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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Thousands of DeWALT utility bars sold at Home Depot and other hardware stores, along with Amazon, are being recalled because they can break and injure users. The 40-inch DeWALT Multi-Functional Utility Bars have an end used for prying and another end used for gripping boards. The bars are yellow and black and …

HOUSTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Some 50,000 Indian-Americans are due to pack into a Houston stadium Sunday for a rally with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, joined by U.S. President Donald Trump, in a rare mass show of support for a foreign leader on U.S. soil. The event gives Modi, a nationalist facing international criticism …

Facebook—the social media company that has been under intense public criticism for not adequately safeguarding the personal information of its 2 billion users—has suspended tens of thousands of apps for a variety of violations, including improperly sharing private data. In a post published on Friday, Facebook VP of Product Partnerships Ime Archibong said the move …

Facebook has suspended tens of thousands of apps from the platform for privacy reasons, it announced in a blogpost on Friday. The removals come as part of an ongoing investigation into how developers use data, which the company started after the Cambridge Analytica scandal in March 2018. The news also reveals that the platform is …

ST. CHARLES COUNTY — As union workers earn $250 a week in strike pay picketing the Wentzville auto plant for better wages and benefits, a St. Charles man is defending himself against claims that he and other union bigwigs used hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds for lavish, booze-soaked resort stays and the purchase …

Image copyright Getty Images The remains of more than 2,000 foetuses have been found at the Illinois home of a former abortion doctor. The family of Dr Ulrich Klopfer discovered the remains while sorting through the doctor’s property after his death on 3 September. Dr Klopfer had a clinic in South Bend, Indiana, which closed …

Image caption Brian Thompson said he had to use his retirement savings to pay his loan off Thousands of people who bought solar panels have complained to a financial watchdog that they are not bringing them the returns they were promised. Many people took out loans to pay for panels on the promise they would …

DENVER (CBS4) – Thousands of Coloradans volunteered at projects across the state for Xcel Energy’s 9th annual Day of Service. They came together for 83 nonprofit projects which benefit countless people. (credit: CBS) “We have close to 4,000 people out right at this exact point in time, giving back to their communities, doing a variety …

By Lauren Weber | Kaiser Health News TOPEKA, Kan. — This was supposed to be the year Medicaid expansion finally happened in Kansas.  Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, elected in November, had run on the issue. She triumphed in a state that had gone for Trump in 2016 by more than 20 percentage points and replaced …

Tens of thousands of demonstrators are taking to the streets across Britain and outside the gates of Downing Street in protest against Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament. Crowds brandished banners pledging to “defend democracy”, chanted “stop the coup” and waved EU flags in London in a bid to resist the parliament shutdown. Demonstrators are …