BlendJet Inc. is recalling 4.8 million of its portable blenders due to laceration and fire hazards, with reports of blades breaking off during use and overheating or fires resulting in property damage claims of $150,000. There have been 49 reports of minor burn injuries and one reported laceration injury. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled blenders and contact BlendJet for a free replacement.
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The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has terminated the role of Dr. Joe Gow as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, effective immediately due to "significant reputational harm" caused by Gow and his wife producing and appearing in pornographic videos. The regents voted unanimously to fire Gow, who is a tenured faculty member and will eventually return to work in a faculty role. The university community has reacted with mixed reactions, and an interim chancellor has been appointed to oversee the university's operations until a replacement is announced.
U.S. District Judge Steve Jones has approved a new congressional map redrawn by the state's GOP-led legislature in Georgia, which maintains Republicans' 9-5 edge for its congressional delegation and will be used in the 2024 election. The map creates a majority-Black congressional district in the western part of metro Atlanta and Jones rejected claims that the new maps didn’t do enough to help Black voters.
The University of Idaho began demolishing a house on Thursday morning, despite pleas from two of the victims' families to wait until evidence needed for the court case was collected from the site. The house, located in Moscow, Idaho, was the site of a tragic incident last year in which four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed. The FBI had gathered additional information from the house in October, but the demolition of the house began early Thursday morning, with debris from the home’s walls being loaded into a dump truck. The families of the victims have expressed their disappointment at the school's decision to proceed with the demolition before all evidence was collected.
The Colorado Republican Party has filed an appeal to the state's Supreme Court decision that former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency, extending the stay of the ruling. Nikki Haley's failure to mention slavery at a campaign event in New Hampshire is a tacit acknowledgment of the party's Trumpist leanings. Trump himself has said he plans to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, which could have far-reaching implications for the future of the presidency.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was criticized for failing to mention slavery as the primary cause of the Civil War when asked about it at a campaign event in Berlin, New Hampshire. The Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865 between the Union and Confederate states over the issue of slavery, with the Union wanting to abolish it and the Confederate states wanting to preserve it. Historians and civil rights activists have argued that it is important to recognize the role of slavery in the war and to understand its history.
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., announced Wednesday that she will be seeking the Republican nomination for Colorado's 4th Congressional District in the 2024 election cycle. Rep. Ken Buck, the current representative, announced last month that he will not be seeking re-election due to the Republican Party's support of former President Donald Trump. Boebert, who was elected to Colorado's 3rd Congressional District in the 2022 midterms, believes this is the right move for her personally and for those who support the conservative movement. It is expected that the race for the 4th Congressional District will be competitive.
Key takeaways: The Colorado Republican Party has appealed a state Supreme Court ruling that found former President Donald Trump ineligible for the presidency. The appeal…