Residents are pushing back against plans for a pair of underground carbon dioxide storage wells in western Indiana. Wabash Carbon Services LLC is seeking permits to build two wells in Vermillion and Vigo counties to store carbon dioxide produced in fertilizer production, the Tribune Star reported. Plans call for injecting 1.67 million metric tons of…
New York CNN — Target is recalling 2.2 million candles following reports that the glass jars containing them are “breaking or cracking during use,” resulting in one minor injury. In an alert issued Thursday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the recalled Threshold candles are a 5.5-ounce, 1-wick scented candles and several dozen 20-ounce…
In February, a 50-car Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The derailment of the train, which contained vinyl chloride, led to emergency crews burning the cancer-causing chemical in a billowing plume of black smoke to prevent an explosion. The U.S. may soon launch a formal investigation into vinyl chloride to determine whether…
Washington CNN — The Internal Revenue Service cannot locate thousands of microfilm cartridges storing millions of sensitive business and individual tax account records, a new watchdog report found. The tax information could be used to commit tax refund fraud, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the office that conducted the report. Its…
An elementary school pickup escalated into a violent road rage incident in Las Vegas this week when police said a mom ended up stabbing another parent leaving the school parking lot. According to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police report, the altercation occurred around 3:30 p.m. Monday outside of Steele Elementary School. A 30-year-old woman was…
A New Jersey woman’s family is desperate for information on her whereabouts 12 days after she vanished without a trace from her home in the suburbs about 25 miles southeast of Philadelphia. Norma Yates, a 62-year-old from Atco, was last seen around 5 p.m. Saturday, July 29, by a construction crew working at her neighbors’…
CNN — Republicans are vowing to continue their investigations related to President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday he is appointing a special counsel to oversee the ongoing criminal probe. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and top Republicans on Capitol Hill were swift to criticize Garland’s move to give special counsel…
Raul Meza Jr., a Texan man previously convicted of an 8-year-old girl’s 1980s murder, who was later forced to leave several towns following his early prison release, is now facing fresh indictments. Meza’s indictments include two counts of murder, one of which could entail the death penalty. Austin law enforcement had also been exploring potential…
Lahaina, Hawaii CNN — As the boat approaches Lahaina, the sun is strong, the waves crest into whitecaps and on the shore, so much is black. “Puamana is gone!” a crewmember shouts in shock, looking at one of the resort areas on Maui’s western coast that drew tourists to the area and is now wrecked…
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