Large stores, including Walmart and Costco, are rethinking self-checkout lanes due to widespread customer complaints and escalating retail crime. This comes as many US chains have already tried to tighten security features at self-checkouts, but shoplifters are still managing to take advantage of the lax oversight.
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- The surprising story of how your clothes got their color
- Climate crisis
- Applesauce recall
The surprising story of how your clothes got their color
This new book explores the history of dyes and how they turned clothes into a status symbol for thousands of years.
Climate crisis
A new federal report says the climate crisis is being felt in every corner of the US and will worsen over the next 10 years with continued fossil fuel use. The Fifth National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated report due roughly every five years, warns that even though planet-warming pollution in the US is slowly decreasing, it's not happening nearly fast enough to meet the nation's targets. Later today, President Biden will deliver remarks on the report and is expected to unveil more than $6 billion in funding to strengthen climate resilience "by bolstering America's electric grid, investing in water infrastructure upgrades, reducing flood risk to communities, and advancing environmental justice for all," an administration official said.
Climate crisis
A new federal report says the climate crisis is being felt in every corner of the US and will worsen over the next 10 years with continued fossil fuel use. The Fifth National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated report due roughly every five years, warns that even though planet-warming pollution in the US is slowly decreasing, it's not happening nearly fast enough to meet the nation's targets. Later today, President Biden will deliver remarks on the report and is expected to unveil more than $6 billion in funding to strengthen climate resilience "by bolstering America's electric grid, investing in water infrastructure upgrades, reducing flood risk to communities, and advancing environmental justice for all," an administration official said.
Applesauce recall
The CDC is warning health care providers to be on the lookout for children who may have been exposed to lead after eating cinnamon-flavored applesauce products. State labs have found "extremely high" levels of lead in certain lots of applesauce pouches that have since been recalled by WanaBana, Schnucks and Weis. The pouches were sold by retailers including Amazon, Dollar Tree and Sam's Club. Nearly two dozen cases of high blood lead levels in children have been reported in 14 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.
Applesauce recall
A tool bag is now floating through the infinite abyss of space after a maintenance blunder outside the International Space Station.
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