State reports second vaping-related death
LANSING (AP) — Michigan health officials are reporting the state’s second death associated with an outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries.
The state Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it was notified of the death of an adult man.
It released no other information, citing confidentiality reasons.
Since August, 56 confirmed and probable vaping-related lung injury cases have been reported in Michigan.
Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Michigan’s chief medical executive, says she’s “deeply saddened” to report the second death.
Michigan is urging people not to vape until a specific cause of the lung illnesses occurring nationwide is identified.
Federal officials have identified vitamin E acetate as a culprit.
Officials say the chemical compound has been used as a thickener in illicit vaping products that contain THC, the high-inducing part of marijuana.
Hundreds enrolled at phony school arrested in immigration scam
FARMINGTON HILLS (AP) — The federal government says it has arrested about 250 foreigners who knowingly enrolled at a phony school in suburban Detroit so they could remain in the U.S.
The Detroit Free Press reports that nearly 80 percent of those have voluntarily left the country.
The Homeland Security Investigations Detroit office told the newspaper that about half of those remaining have received final orders of removal.
The Department of Homeland Security created the University of Farmington, which has offices in Farmington Hills, but no classes or teachers.
Federal indictments say recruiters were paid to help foreigners maintain their status as "students" and get work permits.
The newspaper reports that seven of eight recruiters charged by the government pleaded guilty and have been sentenced. The eighth will be sentenced in January.
Bah humbug! North Pole lacks enough ice for sculptures
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Blame the Grinch or Mother Nature, but the annual Christmas in Ice sculpture park won’t open this year in North Pole, Alaska, because of a lack of ice.
It’s the first cancellation since the event started 14 years ago in the city where Christmas is celebrated year-round and city light poles are decorated like candy canes, Executive Director Keith Fye told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
The ice park is next to the Santa Claus House gift shop in North Pole, located 14 miles southeast of Fairbanks. The park normally operates through December and features Yule-themed ice sculptures.
Fye said there isn’t enough ice on ponds to harvest for ice carving.
The lack of ice on lakes and ponds follows a warm October in Alaska’s interior. It was further exacerbated by snowfall, which hampers the formation of ice.
North Pole has been almost eight degrees warmer than normal, said Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the International Arctic Research Center in Fairbanks. Even warmer temperatures were recorded last year and in 2013.
North Pole Community Chamber of Commerce director Marlene Fogarty-Phillips says the event attracts carvers from around the world.
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