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UK doctor gets 31 years for poisoning mother's partner with fake COVID vaccine

Nov. 06, 2024 13:32 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — A British doctor who was disgruntled about his inheritance and tried to kill his mother’s boyfriend by injecting him with a fake COVID-19 vaccine that was poison was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Dr. Thomas Kwan disguised himself as a nurse making home...

A look at food-related illnesses at restaurants over the years

Oct. 23, 2024 14:12 PM EDT

Outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are pretty rare for well known restaurant chains, but they do happen. This week, an outbreak of E. coli food poisonings linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died and...

2 are dead from carbon monoxide poisoning at a former illegal marijuana grow operation

Oct. 22, 2024 17:34 PM EDT

FREEDOM, Maine (AP) — Two people died and two others were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at a Maine home previously busted for an illegal marijuana grow operation, officials said Tuesday. Freedom Fire Chief Jim Waterman said his agency was alerted to a possible gas leak...

North Dakota woman to serve 25 years in prison for fatally poisoning boyfriend

Oct. 17, 2024 12:25 PM EDT

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota woman will serve 25 years in prison for the poisoning death of her boyfriend, who authorities say believed he was about to come into a large inheritance and had planned to break up with her. Ina Thea Kenoyer was charged with murder in October 2023...

Vial that contained nerve agent that killed UK woman contained enough poison to kill thousands

Oct. 14, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The lead counsel for a public inquiry into the 2018 death of a British woman poisoned by a Soviet-developed nerve agent said Monday that there was enough poison in the vial she unwittingly opened to kill thousands of people. Dawn Sturgess and her partner collapsed...

Excerpts from Russian opposition leader Navalny's memoir show he knew he would die in prison

Oct. 13, 2024 20:50 PM EDT

Excerpts of a memoir written by late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny revealed he believed he would die in prison. The New Yorker magazine published the excerpts Friday in anticipation of the release of “Patriot” on Oct. 22. Navalny was President Vladimir...

Alcohol poisoning kills dozens of people in Iran

Oct. 03, 2024 04:32 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — At least 26 people died in Iran after drinking alcoholic beverages that contained toxic methanol in recent days, state media said. The official IRNA news agency reported late Wednesday that toxic methanol had killed men and women in various cities and towns in...

10th death reported in Boar's Head deli meat listeria outbreak

Sep. 25, 2024 20:13 PM EDT

A 10th person has died in the listeria outbreak that shuttered a Boar's Head deli meat plant, federal health officials said Wednesday. At least 59 people in 19 states have been sickened by the bacteria first detected in liverwurst made at the Jarratt, Virginia, plant. Illnesses were...

Eswatini opposition party claims its leader was poisoned in an assassination attempt

Sep. 25, 2024 13:41 PM EDT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Eswatini's main opposition leader was poisoned in an assassination attempt, his party claimed Wednesday, putting renewed scrutiny on the southern African country that is one of the last remaining absolute monarchies and where authorities have for years moved to...

Boar's Head plant linked to deadly outbreak broke food safety rules dozens of times, records show

Aug. 29, 2024 18:07 PM EDT

A Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations, including instances of mold, insects, liquid dripping from ceilings, and meat and fat residue on walls, floors and equipment, newly released records show. ...