Joshs pants. He suffered third degree burns. Its the latest incident involving batteries for e cigarettes. He had to be placed in a coma for three days after one blew up in his mouth. To be an alternative of smoking cigarettes. Reporter the same battery cells also power hover boards. Since december there have been incidents of hover boards catching on fire. Jay is a an engineer at a university. He says to make this product cheaper and more powerful has led some companies to cut corners. What were seeing is a situation where many of these batteries are simply not made to the same standard as the batteries that are made say at sony or up son. Reporter he says that items are considered high power applicatio applications. Their batteries are badly designed they can overheat. Is it something that the user is doing incorrectly . No. In general with this kind of technology its difficult for the user to be at fault. Theres a well controlled charging circuit and a good package that the cell liv
Headline, antichrist. As for trump, its too early to tell whether this latest feud is going to hurt or help him, but south carolinians will have their say this saturday when they vote. Dan harris, abc news, new york. Never a dull moment. So also on his flight home, pope francis raised some eyebrows with a comment about the zika virus outbreak. Francis suggested that women threatened with the virus could use contraception, saying he believes there is a clear moral difference between preventing pregnancy and aborting a fetus. He also maintained Church Doctrine rejecting abortion as a response to the crisis. Pregnant mothers are among the most vulnerable to the zika virus. Theres a new argument against breastfeeding too long. Children may get too little vitamin d that way. Researchers say breast milk does not provide enough vitamin d, particularly in northern areas. So canadian pediatricians are recommending that children who supplements for the first year. Now to some news we can relate
The incident happened over the weekend on the campus of a private engineering college. But after looking at pictures online, nasa scientists said that small meteorites do not start fires or cause explosions when they hit the ground. They said the evidence was more consistent with a landbased explosion than something from space. Back here in the u. S. , it should be quiet a scene tonight at a port in new jersey when a Royal Caribbean mega liner pulls in after what many accounts was a nightmare cruise to nowhere. The more than 6,000 people on board endured giant waves and Hurricane Force winds all of this over the weekend. The ships captain claims the storm they encountered was more powerful than what was forecast. But one senator is now calling on federal transportation officials to investigate this entire cruise. Royal caribbean has already apologized to the passengers. They are all getting a full refund and special offers toward a future cruise. One of the worlds smallest babies has g
And cancer screenings. The other republican candidates are campaigning in nevada today ahead of tomorrows gop caucuses there. As for the democrats, Hillary Clinton celebrating her victory while Bernie Sanders is still proving to be a major threat. Its your voice, your vote. Abcs mary bruce with the latest from the campaign trail. Reporter from the victory rally when you win, its beautiful. Reporter to the campaign rally. Are we going to win georgia . Reporter donald trump back on the trail and flying high after his big win in South Carolina. You think you have this nomination in hand . No, want at all. Reporter hes also getting heat for a message suggesting rubio are both ineligible to be i have 14 Million People between twitter and facebook and instagram. And i retweet things and we start dialogue. Reporter rubio, who finished second in South Carolina, responded. This is a game he plays. Reporter the Florida Governor then went after the gop frontrunner on foreign policy. Smart people
And that is not the case in eastern oklahoma where homes are as you can see there, structures are being burned. Numerous homes were lost but they dont know how many. There are more than two dozen grass fires burning. The most in several years. The city of tulsa has been filled with smoke from the fires. Firefighters are using helicopters to dump water on the flames and they say the aggressive effort seems to be working. In todays forecast, dangerous winds again threaten the great plains and midwest. Downpours in the pacific northwest. Another foot of mountain snow in california up to washington state. Snow and freezing rain in western new york. 30s in boston and new york. 50s in chicago. Great falls and minneapolis. 60s in los angeles and atlanta. And 70s in albuquerque and miami. Well, two rare white tiger cubs are now calling australia home. The little cuties, look at them, just arrived 15 weeks old. Arrived earlier this week from a zoo in japan. They dont have official names yet but