CARROLLTON, TEXAS >> A surprise birthday party that resulted in 18 people testing positive for the coronavirus has left a North Texas man horrified as his father continues to fight for his life in a hospital intensive care unit. Ron Barbosa, who is married to a doctor and refused to attend the May 30 party…
Mihle Msindo,10, was brutally murdered during an attack at her family home in Poortjie,Rietfontein in Gauteng. (Supplied) Two girls were alone in a house in Rietfontein, in Gauteng, when they were attacked by unknown men.One of the girls was found dead in a pool of blood after being stabbed in the throat; the other is…
Bhekithemba Phungula died in a hail of bullets as unknown assailants opened fire. The family of Ward 84 Umlazi councillor Bhekithemba Phungula have spoken out about his death.His daughter says they witnessed him being shot and killed on Tuesday evening.They could not identify the assailants, only saying they came out of nowhere.The family of an Umlazi…
Tshegofatso Pule, 28, who was found stabbed and hanged in a veld on Monday. She was eight months pregnant. (@Keba99, Twitter) The body of a Soweto woman was found hanging from a tree in Roodepoort on Monday.She was eight months pregnant and had been stabbed to death.She was last heard from after allegedly having an…
Two 9-year old girls were allegedly killed in an exorcism ritual in KwaZulu-Natal to ward off "evil spirits" who were "forcing them to drink blood".A local pastor was called to pray for the girls and he also allegedly joined in the beating of the girls.The mother of the child, her relative and the pastor were…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two