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A Texas Rangers fan died after falling while trying to catch a baseball during a game, reports say. The man, listed as Shannon Stone, a 39-year-old firefighter from Brownwood, died at a hospital earlier this month, reports say. Stone was stretching for a ball that was thrown into the stands during a Texas Rangers game by All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton during the second inning of a baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Oakland A’s in Arlington, Texas. While…

Medications that control epilepsy, such as Depakote, Depakene and Depakon may affect a fetus if used during pregnancy, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration reportedly said recently. From that announcement, the FDA reportedly said it will be changing the labels of all these types of drugs, called valproate drugs, which are used to treat epilepsy and some manic symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. The FDA reportedly said that children of women who took the medications during pregnancy have an increased…

The name of the five-year-old Houston boy who drowned at the Texas City Dike Beach was released by officials Friday, reports say. The child, Fredy Lazo, drowned after slipping off a float at the Texas City Dike beach Wednesday. Lazo, who was with his mother, Lucia Joya Benitez, 33, about 4 P.M. when they suddenly realized they were in deep water. At that point, the youngster slipped off the float and under the water, reports say. Jessica Lazo, 12, the…

HomeJust nine months after a set of twin nine-year-old girls and their father drowned when they were caught in an undertow at Texas City Dike Beach, a five-year-old whose name was not yet released also drowned in almost the exact same spot. Jimmy Doan, lead attorney from the Doan Law Firm, the Houston personal injury attorney whose firm hosts this website, is representing the family of victims Samantha, Alexandra and Hector Suarez, who drown in October. And it was Doan…

A five-year-old Houston boy drowned after falling from an inflatable float yesterday in the same area in which three others drown just nine months earlier. The boy, whose name has not yet been released, was under the water for about five minutes, reports said. Reports varied as to whether or not the child had fallen off while others paddled it, or whether it had overturned and he was lost then. But once family members went back into the water to…