Uber rideshare passengers in Dallas are among the first in the U.S. to have a new security option designed to make rides safer. A total of seven cities are testing an option on the Uber app called, “Verify My Ride.” The company believes a personal identification number will make passengers…
Within the last few months, multiple ranitidine and Zantac manufacturers recalled their products due to concerns that they contain high levels of NDMA, a likely carcinogen. Zantac is sold by the manufacturer Sanofi, as well as generically under the name ranitidine. Sanofi, manufacturer of Zantac, said it would be recalling…
‘No signs of life’ on New Zealand’s White Island following deadly volcanic eruption A volcano erupted Monday on a small New Zealand island frequented by tourists, leaving at least five people dead and others injured, some of whom were members of a tour group from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship…
A woman has filed a lawsuit that alleges employees at a Mexican restaurant and nightclub in Chicago escorted her to an alley behind the business and stood by as a man allegedly sexually assaulted her while she was intoxicated. No arrests have been made in the incident, which allegedly occurred…
An Oklahoma judge was three decimal places off, mistaking thousands for millions, when he originally calculated the amount Johnson & Johnson should pay for its role in the state’s opioids crisis. Judge Thad Balkman announced his mistake on Friday and set a new fine, reduced by about $107 million. The…
A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit after having her gall bladder and parts of her stomach removed after a waiter put liquid nitrogen in her drink. The woman recently filed a lawsuit against The Don CeSar Hotel in St Pete Beach, Florida after a birthday meal last year. The…
A 52-year-old man has been accused of touching female subjects inappropriately during sleep studies he was conducting at locations in New Port Richey and Zephyrhills, according to New Port Richey Police. Officers arrested the man on Tuesday. He was charged with one count of sexual battery and one count of…
An off-duty Ocala Police officer was killed late Thursday night after he was ejected from his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The 43-year-old man was traveling west on SW 95th Street Rd. when his white motorcycle suddenly veered left and traveled across the center median while spinning and then falling onto its side.…
A new study from Smart Growth America has found that between 2008 and 2017, drivers struck and killed 49,340 people who were walking on streets across the United States. The study shows that 5,433 of those people died in the state of Florida, but an alarming 656 of those fatalities…
A Vietnam War veteran was bitten more than 100 times all over his body by ants while laying in his bed suffering from cancer in a nursing home on the campus of an Atlanta Veteran Affairs hospital just days before he passed away. The Air Force veteran’s daughter was visiting…