Up to 2,000 Utah customers may been exposed to Hepatitis A (HAV) after an employee infected with the disease showed up to work, according to health officials. The Salt Lake County Health Department reports that the customers who are risk of exposure are the ones who purchased and consumed non-packaged foods, such as fruit, hot …
A Texas woman reportedly died from a flesh-eating bacterial infection after eating raw oysters from a market off the coast of Louisiana. According to KLFY, Jeanette LeBlanc contracted the bacteria in September while visiting family in Louisana. LeBlanc reportedly ate about two dozen raw oysters that she picked up in Westwego. “About 36 hours later she …
A second child has died after a routine appointment at an Arizona dentist office that is the target of a wrongful death suit involving another child who died after an appointment there. KXNV reports that two-year-old Zion Jay Gastelum died after visiting a dentist in Yuma last month. The toddler’s family told the news station …
A restaurant co-owner and head chef in the UK has resigned amid uproar over a Facebook post in which she claimed to have “spiked” a vegan’s meal. A spokesperson for the Carlini Italian restaurants in Shropshire county, England, announced the chef’s resignation in a statement to BBC. “Laura Goodman has today tendered her resignation from …
Two small children and their parents were found dead in a cabin in Arizona this week, and authorities believe they may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning on the very first night of their stay. AZCentral reports that Anthony Capitano, 32; his wife Megan, 32, and their children, Lincoln, 4; and Kingsli, 3; were found …
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A passenger on a flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo somehow managed to board the plane with a ticket for another airline, forcing a turnaround eight hours into the international flight. Model Chrissy Teigen was on the All Nippon Airways flight that departed from LAX on Tuesday, and live-tweeted the mysterious ordeal. According to a …
An employee who reportedly got his leg caught in a waste grinder at a Canton, Ohio, meat processing plant has died. Police and firefighters responded to Fresh Mark around 4:50 p.m. on Saturday. An investigator for the coroner’s office told local media that Samuel Martinez, 62, stepped onto a chute and became trapped in a waste …
At least six people have been killed in a Amtrak derailment in Washington state on Monday morning, with dozens more injured. KATU reports that authorities have confirmed six deaths and 77 more injured victims after a high-speed Amtrak train derailed near Tacoma, and part of the train fell from a freeway overpass into Interstate 5 …
It was the first day that Amtrak was rolling out a new high-speed service that city officials warned was unsafe
An Amtrak train derailed in Washington State Monday morning, and a train car fell onto a busy freeway. WJLA reports that a high-speed Amtrak train traveling between Seattle and Portland derailed, and a portion of the train plunged from an overpass on to the Interstate 5 freeway. Injuries have been reported, but authorities have not …
A California family has sued Target, accusing the retailer of selling a potty trainer that nearly ripped a 3-year-old’s penis off. The Press-Enterprise reported that the Riverside family is suing Target for selling the weePOD Basix potty trainer, a product that they say Target knew was dangerous. The manufacturer, Prince Lionheart, was also listed in the …
