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Nationwide Coffee Recall Due To Botulism
Coffee lovers in Texas, heads up! The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a voluntary recall of all canned coffee products made by Snapchill LLC that are still within their expiration dates. This move comes after it was found that Snapchill's manufacturing process might not effectively prevent the growth and production of botulism, a potentially deadly toxin.
BEWARE: The Most DANGEROUS Woman In Texas Still On The Run And ARMED
The most dangerous person in Texas is not someone you would think it would be. When you think of some being DANGEROUS you think maybe some big guy with a mean demeanor. But no, the most dangerous person in Texas is a vibrant, lucky woman named Margaret Smith. WHAT MAKES...
Seniors died at higher rates after Beryl, one calls days without power “scary”
Seniors make up 75% of Hurricane Beryl’s death toll after CenterPoint’s outage forced millions to deal with sweltering heat. Governor Abbott demands answers from the company. Listen. A resident at Scott Street Lofts Apartments, a senior complex in East Downtown, not only lost power after Hurricane Beryl, but...
H-E-B, Walmart use microgrids to power Texas-area stores during outages
TEXAS — Grocery store giants H-E-B and Walmart have installed microgrids in numerous Texas locations to remain open to Texans dealing with outages. Microgrid company Enchanted Rock provides the grids to help the stores stay open to the public during power outages, according to the Houston Chronicle. By staying...
Business leader shot dead after complaining about cartel extortion
The head of a Mexican business chambers' federation in Tamaulipas state, across the border from Texas, was killed Tuesday, hours after giving television interviews complaining about drug cartel extortion in the state, officials said.Julio Almanza was shot to death outside his offices in the city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas."We are hostages to extortion demands, we are hostages of criminal groups," Almanza said in one of his last interviews. "Charging extortion payments has practically become the national sport in Tamaulipas."Even Mexico's largest corporations are now being hit by demands from drug cartels, and gangs are increasingly trying to control the...
Texas woman gets life sentence for Ponzi scheme targeting senior citizens
A 65-year-old Texas woman was sentenced to life behind bars on Tuesday for her role in a Ponzi scheme targeting senior citizens. Debra Mae Carter worked with William Neil Gallagher, a Christian radio host who called himself the "Money Doctor," to scam more than 170 people out of around $31 million, Tarrant County prosecutors said in a news release. Gallagher brought in the money — which Assistant DA Lori Varnell described as retirement savings — while Carter made sure the victims couldn't recover their money. "These were hard-earned retirement (dollars) which … got put into her account over and over again," Varnell...
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