Simone Allen of Houston has filed a lawsuit against her longtime pharmacy Cullen Care Pharmacy, accusing them that their dosage mistake killed her six-year-old daughter. Allen said Jadalyn was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia and prescribed morphine from time to time to regulate her pain. Jadalyn was using the liquid painkiller and was allegedly given […]
President Obama met with financial regulators on Monday to stress the urgency for implementing all of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. The Act was signed by the President in the same year yet regulators are behind in finalizing the rules that will carry out the provisions. The Act directs sweeping reforms on […]
On Friday, U.S. lawmakers called for reforms in the operations of the National Security Agency (NSA) after the release of their report on privacy violations. Meanwhile, corporations continue to collect information through the use of spy software on the company-issued cell phones and tablet computers of their employees. Friday’s report only adds weight to the […]
Yahoo recently finished its acquisition of Tumblr, an Internet blogging service, and with the acquisition is a $81 million payment to David Karp, the founder of Tumbler. The catch? He must continue working for the company for the next four years. The retention payment, which was made public on Aug. 8, was part of the […]
On Friday, the U.S. State Department declared travel warnings for all U.S. Citizens either living or traveling abroad. Concurrent with the warnings was the announcement of closure for 21 of its embassies and consulates located in Muslim countries in the Middle East, northern region of Africa, and southern parts of Asia. The embassy and consulate […]
Expectations are that Major League Baseball (MLB) will suspend nine players on Friday. New York Yankees shortstop Alex Rodriguez will more than likely not be among them as his penalty for using performance enhancing drugs (PED) is expected to be more severe. The suspensions are the result of a scandal earlier this year where 20 […]
If you like watching the skies, then you need to mark the calendar for the Perseid meteor shower, which will peak on Aug. 12 and 13. According to Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, the Perseids are considered the fireball winner of yearly meteor showers. Fireballs can glow as brightly as Venus and […]
Over 350 people in 15 states have gotten sick from the cyclospora stomach bug outbreak, and the cause of it may be linked to bagged salad. Currently, Iowa has reported the majority of cyclospora cases – 143 have fallen sick. And, the state’s Department of Public Health linked the outbreak to prepackaged salad mix after […]
The U.S. Justice Department has been ordered to pay $4.1 million to a college student they detained in, leaving him in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell with no food or water for four days. 23-year-old Daniel Chong was detained during San Diego’s drug raid in April 2012. He was thrown into a windowless 5×10-foot […]
After a long battle between the White House and Congress, a measure that links student loan interest rates to financial markets has passed the House, in a 392-31 vote. The compromising legislation is being sent to the president, who is expected to sign it into law. The move will temporarily bring the student loan rates […]