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Trader Joe's chicken soup dumplings recalled for possibly containing permanent marker plastic
Read full article: Trader Joe's chicken soup dumplings recalled for possibly containing permanent marker plasticMore than 61,000 pounds of steamed chicken soup dumplings sold at Trader Joe’s are being recalled for possibly containing hard plastic, according to U.S. regulators.
Small business acquisitions leveled off in 2023 as interest rates climbed, but 2024 looks better
Read full article: Small business acquisitions leveled off in 2023 as interest rates climbed, but 2024 looks betterSmall business acquisitions were up and down last year, reflecting the increase in interest rates that threw a chill into the market.
Kohl's cuts 2022 outlook, capping mixed week for retailers
Read full article: Kohl's cuts 2022 outlook, capping mixed week for retailersKohl’s has slashed its sales and profit expectations for the year as a result of the department store chain stepping up discounts to get rid of unwanted merchandise.
Juul, FDA suspend court case while e-cigarette ban on hold
Read full article: Juul, FDA suspend court case while e-cigarette ban on holdThe Food and Drug Administration and Juul have agreed to put their court fight on hold while the government conducts more review of the company’s electronic cigarettes.
FDA temporarily suspends order banning Juul cigarettes
Read full article: FDA temporarily suspends order banning Juul cigarettesThe Food and Drug Administration has issued an administrative stay on the order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market.
Florida penalizes school district over masks, federal grant
Read full article: Florida penalizes school district over masks, federal grantThe state of Florida has docked a school district more than $164,000 for defying a ban on classroom mask mandates and for being awarded a federal coronavirus grant.
Florida gov defends the right to choose whether to vaccinate
Read full article: Florida gov defends the right to choose whether to vaccinateRepublican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says people who decide not to get a COVID-19 vaccine might be making the wrong choice, but he defends their right to choose.
Police: Three 12-year-old students charged with threatening middle school
Read full article: Police: Three 12-year-old students charged with threatening middle schoolOfficials say three students at a South Florida junior high school have been arrested and charged with making threats on social media to shoot up their school.
Did Florida change COVID-19 reporting to create ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths?
Read full article: Did Florida change COVID-19 reporting to create ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths?Following a report from the Miami Herald that the Florida Department of Health changed the way it reported death data to the CDC, giving the appearance of a pandemic in decline, Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back Wednesday, calling the story a “totally false partisan narrative.”
3 dead, 1 hurt in small plane crash in Florida neighborhood
Read full article: 3 dead, 1 hurt in small plane crash in Florida neighborhoodThe boy, Taylor Bishop, and two people on the plane died in the Monday afternoon crash, which was recorded by a neighbor's security camera, fire officials said. The boy's mother, Megan Bishop, was also injured, but was released from the hospital later Monday, Pembroke Pines Fire Chief Marcel Rodriguez told news outlets. The Beechcraft Bonanza plane had just taken off from North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines and was returning just before 3 p.m., the fire chief said. Firefighters eventually freed the trapped child, and they were taken to the hospital, where the boy died. A neighbor's door camera recorded the crash, showing the plane nose-diving into the SUV as the woman was driving down a street.
Biden raises record $383 million in September
Read full article: Biden raises record $383 million in SeptemberWASHINGTON – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden raised $383 million for his election effort in September, a record-breaking sum that eclipses the unprecedented fundraising from the previous month. The haul, announced Wednesday night, leaves him with $432 million in the bank just weeks before the Nov. 3 election. The gobs of cash Biden has raised since securing the nomination amount to a complete reversal in fortune for the former vice president. During the Democratic primary, he struggled to raise cash and was almost broke by the time he won the South Carolina primary, which catapulted him to a commanding Super Tuesday performance. Biden's campaign and the DNC raised $364 million in August.
Florida woman shocked to find snake inside her car while driving
Read full article: Florida woman shocked to find snake inside her car while drivingPEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A woman in Broward County received quite the surprise while driving early Friday evening. According to police, the woman was driving on Hiatus Road in Pembroke Pines when she noticed a snake was inside her car. Pembroke Pines Police Officer Patrick Pagliai turned on the car’s heater in order to coax the snake out of the vehicle’s air vents. The intruder, a harmless rat snake, was caught by Officer Pagliai. Authorities say anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation can call their non-emergency line at 954-764-HELP (4357).