May, 2024

• 24 May

  Family members infected with brain worms after eating undercooked bear meat

  

  A number of family members who shared a meal of bear meat that one of the family members had harvested earlier were subsequently infected with brain worms, according toa new reportfrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In July 2022, the Minnesota Department of Health was flagged that a 29-year-old man had been hospitalized multiple times over a two-and-a-half-week …

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• 24 May

  Bird flu detected in beef tissue for first time, USDA says, but beef is safe to eat

  

  Bird flu has been detected in beef for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday, but officials said the meat from a single sickened dairy cow was not allowed to enter the nation’s food supply and beef remains safe to eat. The USDA said the H5N1 virus was found as part of testing of 96 dairy cows …

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• 24 May

  Jan. 6 defendant nicknamed Sedition Panda convicted of assaulting law enforcement officer

  

  Jesse James Rumson, the man who dressed in a panda costumeas he took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, has been convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer, according to court documents. Earlier this month, Rumson waived his right to a jury trial, opting instead for bench trial. He was convicted on all eight counts by U.S. …

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• 24 May

  NCAA athlete-pay settlement could mean 6-figure paychecks for top college players

  

  Thousands of student athletes — both past and present — are in line to receive their share of a $2.8 billion settlement resolvingan antitrust lawsuitagainst the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the nation’s five biggest conferences. The challenge now will be deciding how much each player gets and why. The complaint, filed in Northern California in 2020 by former Arizona …

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• 24 May

  He fell ill on a cruise. Before he boarded the rescue boat, they handed him the bill.

  

  Vincent Wasney and his fiancée, Sarah Eberlein, had never visited the ocean. They’d never even been on a plane. But when they bought their first home in Saginaw, Michigan, in 2018, their real estate agent gifted them tickets for a Royal Caribbean cruise. After two years of delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, they set sail in December 2022. The …

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• 24 May

  Virginia tech company admonished for Whites only job posting

  

  A Virginia company’s job listing inviting only White people and the U.S.-born to apply for a position didn’t just raise eyebrows online — it also caught the attention of the U.S. government. Arthur Grand Technologies’ job advertisement last year restricted eligible candidates to “only US Born Citizens [white]” and those living within 60 miles of Dallas, Texas, noted the U.S. …

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• 24 May

  USPS wants people to install new jumbo mailboxes. Heres why.

  

  The U.S. Postal Service is urging customers to upgrade to new jumbo mailboxes, with the postal agency saying that these larger receptacles are better able to handle more of the types of packages that people order from online retailers. The USPS is alerting customers about the bigger mailboxes for what it calls “mailbox improvement week,” which occurs the third week …

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• 24 May

  Cracker Barrel CEO says brand isnt relevant and needs a new plan. Here are 3 changes coming soon.

  

  Cracker Barrel has long been known for its combination of rustic charm and country dishes like biscuits and gravy. But its new CEO said that the old approach isn’t working any longer — and she’s planning some major changes. “We’re just not as relevant as we once were,” Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino said on a May 16 conference …

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• 24 May

  A top personal finance influencer wants young adults to stop making these money mistakes

  

  Your Rich BFF founder Vivian Tu has quickly emerged as one of the most prominent personal finance influencers, with millions of followers on Instagram, TikTok and other social media platforms. A former Wall Street trader, the 30-year-old shifted gears after noticing that many of her coworkers from the corporate world needed help even with basic financial tasks. Through Your Rich …

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• 24 May

  Fired up about barbecue costs this Memorial Day? Blame the condiments.

  

  Having friends and family over for a Memorial Day barbecue will cost you more this year, with the price of many grilling staples having risen even more sharply than that of other groceries. Americans will pay an average of just over 10% more this year than in 2023 for barbecue basics including ground beef, hot dogs, buns, relish, ketchup and …

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