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ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” ...

Trump officials propose new requirements for food additives and ingredients

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods. The proposal would change a decades-old policy that advocates have called a ...

The school cafeteria foods that survived, and the ones that vanished

The USDA National School Lunch program has provided nearly 246 billion lunches since the establishment of the federal Food and Nutrition Service, now Food and Nutrition Administration, in 1969. The National School Lunch Program dates back to World War II, but was significantly expanded in the ...