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Zorro's JournalCostco says claims against its $5 rotisserie chicken 'fatally flawed'
In the proposed class action lawsuit, attorneys representing the shoppers claim that Costco violated Washington’s Consumer Protection Act and California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act, along with other California statutes.Costco seared consumer claims made in a lawsuit about alleged preservatives in its popular $5 rotisserie chicken, according to a recent legal filing.
Two Costco customers in California argued in a proposed class action complaint filed in January that the Kirkland Signature Seasoned Rotisserie Chicken contains preservatives carrageenan and sodium phosphate, despite company advertising that claims the opposite.
But Charles Sipos, the attorney representing the Issaquah-based warehouse club, called the plaintiffs’ argument about false advertising “fatally flawed” because carrageenan and sodium phosphate are not categorized as preservatives by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s regulations. Instead, he said they’re listed as ingredients that are part of the roasted bird’s seasoning.
Carrageenan is an additive made of seaweed that thickens and preserves processed foods. Sodium phosphate is another additive in processed foods, used for thickening, curing, leavening and emulsifying.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/06/08/costco-rotisserie-chicken-claims/?share=iso2i6i0enosmmwotmnl
On the surface this appears to be a frivolous lawsuit, the kind that makes people really hate lawyers...
Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Application Fee Rejected by Judge
Source: Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance
A federal judge struck down a $100,000 fee President Donald Trump ordered for H-1B visa applications, providing a reprieve for US technology companies that rely on hiring skilled foreign workers.
The president’s decree dramatically increasing the cost of the popular visa is an unlawful tax and must be vacated, US District Judge Leo T. Sorokin in Massachusetts said in a Monday ruling. The government said it would appeal the decision, which is a blow for the Trump administration’s campaign to restrict immigration and boost demand for US workers.
Sorokin sided with California and 19 other states that sued to block the fee, arguing in their lawsuit that the policy exceeded Trump’s authority and would be especially detrimental in key public sectors, including education and healthcare.
“The court finds that the policy imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the requisite delegation by Congress,” Sorokin said in the ruling.
Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/trump-100-000-h-1b-174949452.html
Israel launches strikes on Iran after Tehran fires barrage of missiles
Source: Washington Post
Israel said it struck military targets in Iran, hours after Tehran fired a barrage of missiles toward the country for the first time since a ceasefire took effect in early April.
The exchange of fire threatened to further complicate efforts to broker a lasting peace deal to end the months-long U.S.-Israeli war with Tehran and raised the prospect of a return to open conflict.
The Israeli Air Force hit sites in western and central Iran, its military said on social media early Monday local time, without providing further details.
Iran’s attack on Sunday followed Israeli military strikes on what Israel said were suspected Hezbollah positions in Beirut’s southern suburbs earlier in the day.
Read more: https://wapo.st/43jZWBm
Raman closes in on Pratt as more votes in L.A. mayor's race are tallied
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman cut deeper into the lead of reality television personality Spencer Pratt on Saturday, as his lead slimmed to just a single percentage point.
Pratt fell to just over 27% of the vote while Raman jumped up to slightly over 26%, according to the results from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder. Pratt now leads Raman by just 7,494 votes.
“We’ve seen Nithya Raman catching up on every update and the last two in particular she’s accelerated,” said Paul Mitchell, vice president of the bipartisan voter data firm Political Data Inc. “She’s continued to gain at a rate that means she will eventually catch up unless Pratt starts getting some ballots coming in that are either geographically or demographically better for him.”
Democratic consultant Michael Trujillo, who doesn’t represent anyone in the mayoral race, said the results suggest Raman will surpass Pratt as more votes are counted.
“I think it’s over,” Trujillo said. “It appears Nithya will be in the runoff. Pratt doesn’t appear to be growing much more.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-06/raman-cuts-deeper-into-pratts-lead-as-new-votes-are-tallied
Nithya Raman closing in on Spencer Pratt in the battle for the Nov. 3 mayoral runoff
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman closed in on reality TV personality Spencer Pratt, cutting his lead to about 3 percentage points, as both vie for second place in the mayoral primary, according to the latest results released Friday.
Raman has steadily carved into Pratt’s margin over three days of election updates. She now trails him by 20,672 votes in the race to compete against Mayor Karen Bass in the Nov. 3 runoff election.
Unless a mayoral candidate secures a majority of the vote, the top two face off in a second round.
Bass, who is running for a second four-year term, was in first place on election night and has held on to her perch since then. Friday’s update showed her with 35% of the vote, compared with 28% for Pratt and 25% for Raman.
Mail-in ballots with an election day postmark will continue to be accepted by county election officials through Tuesday. The county plans to release updated results every day through June 12.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-05/nithya-raman-chops-spencer-pratts-lead-in-race-to-make-nov-3-runoff
Three fathers killed their families this week as domestic violence deaths remain high
In the first two days of June, authorities said, three fathers killed their children and the mothers who raised them. Two used guns. One used a knife. Of the thirteen victims, the youngest was three.
Officials cast the mass killings in Iowa, New York and Florida as “an act of evil,” “the worst of the worst,” and “an unimaginable tragedy,” but Doreen Dodgen-Magee thought of another word: preventable.
For the past three decades, the 60-year-old psychologist has campaigned to prevent domestic violence by telling the story about the day her brother-in-law shot his wife and three daughters. In her view, the country hasn’t done nearly enough to curb what she calls a public health crisis.
Since a pandemic spike, homicides of all kinds have plummeted — except for domestic violence deaths. They have stayed persistently high, The Washington Post found. Attacks in which someone kills four or more relatives have risen this year from a 20-year low, with more incidents in the first half of 2026 than all of last year, according to data from Northeastern University.
https://wapo.st/4g4tKtb
Man shot after gun discharges inside Sarasota County Walmart
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office responded Thursday morning to a reported shooting at a Walmart in Venice.
The caller reported hearing a popping noise and described a trail of blood near the bathrooms in the front of the store at 4150 S. Tamiami Trail. The Walmart was evacuated as sheriff’s deputies cleared the premises.
Deputies did not locate anyone at the store, but not long after, a man suffering from a gunshot wound was located at Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice, about eight miles from the Walmart.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, surveillance footage shows a male entering the store with a holstered gun in the waistband of his shorts. When attempting to adjust the gun in the holster, the gun discharged, striking the individual in the leg and groin area.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/crime/2026/06/05/man-shot-after-gun-discharges-inside-venice-sarasota-county-walmart/90420056007/
I can think of better ways to spend a morning at Walmart instead of shooting myself in the "groin area"...
Trump Wins Fight to Blow $125 Million on 'Dumbest Thing Ever'
Republicans have handed President Trump a win in one of his more eyebrow-raising vanity projects, a push to rename the Pentagon that Democrats say will cost up to $125 million and accomplish absolutely nothing.
The House Armed Services Committee voted along party lines to permanently rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, tucking the measure into the annual defense policy bill during a marathon late-night session. The move codifies an executive order Trump signed last fall, resurrecting a name the U.S. military bureaucracy last used in the 1940s.
Representative Adam Smith, of Washington and the committee’s top Democrat, was forthright in his assessment of the effort. “One of the dumbest things that has been done by this administration,” he said. “It’s semantic nonsense at a time when we have a lot of substantive arguments.”
The amendment was introduced by Republican Representative Ronny Jackson of Texas, a hard-line Trump ally, who framed the rebrand in soaring terms. “Restoring the name Department of War sends an unmistakable signal to the world,” Jackson said. “Deterrence only works when adversaries believe America is willing to fight and win to secure its interests.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wins-fight-to-blow-125-million-on-dumbest-thing-ever/
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