Florida Federal District Court Judge Kathleen M. Williams issued a significant sentenced to Hung Lam, President of LM Import-Export Inc. to 22 months incarceration in federal prison, three years of supervised release and a $10,000 fine for pleading guilty to conspiracy to traffic and
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled the Pottery Barn Kids Sweet Lambie Bumpers manufactured from April 2009 through July 2012. The manufacturer has received two reports of the decorative stitching coming loose and entangling children, including reports of the thread wrapping around
A visiting scientist from Japan has been killed while riding her bicycle in Boston. Police say that the rider, who has been working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was struck at the intersection of Beacon Street and Charlesgate West at about 3:30 pm
In recent years, some difficult safety issues have hounded the tourism industry, especially with regard to student travel abroad. More than ever, college and high school students in the United States are choosing educational and volunteer opportunities in foreign countries. In doing so, students
On Thursday, October 18, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Dream On Me Inc., of South Plainfield, New Jersey, is recalling about 560 units of Happy Swing II infant swings. These were sold nationwide from October 2010, through September 2012 for $80
Massachusetts and federal health officials have reportedly identified a Framingham pharmacy as the source of injectable steroids that may have infected more than 25 people, four fatally, with a rare form of fungal meningitis. The pharmacy, New England Compounding Center, recalled three lots of
According to police, a motor vehicle crash on Elm Street in Kingston, Massachusetts Monday night left one teenager dead and three others hospitalized. Reportedly, the 1998 Ford Explorer was traveling east on Elm Street when the driver lost control, striking a pole and then a
A 29-year-old woman, Irene Bamenga, died in a New York county jail while awaiting deportation to France. Ms. Bamenga’s husband reported that her death was the result of improper or inadequate medication to treat her heart condition. The alleged negligence by the state and