At 10 months old, Esther Jo Bethard died after swallowing a stray water bead — a tiny, absorbent sphere that can grow inside the body and cause life-threatening injuries. Water beads are ...
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate aims to ban the sale of water beads marketed as children’s toys after reports of the product’s hazards raise alarms. The bill is named “Esther’s ...
At many protests or campaign rallies these days, there can be nearly as many people recording video of what's happening as there are people doing something worth recording. And into that world of ...
A bill to ban harmful “forever chemicals” in firefighting foams passed the Alaska House and Senate by wide margins Wednesday. Now it’s on the way to Gov. Mike Dunleavy to be signed into law.
SAN DIEGO — A new bill aims to protect firefighters from cancer-causing chemicals. Assembly Bill 2408 would ban forever chemicals known as PFAS, which have been linked to an increased risk of ...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Wednesday he will oppose bipartisan legislation coming out of the Senate Rules Committee that would ban the use of artificial ...
A bill under consideration in California would ban selling certain anti-aging skincare products to kids younger than 13 years old. California bill AB 2491 was introduced by Assemblymember Alex Lee ...
SYDNEY, June 9 (Reuters) - New Zealand's government said on Sunday it would introduce legislation to remove a controversial ban on offshore petroleum exploration to attract investment to the ...
Via Andrew Sheeler and Jenavieve Hatch... After an emotional, and at times testy, Senate Education Committee hearing Wednesday, the Democratic-controlled committee voted to approve AB 1955, San ...
The legislation, which would've banned the use of Chinese- and Russian-made drones by police and other government entities, had passed Connecticut's Senate before it was crashed in the House.
After an 11-day outage, Kansas City’s municipal water department announced Friday that its online and phone-based payment systems are back up and running. However, payment records and water ...
The North Carolina Senate voted to repeal a health and safety exception to the state’s longstanding ban on wearing masks in public, and enhance penalties for wearing a mask while committing ...