The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed banning electrical stimulation devices designed to reduce self-injurious or aggressive behavior. The FDA cited these devices as posing an unreasonable risk of illness or injury. Electrical stimulation devices administer shocks through skin-attached electrodes
Electrical appliances such as toasters and hair dryers could be collected at the kerbside from 2026 under plans to boost recycling rates across Britain. Ministers are also considering drop-off points in retailers where households can dispose of unwanted items for free. The
A woman dubbed the “neighbour from hell” has been jailed for three months after she tried to set fire to a man’s electrical box. Tracey Smith, 52, of Grasby Road in Hull, was arrested on July 1 after her neighbour was awoken
Nigeria experienced a nationwide power outage for about 10 hours Thursday after the country’s electrical grid collapsed due to a fire, authorities and the nation’s electricity distribution companies reported. The grid has collapsed multiple times in recent years, and the latest outage
Bald eagle rescued from communications tower in New Jersey A bald eagle was rescued from a public safety communications tower in Monmouth County, New Jersey, after its left wing got caught on an ice shield. After hours of effort, authorities were able
Pakistani authorities said Tuesday tha twin blasts that struck a counterterrorism facility in the country’s northwest and killed 16 people were caused by electrical shorts and not a militant attack, as initially suggested. The short circuits happened Monday at a munitions warehouse
Paramedics have assessed 23 casualties and taken 12 of them to hospital after an ‘electrical fire’ saw four homes evacuated. The incident on Normacot’s Upper Belgrave Road saw police, firefighters, paramedics and engineers called out in the early hours with the stretch taped off. We’ll
Scammers have reportedly been exploiting households whose budgets have been squeezed by the energy crisis by flogging dangerous electronics and flooding the internet with misleading ads. With bills costing the average households around double the amount they were paying in 2021, the
Comment on this story Comment Elementary school art teacher LeoAngelo Lacuna Reyes was seeing a trend in his San Diego neighborhood that was getting under his skin. Gang symbols and graffiti were becoming more prominent. They were an eyesore. “I’ve lived here