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Food thermometers essential for safety, quality

When it comes to food safety in the home, we use many food handling and preparation practices to keep food safe and reduce the risk of illness. One such practice is to check the final cooked temperature of meats (hamburger, pork chops, roasts, etc.), poultry (wings, breasts, whole birds), seafood, eggs, and dishes containing these ingredients with a food thermometer. Using a food thermometer also prevents overcooking, ensuring moist, quality food. The 2019 United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service study, Consumer Food Safety Practices: Raw Milk Consumption ...

Bribery trial opens for Philadelphia union boss, city leader

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A powerful Philadelphia labor leader kept a city council member on the union payroll in a no-show, $70,000-a-year job so he would do his bidding at City Hall, federal prosecutors said Tuesday as a long-awaited corruption trial began. The sweeping 2019 indictment accused Johnny “Doc” Dougherty and City Council member Bobby Henon of engaging in an illegal conspiracy to keep a tight grip on construction jobs in the Philadelphia region. “All Henon had to do to keep those benefits flowing to him (was) to use his official duties to please John Dougherty,” ...

Nurse fatally shoots co-worker at hospital in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A nurse at a Philadelphia hospital fatally shot his co-worker early Monday morning, fled the scene and was shot in a gunfight with police that wounded two officers, authorities said. The 55-year-old nurse was wearing scrubs when he shot his co-worker on the ninth floor of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital just after midnight, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said at a news conference. The co-worker, a 43-year-old man who was a certified nursing assistant, was later pronounced dead. It was unclear what sparked the shooting and investigators ...

Powerful Philadelphia union boss, council member go on trial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Powerful Philadelphia labor leader Johnny “Doc” Dougherty went on trial Monday in a City Hall corruption case that accuses him of keeping a City Council member on the union payroll to push his agenda. Dougherty, 61, who has steered more than $30 million in union funds to political candidates, faces a later extortion trial over other union activities. He expressed confidence that he would clear his name as he arrived for jury selection Monday at the federal courthouse, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “I have had zero crimes,” Dougherty said outside ...

Sentence reduced for truck driver in triple-fatal crash

HARRISBURG (AP) — A judge has reduced the sentence of a Mississippi truck driver convicted in an alcohol-related crash on a Pennsylvania interstate three years ago that killed three people, including a toddler. A Dauphin County judge originally sentenced 32-year-old Jack Satterfield to 28¢ to 78 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges including vehicular homicide while driving under the influence in the October 2018 crash on Interstate 83 in Lower Paxton Township. PennLive.com reports that Judge Deborah Curcillo on Monday reluctantly imposed a new term of 27 to 54 years ...

Delaware man charged in shooting that killed guard

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man has been charged in a shooting at a north Philadelphia office building that claimed the life of a security guard, authorities said. Officers were called to the building in the Logan section of the city just before 11:30 a.m. Friday and found a man shot on the first floor. They were told that the offender was on the third floor, the location of administrative offices of Pathways to Housing, which provides services for the homeless. Police found the suspect on the third floor armed with a large knife and took him into custody without incident. Witnesses said ...