WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on Dec. 26, 2024: * * * Name of Product: PIEPS Pro IPS Avalanche Transceivers Hazard: The battery compartment within the avalanche transceiver could not have enough contact force to supply power. In some cases, the transceiver will fail to power on or cease operating during use. It would make it impossible to locate a victim in an avalanche emergency situation, which could result in serious injury   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Defendant Did Not Pay Over $1M in Taxes * * * A Utah man was sentenced on Monday to an aggregate of six years in prison for tax evasion and forcibly retaking a house and land that had been seized under court order to pay his outstanding tax debt. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Paul Kenneth Cromar, formerly of Cedar Hills, Utah, owned a home in Cedar Hills and operate  more