News Tipoffs - California Editors Newsletter for Saturday January 25, 2025 ( 4 items ) |
CPSC Issues Recall Alert Involving Teckwe Hair Dryer Brushes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on Jan. 23, 2025:
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Name of Product: Teckwe Hair Dryer Brushes
Hazard: The handheld hair dryer brushes lack an immersion protection device, posing an electrocution or shock hazard to consumers if the hair dryer brushes fall into water when plugged in. The CPSC has determined that hair dryers not equipped with the integral immersion protection present a substantial product hazard.
Remedy: Refun
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Former Office of Naval Research Performers Win Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physics
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story:
From Warren Duffie Jr., Office of Naval Research
ONR is proud to add two new names to that prestigious list -- Dr. David Baker of the University of Washington (UW) and Dr. John Hopfield of Princeton University, who received the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry and physics, respectively.
According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the Nobel Prize, Baker won for his work in computational protein design and H
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Nev. A.G. Ford Challenges Unconstitutional Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship
CARSON CITY, Nevada, Jan. 21 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release:
Las Vegas, NV - Today, Attorney General Ford announced that he, along with 17 other states, the District of Columbia, and the City of San Francisco, is challenging President Donald Trump's executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship, an action that violates the constitutional rights to which all people born in the U.S. are entitled.
"President Trump's executive order is an unla
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SEC Charges AI Startup CEO, His Wife With Elaborate $60 Million Fraud Involving Fake Financial Documents, Forged Audit Reports
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:25-cv-00800; N.D. Cal. filed Jan. 23, 2025) involving Alexander C. Beckman and Valerie H. Lau:
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On January 23, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Alexander Beckman, the former CEO of San Francisco-based GameOn Inc., with defrauding investors out of more than $60 million by falsely inflating the financial performance and commercial success of GameOn. The SEC also c
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