Joolz Is Recalling a Popular Car Seat Adapter for Its Strollers After Regulators Found It Can Let an Infant Seat Fall Mid-Walk Without Warning

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Joolz is recalling about 3,840 Aer2 Car Seat Adapter Sets in the United States after the company found the adapter can come loose from the stroller frame and let an attached infant car seat tip forward and fall, even when it looks properly locked in place. The recall, announced June 18, 2026 through the Consumer … Read more

14,200 Baby Bouncers Are Being Pulled From Homes After Federal Regulators Found the Frame Can Suddenly Collapse Underneath an Infant During Use

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About 14,200 Flyboss 3-in-1 portable baby bouncers are being pulled from homes after the Consumer Product Safety Commission logged 191 reports of the frame collapsing underneath an infant during use, 115 of which involved the baby’s head striking the surface below. The CPSC warning, issued September 10, 2026, tells parents to stop using the bouncers … Read more

Home Prices Are Still Climbing More Than 13% a Year in This Texas City Even as the National Market Cools to Just 1.4%, Fresh Data Shows

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Home prices nationally grew just 1.4% year-over-year in July 2026, barely up from June’s 1.3% pace, according to Cotality’s September 2026 Home Price Insights report. In Abilene, Texas, prices climbed 13.3% over the same period — nearly ten times the national rate. Cotality, the property-data firm formerly known as CoreLogic, tracks home price appreciation across … Read more

Roughly 11% of Home Listing Photos Are Now Digitally Altered With AI, a New Industry Study Finds, and States Are Racing to Pass Disclosure Laws

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About 10.8% of nearly 40,000 primary listing photos pulled from Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, and Homes.com in the first quarter of 2026 showed evidence of digital alteration (roughly 4,330 images), according to a study by real estate intelligence platform Coraly, reported by HousingWire and RealEstateNews.com. The industry has started calling the phenomenon “housefishing” — a play … Read more

Today Is Statistically the Single Most Dangerous Day of Hurricane Season, Federal Forecasters Say, Even in a Year Predicted to Be Below Normal

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September 10 carries a distinction no other date on the calendar holds: according to the National Hurricane Center’s own tropical cyclone climatology, it is the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, the single point in a 77-year historical record where storm activity is most likely to be underway somewhere in the basin. The peak … Read more

12,500 Sets of Children’s Loungewear Are Being Recalled for Violating a Federal Flammability Rule Most Parents Have Never Even Heard Of Before

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Sweet Cubby is recalling roughly 12,461 sets of children’s loungewear sold on SHEIN.com after testing found the garments violate a federal flammability rule that has applied to kids’ sleepwear since the 1970s, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall notice. The recalled sets are two-piece outfits — a short-sleeved shirt paired with matching shorts … Read more

Preschool Enrollment Has Finally Recovered to Pre-Pandemic Levels After Years of Steady Decline, Federal Education Data Now Officially Confirms

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For years, every new federal data release on preschool carried some version of the same footnote: enrollment was climbing back from its pandemic collapse but still hadn’t quite closed the gap. That footnote is finally gone. The government’s newest education data shows enrollment for the youngest students has caught back up to where it stood … Read more

114,660 Britax Car Seats Are Being Recalled Because a Handle Can Detach and Drop a Baby Mid-Carry, With Free Repairs Not Starting Until October 19

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Britax is recalling 114,660 infant car seats because a screw in the carrying handle can work loose and let the handle partially detach, according to the automaker’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration filing reported by ABC News. If it happens while a parent is carrying the seat by hand, a baby strapped inside can fall. … Read more

Nicolas Cage’s Malibu Mansion Is Being Swallowed by a Sinkhole So Large You Can See Ocean Waves Underneath the Driveway After Days of Storm Erosion

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A sinkhole opened beneath a $10.5 million Malibu beachfront property tied to actor Nicolas Cage on Tuesday evening, growing large enough that neighbors could see ocean waves moving underneath the driveway as coastal erosion ate away the bluff supporting the home, according to ABC7 Los Angeles. The collapse was reported just after 6:20 p.m. on … Read more

2.3 Million Candy Bottles Sold at Walmart and H-E-B Are Being Recalled Because a Rolling Ball Inside Can Break Off and Choke a Child, Regulators Warn

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About 2.3 million Ricky Joy Sour Crush rolling liquid candy bottles are being recalled because the plastic ball that rolls through the candy’s neck can break off and choke a child, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall notice, issued September 10. The candy was sold individually for around $3 and in multi-packs … Read more