WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on April 25, 2024: * * * Name of Product: Mario Kart 24V Ride-On Racer Cars Hazard: If the acceleration pedal on the battery-operated ride-on toy becomes clogged with debris, it can stick after the user's foot is removed from the pedal, posing a crash hazard. Remedy: Repair Recall Date: April 25, 2024 Units: About 17,500 Consumer Contact: JAKKS Pacific toll-free at 855-602-5464 from 8 a.m. to   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 27 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Omaha Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its partners will host the 26th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 27, at nearly 5,000 locations nationwide, including approximately 170 drop-offs within the five state DEA Omaha Division. The public is invited to safely dispose of tablets, capsules, patches and other solid forms of  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on April 25, 2024, by Commissioner Geoffrey Starks on an action entitled "Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet, Declaratory Ruling, Order, Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration" (WC Docket No 23-320): * * * Today, we take the important and necessary step to give control of the Internet to those who deserve it: Consumers. That is what this item is really about. Some, no doubt today, wi  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 27 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. -- the nation's largest health insurer and the parent company of Change Healthcare -- urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients harmed by the recent catast  more

BELTSVILLE, Maryland, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: For pioneering studies on Influenza A Viruses in swine, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Amy L. Baker is the agency's Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of the Year for 2024. Baker, a research veterinary medical officer at the ARS National Animal Disease Center (NADC) in Ames, Iowa, is one of 12 total ARS researchers who were  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 27 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 26, 2024: On Thursday, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a 17-State coalition, led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, in suing the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its new rule mandating workplace abortion accommodations through an illegal interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA).  more