Blue Bell Ice Cream Recall

About one year after a Listeria outbreak prompted numerous recalls and the temporary closing of one of its production facilities, Blue Bell Creamery announced that Listeria again is forcing the company to recall products. According to the company, chocolate chip...

Lyle Ohlde Injured in Kansas Accident After Tire Blowout

Liberal, Kansas—Lyle Paul Ohlde, age 72 of St. David, Arizona, was injured earlier this week when the front left tire of his GMC pickup truck blew, catapulting it into the westbound lanes of Highway 54, about 10 miles west of Liberal, Kansas.  Mr. Ohlde’s pickup...

Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Tropical Smoothie Cafe has been linked to a Hepatitis A outbreak that has sickened at least 109 people in Virginia, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, West Virginia and Wisconsin. At least 39 of those sickened in the outbreak required hospitalization. The...

Rio Tinto Sued With Johnson & Johnson Over Talcum Powder Cancer

New Orleans, Louisiana—A United Kingdom and Australia-based mining company, Rio Tinto Minerals, and its subsidiary, Luzenac America, have been sued along with Johnson & Johnson by four women and the husband of a fifth woman who died.  All five women were...

Tire Blowout in Texas Kills Jazmine Martinez of Phoenix

Colorado City, Texas—Jazmine Aiyana Martinez, age 9 of Phoenix, was killed in an accident just outside Colorado City, Texas on Saturday afternoon. According to accident investigators, Jazmine was a passenger in a 2006 Dodge Durango that was traveling westbound on...