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During the icy conditions in South Texas early last month, a fatal traffic accident occurred at 5600 Southwest Freeway (South U.S. Highway 59) about 3:55 a.m. Friday, February 4th, reports say. Due to ice on the roadway that week, several vehicles were involved in a traffic accident on the freeway, with the resulting chaos prompting each driver to exit their car to cjeck the conditions of their vehicles. As the drivers exited their vehicles, the victim was then struck by…

Reports say Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management division recently announced a U.S. voluntary nationwide recall of some alcohol prep products, such as pads, wipes, and swabs over concerns about potential microbial contamination. The contamination by possible Bacillus cereus could lead to life-threatening infections, especially in at-risk people such as immune suppressed and surgical patients. Smith & Nephew announced the halt of all shipments of IV PREP Antiseptic Wipes manufactured by The Triad Group and is advising all customers and…

  The UN is currently dealing with a string of sexual harassment complaints within its own ranks, reports say. Several women who complained of harassment say their employment contracts weren’t renewed, and the men they accused retired or resigned, putting them out of reach of the U.N. justice system, reports say.   But a planned overhaul of the United Nation’s internal justice system took effect mid-summer and the goal has been to create a more independent and professional system for…

Dov Charney, chairman and chief executive officer of American Apparel, has been charged in a court filing by Irene Morales, a former manager of one of American Apparel’s branches in New York City, that Charney repeatedly used  “extreme psychological abuse and torment” while she worked with him, reports say.  Reports say that Morales says Charney took her to his apartment in New York City and held her there for several hours, allegedly forcing her to have sex. The suit alleges…

Although exactly what happened still isn’t clear, what is clear is that the death of 39-year-old Jennifer Michelle Patton was an accident. Patton veered off the road and into a pond, trapping her inside and ultimately drowning her, reports say. Patton, a marketing coordinator for an architectural firm two miles from where she died, was driving north on Fallkirk Drive near Campbell when she inexplicably veered left and drove into the water. The causes of the accident are still unknown….