals for her new music are where her advocacy and art “really came together.” “It was emotional for me,” she told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King while reflecting on the music…
Robert Gilman, a U.S. Marine veteran who was imprisoned in Russia for over four years, was nearly on “death’s door” before he was released this week, according to a hostage crisis expert who advocated for Gilman’s release. The 32-year-old is now in Texas, where he faces a long road to recovery, said Kieran Ramsey, chief…
The Foreign Office (FO) said on Wednesday that Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s visit to Iran was aimed at discussing bilateral relations, security-related matters and regional developments, particularly peace and stability in the region. Addressing a weekly press briefing, FO spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Naqvi — who arrived in Tehran on Tuesday — was holding meetings…
The Food and Drug Administration conducted just under 1,000 foreign food safety inspections in 2025, and the farm in Mexico believed to be at the center of the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak in the U.S. was not one of them. A federal law enacted to prevent diseased and dirty food from reaching Americans’ plates requires the…
International standards are often assumed to be a modern invention. They are not. Many predate the United Nations itself; the International Labour Organization (ILO), for instance, was established under the League of Nations and only later folded into the UN system. Countries have long used such standards to strengthen governance, build credibility, and integrate into…
Bunia, Congo — At least 2,000 people have died among the confirmed cases in Congo’s Ebola outbreak that is the fastest spreading on record, according to the latest government data, as health authorities struggle to get help quickly to remote localities due to rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues. Data published…
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and several of his co-defendants, after politically appointed leaders in the Justice Department decided to kill the case in May. But in an unusual twist, U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis for the Eastern District of New York refused to…
“The Kingdom and the Power,” Gay Talese’s 1969 book, recounted power plays and family feuds at The New York Times, where he rose from copyboy to reporter. A work of non-fiction that read like a well-observed novel, it was his first bestseller – one that took Talese six years to write. “I’ve always been a…
