Walgreens is facing a proposed class action lawsuit brought on Wednesday by customers who say they weren't warned that the pharmacy chain's generic version of cold medicine Mucinex contains a cancer-causing chemical.
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/I36a912806af011efb832d3911b6a4dd7/View/FullText.html
A Colombian migrant says people were thrown from
a train car when it derailed near the U.S.-Mexico borer
:: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
:: September 4, 2024
:: Josue Castro, Colombian migrant
"We were about to arrive in Ciudad Juarez when suddenly the train overturned, everyone was thrown out of the car. Unfortunately, we did not find my son, my cousin is there (injured), and another colleague is almost dead. There are many injured. It was horrible."
The train, which was transporting a group of migrants aiming to cross into the United States, was also carrying sulphuric acid. The derailment led to a spill after around 15 cars went off the tracks.
Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the derailment.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrants-injured-northern-mexico-train-200834572.html
Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Pennsylvania on Thursday for a week of preparation for her pivotal debate next Tuesday with former President Donald Trump.
Advisors are keenly aware that a bad or stumbling performance could have a significant impact on her presidential campaign.
Voters have yet to hear her defend the first three years of her vice presidency and chart a path forward away from President Joe Biden.
Harris and her advisors plan to focus intently on preparing for the ABC primetime showdown after a campaign event in New Hampshire on Wednesday.
During debate preparations she will be joined by Washington, DC lawyer Karen Dunn, policy aide Rohini Kosoglu, brother-in-law Tony West, campaign chief of staff Shelia Nix, campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond, and her longtime California political strategist Sean Clegg.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her team plan to hunker down for several days to prepare for her debate
Sources close to the Harris team tell NOTUS that Harris is a little rusty on the debate stage as 'strategy sessions have careened sideways' when Harris 'focused too narrowly on minute details, effectively trailing the sessions.'
Harris began preparing for the debate three weeks in advance, holding practice sessions at Howard University in Washington, DC, before plans were set for more intense preparation sessions.
Harris and her team plan to run through full-length mock debates to make sure she is prepared and has her talking points ready.
NOTUS also reports the team is working to make sure Harris remains 'calm' and 'presidential' on the debate stage, even if Trump comes out with vicious attacks.
US Vice President Kamala Harris greets an audience at the White House as she holds prepared notes
Candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on the second night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 31, 2019.
Too much preparation, however, can be a danger. Biden participated in vigorous debate sessions for nine days prior to his first debate with Trump, but lacked energy and stamina to deliver an effective debate performance.
Harris has a mixed debate record, at times coming off perfectly poised and prepared, as she did when she attacked Biden during a Democratic 2020 primary debate about his remarks about segregationists.
But she has also stumbled, for example, when she was attacked by her primary opponent Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on her record as a prosecutor in California.
Harris and her team were mostly satisfied with her vice president debate performance with Mike Pence, even though it was largely overshadowed by the media buzz over a fly that landed on Pence's head for three minutes.
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Vice President Kamala Harris from a Democratic primary debate in 2019
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to depart at Pittsburgh International Airport
Trump, however, represents her greatest challenge — one that she has dreamed of for several years.
Former Harris communications director Jamal Simmons advised Harris' team to get aggressive with the vice president during the debate preparation sessions.
'[S]omebody’s gotta be the a**hole here,' he said. 'Somebody’s got to sit there and really pepper her and get her to get annoyed and aggravated because that’s probably what Trump’s gonna do. And what you want her to do is work out that aggravation in prep and not do it when she’s on stage.'
Despite her willingness to debate, Harris and her team are still trying to negotiate the rules of the debate with ABC News, according to a Harris campaign source speaking to NBC News.
Among the criteria up for discussion is whether the opponent's microphone is muted when the other candidate is speaking.
Trump and his team anticipate that Harris is preparing to interrupt him to try and 'fact check' his statements.
The former president, however, is aware of Harris and her propensity to get lost into so-called 'word salads' while speaking publicly.
'She has bad moments. The way she talks,' Trump told broadcaster Tucker Carlson in a recent interview, imitating comments the vice president made about school buses. 'It's weird. The whole thing is weird.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13812237/kamala-harris-debate-donald-trump-prepare.html
Germany's migration commissioner proposed deporting to Rwanda migrants who arrive illegally to the European Union through its borders with Belarus, as Berlin contemplates measures to restrict refugees arriving in the bloc.
The proposal comes amid rising pressure on Germany's ruling coalition government to restrict irregular migration following a fatal stabbing linked to Islamic State at a city festival last month that fuelled far-right opposition and criticism of Berlin's migration policies.
Joachim Stamp, Germany's Special Representative for Migration Agreements, said the EU could utilize existing asylum facilities in Rwanda, which were initially intended for Britain's 2022 plan to send unauthorized migrants to the East African nation. The British plan was scrapped by Keir Starmer's new government in July.
