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Battery Fire Risk Sparks Massive Recall For Many Types Of Power Tools: See Which Ones
More than 554,000 Kobalt yard power tools and batteries are being recalled because they can catch fire while charging.
Greenworks Tools issued the recall for about 554,780 Kobalt 24V and 48V tools and batteries, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday, July 9. The recall includes trimmers, blowers, mowers, chainsaws, pruning saws, and other tools with USB-C batteries.
The lithium-ion batteries can short-circuit while they're being charged through the USB-C port while inserted in a tool. The recalled tools use 24V Kobalt-branded batteries with 3.0Ah, 4.0Ah, 5.0…
Nation's Bedbug Hotspots Revealed In New Study: See Full List
Bedbugs are biting their way through several Northeast cities, according to a new report.
Orkin released its 2026 Bed Bug Cities List on Tuesday, July 7. Several Northeast cities cracked the top 50, including Washington, DC, New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Hartford, Connecticut.
The pest control company based its rankings on treatment data from metro areas where Orkin performed the most bedbug treatments between Monday, May 12, 2025, and Tuesday, May 12, 2026. The list includes both residential and commercial treatments.
Chicago kept its spot as the nation's No. 1 city for…
18-Time Convicted Felon Found Unconscious On DC Sidewalk With 'Ghost Gun' Gets Prison Time: DOJ
A convicted felon with 18 prior convictions was found unconscious on a busy DC sidewalk with a loaded, unserialized ghost gun tucked into the back of his waistband, landing him in federal prison.
James Fredrick Moore, 52, was sentenced on Friday, July 10, to 27 months behind bars after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a firearm, ammunition, and a privately made "ghost gun" despite being barred from owning weapons.
The case began on Sept. 3, 2025, when a witness called 911 after spotting an unconscious man with a gun near the intersection of 1st Street NW and Florida Avenue NW, one of…
Maryland Man Vanishes After Boarding Bus Home From New Hampshire, Police Say
Sebastien Christian Beard was supposed to be headed home.
Instead, the Maryland man vanished after boarding a bus in New Hampshire, and now police are asking for the public's help finding him.
Montgomery County Police detectives are searching for the 26-year-old, who was last seen shortly after 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, boarding a bus in Dover, New Hampshire, on his way back to Maryland.
Police said Beard has not been seen or heard from since.
Beard is described as 6-foot-3 with black hair. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, gray pants, and a black backpack, and was carrying a s…
Former Cop Avoids Prison After Staging Fake Car Thefts For Insurance Money: Feds
He helped stage fake car thefts, wrote bogus police reports, and cashed in on fraudulent insurance claims.
Now, a former Anne Arundel County police officer has avoided prison.
Jaron Earl Taylor, 32, of Fort Washington, was sentenced Friday, July 10, to three years of probation, including the first five months on home detention, for his role in a multi-year auto insurance fraud scheme involving multiple Maryland police officers, the US Attorney's Office announced.
A federal judge also ordered Taylor to repay $38,670 to USAA, the amount prosecutors say the insurance company paid after Taylor…
