J.M. Smucker is suing Trader Joe’s, saying its new frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are too similar to Smucker’s Uncrustables in their design and packaging. In the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in federal court in Ohio, Smucker said Trader Joe’s round, crustless sandwiches have the same pie-like crimp markings on their edges that Uncrustables do. Smucker also alleged that the boxes Trader Joe’s sandwiches come in are the same blue color that Smucker uses for its “Uncrustables” lettering. A message seeking comment was left Tuesday with Trader Joe's.
Parents of two college students killed in a Tesla allege design flaw trapped them in the burning car
Lawsuits filed Thursday by parents of two college students killed in a Tesla crash say they were trapped inside as the car burned and filled with smoke because of a design flaw that makes it difficult to open the doors in fires. The two suits filed in California state court by the parents of Krysta Tsukahara and Jack Nelson allege they burned and suffocated to death even though the company that has helped Elon Musk become the world’s richest man knew about the flaw for years but failed to fix it. Tesla did not reply to a request for comment.
On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed. The plastic 3D-printed replica pistols were presented during Patel's visit in July to open the FBI’s first standalone office in New Zealand. The country's law enforcement agencies told The Associated Press about the gifts and why they were illegal to possess Tuesday. New Zealand law treats inoperable weapons as operable if they can be modified to work, and regulators deemed these operable. The FBI declined to comment.