Under Stamp's proposal, the asylum procedures in Rwanda would be conducted under the supervision of the United Nations.
"We currently have no third country that has come forward, with the exception of Rwanda," Stamp said in a podcast by Table Media published on Thursday.
Stamp, a member of the junior coalition FDP party and whose position sits in Germany's Interior Ministry, said this model would specifically target refugees crossing the EU's eastern borders.
"My suggestion would be that we concentrate on this group. It's about 10,000 people a year," he said, dismissing broader proposals from the conservative opposition to apply such a model to all refugees.
He said Rwanda has publicly expressed its willingness to continue implementing this model.
In addition, Stamp suggested removing the so-called "connecting element" in the new Common European Asylum System (CEAS), which currently requires external asylum procedures to be conducted in countries where the asylum seeker has a social connection.
The European Union agreed in December on new rules to handle irregular arrivals of asylum seekers and migrants, a deal hailed as a breakthrough after almost a decade of bitter feuds on the issue. It could take until the end of 2025 for the pact to take full effect.
https://www.aol.com/news/germanys-migration-commissioner-proposes-rwanda-054925670.html
Moscow will target U.S. media in response to the United States actions against Russian state broadcaster RT, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed money-laundering charges against two RT employees for what was described as a scheme to hire a U.S. company to produce online content to influence the November presidential election.
Zakharova described the move as a "witch hunt" and said it was aimed at scaring the U.S. population.
"There will be a response to the actions of the United States authorities which directly contradict their obligations in the areas of providing free access to information and media pluralism," Zakharova said.
Moscow's measures could mirror those of Washington or take some other form, she added.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-says-target-us-media-043327755.html
Auto sales slow to 15.1 million annual rate in August
Sales of new cars and trucks fell 4.4% in August, unable to overcome high interest rates and a somewhat slower economy.
U.S. automobile sales rose at an annual rate of 15.1 million last month, down from about 15.8 million in July, according to Ward's Intelligence. The figure reflects how many new vehicles would be sold in the entire year if the same number were purchased each month as were sold in August.
Part of the decline was expected after auto sales got a temporary boost in July. Sales in that month benefited by the recovery from a cyberattack that crippled auto-dealers' computer systems across the country earlier in the summer.
Sales of new cars and trucks in the U.S. are still being depressed by high interest rates, however.
Oxford Economic estimates the purchase of a new car is about 12.5% of the median income of the typical family or individual buyer, not far from a record high. The cost of a new car has soared since the pandemic, along with auto insurance and repairs.
"The headwind to demand from stretched affordability remains a big constraint on sales," said Oxford's deputy chief economist, Michael Pearce.
Still, he pointed out that auto sales are relatively solid and indicate a stable U.S. economy.
The Federal Reserve is expected to embark on a series of reductions in U.S. interest rates starting at its next meeting in two weeks. Lower borrowing costs could give the economy a boost and encourage more customers to buy new cars.
Car purchases play a big role in retail sales and overall consumer spending, the main engine of the economy. Rising car sales tend to be an indicator of a strong economy.
The auto industry posted record sales of 17.5 million in 2016, but it hasn't come close to that level in the past five years.
Two and a half years after Bloomberg Opinion published advice for those earning under $300k on how to weather the Biden-Harris inflation storm—suggesting, among other things, swapping beef for "tasty meat substitutes" like lentils—we revisit whether labor economist Teresa Ghilarducci's tips have truly shielded consumers from the fallout of failed Bidenomics.
The short answer is no.
Let's revisit the March 19, 2022 op-ed titled "Inflation Stings Most If You Earn Less Than $300K. Here's How to Deal," which Bloomberg Opinion's X account reposted the article.
And, by the way, elites can be very wrong about their predictions...
Using the Amazon price tracker website camelcamelcamel, prices for a 12-pack of 14.5-ounce canned lentil soup produced by Amy's Soup sold for around $30 when the op-ed was published. Several months later, prices jumped to $50, indicating prices were elastic as demand likely soared due to cash-strapped consumers. Since the start of 2023, data from the tracking website show prices bounced between the $40s to $50s, even as high as $65.
Meanwhile, the food inflation theme is still hot.
Orange juice contracts in New York are hyperinflating to record highs.
Wholesale egg prices via the Urner Barry Egg Index EBP are nearing record highs once again.
Let's not even get started with USDA retail beef prices per pound.
But don't worry—as the VP Harris team states, communist price controls will be the cure against evil supermarket chains that price gouge customers.
The higher price of breakfast food and just food in general is an alarming sign for low- and middle-income consumers.
Last week's Dollar General stock price crash, fueled by warnings of a "financially constrained" core customer, is merely a warning sign the economy is trending in the wrong direction.
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/awkward-elites-who-said-try-lentils-instead-meat
