A severe storm outbreak is possible Tuesday and Wednesday in the Tri-State, according to the National Weather Service. The storms will be part of what is expected to be an active weather pattern through early Thursday. The Storm Prediction Center has included the region in the “slight risk” area for severe weather on Tuesday, and […]
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Remembering the May 4 Kansas City tornado outbreak 21 years later
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Saturday marks 21 years since one of the strongest tornadoes to evet hit the Kansas City metro took place. Winds more than 200 mph ripped through houses, apartments and businesses in communities such as Kansas City, Kansas, and Riverside, Parkville and Liberty, Missouri. Other tornadoes were reported near Leavenworth and Paola […]
Suspect in Austin opioid overdose outbreak arrested: affidavit
AUSTIN, Texas – Police have arrested a man suspected of dealing drugs containing fentanyl that led to a spike in overdoses in Austin. Click to open this PDF in a new window. According to an arrest affidavit, on Monday, April 29 at approximately 9:02 a.m., APD officers and ATCEMS medics responded to a call reporting […]
Gangs lay siege to neighbourhoods in fresh outbreak of violence in Haiti
Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early on Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime minister was announced. The attacks began late on Wednesday in neighbourhoods including Solino and Delmas 18, 20 and […]
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1 dead, 3 injured in Kansas tornado on fifth day of vortex outbreak
One person died and three others sustained minor injuries when a tornado touched down in Westmoreland, Kansas, on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The tornado, one of nearly 200 reported in the Plains and the Midwest since Friday, was reported at 4:40 p.m., Pottawatomie County officials said in a statement. The identity of the person who […]
CDC warns of multi-state e.coli outbreak tied to walnuts
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Tuesday about a multi-state e.coli outbreak connected to walnuts. Twelve people from two states have gotten sick with this particular strain of the bacteria. Seven people got so sick that they had to be hospitalized. Two people have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a form […]
Tornado outbreak batters Iowa. Small town of Minden smashed for second time in 50 years
Spring storms helping to quench Iowa’s long drought came at a high cost this weekend as multiple tornadoes swept across southwest, south and central Iowa, destroying trees and homes. Especially hard hit was the Pottawatomie County town of Minden, where four people were injured and few structures were left untouched by a Friday afternoon twister. […]
Lab chief faces sentencing in Michigan 12 years after fatal US meningitis outbreak
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Days after a routine injection to ease back pain, Donna Kruzich and a friend drove across the border to Canada in 2012 to see end-of-summer theater in Stratford, Ontario. The 78-year-old Michigan woman suddenly became ill and returned home. By early October, she was dead. “Most of the time she could […]
One year anniversary of tornado outbreak
SHERMAN, Ill. (WCIA) – It’s been one year since a deadly tornado outbreak tore across the region, including here in Central Illinois. In the outbreak, 146 tornadoes were confirmed from Iowa to Arkansas and as far east as the Mid-Atlantic states. 14 of those tornadoes touched down here in Central Illinois. READ: 14 tornadoes confirmed […]
Ex-officials of Massachusetts veterans’ home with deadly COVID outbreak avoid prison
Two former officials of a veterans’ nursing home in Massachusetts that had a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 settled their cases Tuesday to avoid prison, according to the state attorney general. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home and David Clinton, the former medical director at the home, were facing five charges of neglect […]
Ex-leaders of Massachusetts veterans’ home avoid prison over COVID outbreak
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – Two former leaders of a Massachusetts veterans’ home that was the site of one of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks at a U.S. long-term care facility on Tuesday resolved criminal neglect charges against them without having to go to prison. Former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical […]