The Office for Product Safety and Standards has issued a recall for six products including a hair dryer, heaters, and toys.

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Prosecutors say a Lakemoor man created a homemade explosive device, which required the bomb squad to respond, and they ...

If you've been paying attention to the morning traffic, you'll know that South Africa's kids have gone back to school. That's ...

California's plastic bag ban took effect Jan. 1. The ban was signed into law more than a year ago. Paper beats rock. Scissors beats paper. The question shoppers outside a WinCo Foods grocery store in ...

Spokane, WA. - Washington state shoppers will have to shell out more money for plastic bags bought at store check-outs in 2026. Starting January 1, the price for a single plastic bag will jump from 8 ...

You won’t be hearing that common question at California grocery stores any more starting Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. That’s when a new statewide ban on plastic bags goes into effect. Senate Bill 1053, ...

We start with *** ban on plastic bags. Starting January 1st, grocery stores will no longer be able to sell plastic bags at all. Technically, California banned those bags in 2014, but it left an ...

It's out with the plastic and in with the paper this year in Montgomery County, Maryland. A new plastic bag ban took effect New Year's Day with mixed reaction from shoppers. "I mean, as I was packing ...

*Starting January 1, 2026, California will no longer allow any plastic carryout bags at store checkouts. This includes both thin single-use bags and thicker “reusable” plastic bags, which had been ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter as of Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on all single-use plastic bags at the point of sale. The new policy closes a ...