Norovirus, known as the “stomach bug,” is the most likely culprit to be transferred from unclean hands to utensils and surfaces and can last on uncleaned surfaces for weeks. miljko via Getty Images Most food lovers agree that when you’re on vacation, one of the perks of staying at a hotel is the free continental […]
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McCormick Recalls Its Popular French’s Product Due To Potential Food Poisoning
The bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus (Staph), may be growing on the product. Simply Recipes / McCormick McCormick & Company, Inc. has voluntarily recalled a batch of French’s Original Crispy Fried Onions due to the potential growth of Staphylococcus aureus (Staph). The recall was initiated on March 18 and reported by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration […]
Woman in court charged with fatally poisoning ex-husband’s family with mushrooms
A woman accused of serving her ex-husband’s parents and an aunt poisonous mushrooms with lunch appeared in an Australian court on Monday charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder. Erin Patterson, 49, appeared briefly in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court by video link from a Melbourne prison where she has been […]
Chiropractor accused of poisoning wife asks judge to recuse himself
Apr. 18—A Hartselle man accused of poisoning his wife with lead from his Decatur chiropractic office asked the judge presiding over his criminal case — the same judge presiding over his divorce — to recuse himself amid allegations that the wife’s divorce attorney shared information with the judge about the criminal case, according to court […]
Dad of North Texas toddler who died of fentanyl poisoning waited hours to call 911: warrant
The father of a North Texas toddler whose February death has been linked to fentanyl poisoning faces a charge of injury to a child because he waited more than two hours to call 911 after his daughter became ill, according to court records. Two-year-old Nevaeh Meshelle Reed was visiting her father at an apartment in […]
Georgia father sentenced to 50 years for poisoning his newborn’s breastmilk with antifreeze
A Georgia father was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Thursday for using antifreeze mixed in breastmilk to poison his 18-day-old daughter four years ago. Curtis Jack was arrested on Oct. 16, 2020, after his daughter became sick and tested positive for ethylene glycol — a chemical found in antifreeze. Investigators said Jack had […]
Montana family says they got carbon monoxide poisoning from Santa Fe vacation rental
Mar. 28—A Montana family is suing the owners of a downtown Santa Fe vacation rental, saying they and their two children suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at the property in 2021. Husband and wife Emily Wrotny and Gary Wrotny say in a civil suit filed recently in state District Court they booked a weeklong […]
The Connecticut residents holding a rent strike amid lead poisoning crisis
Katy Slininger was one of dozens of residents who moved into the Lofts at the Cargill Falls Mill in Putnam, Connecticut, shortly after it opened in late 2020, enticed by the historic charm of the building and affordability of an apartment in an area with significant affordable housing shortages. The building is a redeveloped 19th-century […]
Former executive given death sentence over poisoning of gaming company founder
A former executive at Yoozoo Games has been sentenced to death in China over the 2020 poisoning of the company’s founder. Yoozoo has links to Game Of Thrones and the new Netflix series, The Three-Body Problem. Xu Yao poisoned the food of company founder Lin Qi in December 2020 because of a dispute over the […]
Ex-college football star, son of Texas A&M associate head coach, arrested in poisoning deaths of girlfriend and unborn baby
Blaise Taylor, an analyst at Texas A&M and son of the school’s associate head coach, was arrested in Utah on Thursday after being indicted in the 2023 deaths of his girlfriend and her unborn child, according to Nashville police. Taylor, a former college football star at Arkansas State, was indicted Wednesday by a Nashville grand […]
College football coach charged with poisoning girlfriend, unborn baby to death in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A football coach has been arrested in Utah in connection with the poisoning death of his girlfriend and their unborn child in Nashville last year. According to Metro police, 27-year-old Blaise Taylor was arrested by Deputy U.S. Marshals in Cache County, Utah, on Thursday, March 14 after a Nashville grand jury […]
Two Irish friends died of fentanyl poisoning in Florida. Authorities say the wrong one was cremated
Florida officials mislabeled the remains of two Irish nationals who died of drug overdoses, leading to a mix-up of their autopsies and the “highly probable” cremation of the wrong body, authorities said. Kane Mitchell, 30, and Luke Comiskey, 31, died in April 2022 after consuming fentanyl-laced drugs one of them bought from a man he’d […]