Prosecutors seek $6.6 million bail for aging porn icon
June 23, 2020
CNN – Porn star Ron Jeremy has been charged with forcibly raping three women and sexually assaulting another, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced Tuesday.
Jeremy, 67, was charged with three counts each of forcible rape and forcible penetration by a foreign object and one count each of forcible oral copulation and sexual battery.
The case was filed for warrant on Monday.
Dante Rusciolelli, Jeremy's...
"States bordering Mexico account for approximately 368,000 positive cases" of Covid-19
June 23, 2020
As Trump visits wall, fears at the border with uptick in coronavirus cases
Some local officials see increases, suspect cross-border travel may play a role.
ABC News – As President Donald Trump plans to visit Arizona Tuesday to highlight his promised border wall project, he will be dropping into a region where there are growing fears that a novel coronavirus that respects...
"Consumers who have been exposed to hand sanitizer containing methanol should seek immediate treatment ... "
June 22, 2020
Market Watch – The Food and Drug Administration over the weekend issued a warning on nine alcohol-based hand sanitizers manufactured by Eskbiochem SA de CV in Mexico that it says contain wood methanol, a toxic substance that could ultimately result in death of absorbed through the skin or ingested.
“Consumers who have been exposed to hand sanitizer containing...
June 21, 2020
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR has launched an investigation after a noose was found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver in the elite Cup Series who just two weeks ago successfully pushed the stock car series to ban the Confederate flag at its venues.
NASCAR said the noose was found on Sunday afternoon and vowed to do everything possible to find who was responsible and “eliminate them from...
"Only 23 days after he became infected with E.coli ... Riley died from a massive brain hemorrhage and multiple organ failure."
June 21, 2020
By Stop Foodborne Illness
Food Safety News – Warmer weather is here and with it comes summer holidays and opportunities to eat together. In June, we celebrate the fathers and father figures that raised us.
Stop Foodborne Illness wants fathers everywhere to know that whether you’re working the grill, preparing the salad, or pouring...
“No black man would hang himself in public like that.”
Jun 20, 2020
Vox – When Robert Fuller was found dead, hanging from a tree in a square across from Palmdale’s City Hall, authorities said it was a suicide.
“It is not the first such incident since the COVID-19 pandemic began,” the California city said in a statement, according to CNN, adding that “the city remains committed to addressing mental health issues during these difficult times.”
But family members of the...
China halts poultry imports from US factory
By The Associated Press
BEIJING — The Chinese customs agency has suspended poultry imports from a Tyson Co. facility in the United States after coronavirus cases were confirmed among its employees.
The announcement Sunday gave no details of the facility's location or how much meat might be affected.
Meanwhile, a PepsiCo Inc. facility in Beijing suspended production and was disinfected after a confirmed case was found there June 15,...
Trump looks to reset campaign amid pandemic with Tulsa rally
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressing ahead in a pandemic, President Donald Trump looked to reverse a decline in his political fortunes Saturday by returning to the format that has so often energized himself and his loyal supporters: a raucous, no-holds-barred rally before tens of thousands of ardent fans, this time in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The rally was shaping up to be one of the biggest indoor events in...
Heat, hysteria don’t deter Trump fans from pre-rally camping
June 18, 2020
Liberty Headlines – Rick Frazier drove more than 750 miles from Ohio to Tulsa to be one of the first campers in line for President Donald Trump’s first rally in months, undeterred by a days-long wait in searing heat, the growing risk of coronavirus or a lukewarm reception from local officials.
The 64-year-old is among scores of supporters who have brought their vans, tents,...
Atlanta police overcome by 'blue flu'
June 18, 2020
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police officers called out sick Thursday to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man in the back, while the interim chief acknowledged members of the force feel abandoned amid protests demanding massive changes to policing.
Interim Chief Rodney Bryant told The Associated Press in an interview that the sick calls began Wednesday night and continued Thursday, but...
"Dr. Oz ... told Fox News that school re-openings were an 'appetizing opportunity' because they "may only cost us 2 to 3% in terms of total mortality ... "
OPINION, Ed Adler |
June 13, 2020 |
CNN – While the Covid-19 virus attacks all ages, those of us in our 60s and older are among those at greatest risk.
What I realized is that we will not be back to normal for a long, long time. Others...
Reporters were expecting a briefing on COVID-19. Instead, they heard an official rant against citizens peacefully exercising their First and Second Amendment rights.
June 9, 2020
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From Tuesday’s Snohomish County, Washington COVID-19 media briefing:
County Executive Dave Somers speaks out on citizen vigilantes
Snohomish County is moving its local COVID-19 data to the state health website.
Vigilante justice
“Vigilante justice is not welcome in Snohomish County.” Those words came from County Executive Dave Somers during the coronavirus briefing.
Somers...
Continuing consumer complaints spur Conagra to recall more Healthy Choice meals
Food Saftey News – Conagra Brands is recalling more than 270,000 pounds of Healthy Choice brand chicken and turkey bowl products because of consumer complaints about rocks in the products.
The recall follows an initial recall on April 20 when Conagra recalled more than 130,000 pounds of similar products that have different date and production codes.
As of the posting of the recall notice Friday night...
"Biological sex is clearly a major factor determining disease outcomes in COVID-19."
June 9, 2020
The Conversation – COVID-19’s deadliness for men is revealing why researchers should have been studying immune system sex differences years ago
When it comes to surviving critical cases of COVID-19, it appears that men draw the short straw.
Initial reports from China revealed the early evidence of increased male mortality associated with COVID. According to the Global Health 50/50 research initiative, nearly...