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Month: August 2024

Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly outbreak broke food safety rules dozens of times, records show

AP Health Writer Records show that a Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations. Inspectors found meat and fat residue on walls, floors and equipment. They also found mold, insects and liquid dripping from ceilings. The plant in Jarratt, south of Richmond, has been

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SEC to release player availability reports as a sports-betting safeguard

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference will release player availability reports in football, baseball and basketball before league games this season as part of safeguarding efforts in college athletics amid the growth of legalized gambling. The SEC’s announcement on Thursday makes it the third conference to adopt a league-wide policy. The Big Ten and

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Lamont nominates Justice Raheem L. Mullins to become next chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court

Associated Press Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated state Supreme Court Justice Raheem L. Mullins to become the next chief justice. Lamont on Thursday called Mullins a fair, sensible and empathetic jurist with experience serving in all three levels of the state court system. If confirmed by the General Assembly next year, Mullins will replace

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Harris explains in exclusive CNN interview why she’s shifted her position on key issues since her first run for president

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Savannah, Georgia (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday offered her most expansive explanation to date on why she’s changed some of her positions on fracking and immigration, telling CNN’s Dana Bash her values haven’t shifted but that her time as vice president provided new perspective on some of the

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California “crime tourism” ring worked with South American theft groups and laundered millions, prosecutors say

By Marissa Wenzke Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A so-called “crime tourism” ring in Southern California is accused of directing co-conspirators from abroad — often from South America — to fly into the country and commit thefts across the U.S., according to federal prosecutors. The group allegedly laundered

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