CRF Frozen Foods is expanding a recall of frozen organic and traditional fruits and vegetables over possible listeria contamination. The recall includes some 358 products sold under 42 brand names, including items like kale, potatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli and various vegetable medleys, among others.

Medical errors, including wrong diagnoses, botched surgeries and medication mistakes, are the third leading cause of death in the United States, a new study suggests.

Under pressure from U.S. regulators, Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp (7312.T) is expected to announce as early as Wednesday that it is recalling 35 million to 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles, three sources briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.

A Dia de los Niños event turned tragic when a 16-year-old girl was killed and a 15-year-old girl was injured after they were thrown from a carnival ride Friday evening at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in East El Paso, police said.

A three-alarm fire is out at an apartment complex in Dallas. The fire broke out Friday afternoon inside a three-story building at the Carrollton Park Apartments on Kelly Boulevard.

A grandmother and four of her grandchildren were killed and another person also died in floods in Texas caused by storms that unleashed tornadoes, damaging hail and torrential rains on several central U.S. states, officials said on Saturday.

Overnight storms moved out of the area Wednesday allowing light to be shed on the damage left behind at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Livingston. “I was scared, yes. I was very much afraid,” said Father Clifton Labbe, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

Workers’ compensation reforms are paying off in Texas, where costs per claim are falling, even as wages are rising.
The per-capita average of $30,313 for combined medical, indemnity and benefit expenses is 23 percent lower than the $39,273 median cost in the 17 other states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

Speeding is the second leading cause of car crashes in America, but it’s especially dangerous in some California cities.
Auto Insurance Center studied the average speed of more than 12,000 fatal car crashes across the country to find out which cities’ drivers are putting the pedal to the metal before colliding with other cars or smashing into roadside objects.

At least one tornado touched down Tuesday night in Grayson County, injuring five people and damaging businesses and homes, officials said Wednesday. Communities in Oklahoma also suffered storm damage. No deaths have been reported.

A spring storm system that battered parts of the Plains, Midwest and Texas with reported tornadoes, baseball-sized hail and high winds was forecast to expand into the Mississippi Valley and South on Wednesday.

A severe weather outbreak gearing up to hammer the country’s midsection on Tuesday could spawn sustained, muscular tornadoes as well as softball-size hail showers, say forecasters, who also warned of additional rounds of storms to follow.

The storms came and went pretty quick through Bexar County. But once again, they left behind a trail of damage.