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FDA says water infected with bacteria was used to make Tom’s of Maine toothpaste

A Tom's of Maine facility making toothpaste and other products with natural ingredients was found to have infected water, reported the Food and Drug Administration.

November 21, 2024

New Jersey teen charged with sparking 52-acre forest fire

A 14-year-old boy in New Jersey was charged with arson in connection with a 52-acre wildfire last month near Evesham Township, New Jersey.

November 15, 2024

GM lays off 1,000 workers worldwide, including 500 in Michigan

General Motors has laid off about 1,000 of its global employees, including 560 working at sites in Warren and Milford, Michigan.

November 15, 2024

Scientific American’s top editor resigns after election night tirade against Trump ‘fascists’

Scientific American's editor-in-chief, Laura Helmuth, announced her resignation after an election night social media outburst where she called Trump voters "fascists."

November 15, 2024

Mike Tyson slaps Jake Paul at weigh-in for upcoming fight

Mike Tyson couldn't wait for his fight to start, so he slapped his opponent, YouTuber Jake Paul, at their weigh-in Thursday.

November 15, 2024

MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays to play at Yankees’ spring training field in 2025 after hurricane damage

MLB's Tampa Bay Rays will be playing at the Tampa spring training field of their American League East rivals the New York Yankees for the entirety of the 2025 season.

November 15, 2024

Musician and producer Quincy Jones’ cause of death confirmed to be pancreatic cancer

The death of musician and producer Quincy Jones, who died at 91 on Nov. 3, was due to pancreatic cancer.

November 14, 2024

Majority of shoppers say ‘shrinkflation’ common, according to Purdue survey

A majority of consumers at American grocery stores believe that "shrinkflation," which is when an item is reduced in size with the same price as before, is a common practice.

November 14, 2024

American Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn returns five years after her last competition

American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, a three-time Olympic medalist who retired from the sport in 2019, announced her impending return to the slopes on social media Thursday.

November 14, 2024

FBI raids home of CEO of betting site Polymarket

The FBI raided the home of Shayne Coplan, CEO of the prediction betting platform Polymarket, on Wednesday. Agents seized his phone and other personal electronics.

November 14, 2024

Bear attacking luxury cars in California? Police say costumed crooks staged wild fraud scheme

Four Los Angeles-area residents accused of using a bear costume and faking break-ins on their luxury cars to get insurance payouts were arrested Wednesday.

November 14, 2024

White supremacists protest Michigan performance of Anne Frank play with Nazi flags

A group of White supremacist demonstrators protested a performance of the play "The Diary of Anne Frank" in Howell, Michigan, by waving Nazi flags across the street from the venue.

November 13, 2024

Cult leader Charles Manson said he committed murders in Mexico in newly unearthed audio clip

Infamous cult leader Charles Manson said he committed multiple murders in Mexico in the 1960s in audio used in the upcoming Peacock documentary series "Making Manson."

November 13, 2024

Somali pirates sentenced to 30 years for holding American hostage for over 2 1/2 years

A pair of Somali pirates were each sentenced to 30 years in prison for holding American journalist Michael Scott Moore hostage from January 2012 to September 2014.

November 13, 2024

University of Rochester denounces ‘Wanted’ posters targeting Jews

A series of "Wanted" posters appeared over the weekend at the University of Rochester in New York aimed at Jewish faculty members.

November 13, 2024

Royal Australian Navy finds U.S. destroyer from World War II at bottom of Indian Ocean

The Royal Australian Navy announced this week it has discovered the wreckage of the World War II destroyer USS Edsall in the Indian Ocean.

November 13, 2024

Musk responds to ‘SNL’ star Chloe Fineman who said he made her ‘burst in tears’ over sketch

X and Tesla owner Elon Musk responded Tuesday to a now-deleted TikTok post from "Saturday Night Live" star Chloe Fineman who said he made her cry over a script she wrote for his 2021 appearance on the show.

November 13, 2024

Art Garfunkel recounts recent emotional reunion with musical partner Paul Simon

Musician Art Garfunkel recently reunited with on-again/off-again musical partner Paul Simon, looking to reconcile their differences and make amends.

November 12, 2024

Harriet Tubman commissioned as a brigadier general in Maryland National Guard

Abolitionist Harriet Tubman was officially made a one-star brigadier general in the Maryland National Guard on Veterans Day at a ceremony attended by Democratic Gov. Wes Moore.

November 12, 2024

Verizon internet outage impacts thousands of Fios customers for hours

Verizon Fios internet went out for four hours early Tuesday along a swathe of the East Coast, with thousands of customers reporting issues online.

November 12, 2024