SAN ANTONIO – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration have issued an emergency warning after a cluster of 22 people in 11 states reported adverse effects from counterfeit or mishandled botulin toxin injections. The states impacted include Texas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and Washington. The people affected were women ages 25 to 29 years old, who received injections by unlicensed, untrained individuals or in non-health care settings, like homes or spas. Dr.

Powerful tornadoes and storms swept through southwestern Michigan Tuesday evening, destroying or damaging homes and businesses and injuring several residents – and millions more from northeast Texas to the Carolinas face at least a slight risk of severe weather Wednesday. At least a dozen people were injured at a mobile home park in Pavilion Township following a tornado Tuesday, according to a county official. The township is located in Kalamazoo County, where 15 to 20 people had minor injuries and were transported to two area hospitals, according to the county’s...

Rivalry games are always important to Vanderbilt baseball, but the Commodores’ four rivalry games this week carry extra stakes. Coming off five straight SEC losses, Vanderbilt’s spot in the NCAA tournament could be at risk. The Commodores needed the Battle of the Barrel rivalry game against Louisville on Tuesday to get back on track before hosting No. 1 Tennessee this weekend. Vanderbilt (33-16) got the win it needed, 4-2, over the Cardinals (29-19). Devin Futrell put up a strong start, allowing one run in five innings with one walk and...

New Hampshire could become the latest US state to ban child marriage after its House of Representatives passed a bill that would raise the minimum age for marriage to 18. Until 2016, child marriage – defined as a union involving at least one person under 18 years of age – was legal in all 50 states, sometimes only under specific circumstances, such as pregnancy. But since the US signed up to a United Nations plan to end the practice by 2030, 12 states have passed laws banning it, beginning with...

Dawson Sutton of Lebanon, Tennessee, will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut on May 18 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Sutton, 18, will drive the No. 26 Rackley W.A.R. Chevrolet in the race. It will also be the truck's debut in the series. “I have been super excited waiting to share this announcement that I’ll be making my NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut,” Sutton said in a press release. “I’m also grateful for my parents. My dad has invested so much into me since I started racing two years ago,...

After calls for gun safety, Tennessee votes to arm teachers In March 2023, an assailant shot and killed three students and three staff members at the Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville. The shooting prompted calls for gun safety legislation. Thousands of people protested outside the Tennessee Capitol calling for universal background checks, safe gun storage laws and accountability for the gun industry. At the time, it seemed like there was bipartisan support for some type of gun control bill. Republican Gov. Bill Lee urged lawmakers to...

Vanderbilt baseball is reeling just before facing its two biggest rivals. The Tennessee series looms this weekend, but first, the Commodores (32-16) will host Louisville (29-18) at Hawkins Field on Tuesday. The Cardinals have had an up-and-down season but are coming off a weekend sweep of Boston College on the road. Vanderbilt has lost five straight SEC games against Mississippi State and Georgia. One of the few trophy games in college baseball, Vanderbilt and Louisville play the Battle of the Barrel. The Commodores won the barrel a season ago at...

By Alexa St. John, Sean Murphy and Jim Salter | Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — A tornado destroyed homes, forced the evacuation of a nursing home and toppled trees and power lines when it roared through a small Oklahoma town, one of several twisters that erupted in the central United States amid a series of powerful storms that stretched into Tuesday. At least one death was reported. The tornado ripped through the 1,000-person town of Barnsdall, about a 40-minute drive north of Tulsa, on Monday night. It was the second...

Authorities in Virginia issued an Amber Alert Tuesday for a 10-month-old baby who is believed to be in "extreme danger." The baby's name is Cedar Samuel Griffith. He is a Black male with black hair and brown eyes. He is 30 inches tall and weighs 25 pounds, according to the Amber Alert released by the Virginia State Police and the Virginia Missing Children Clearinghouse. Authorities say the child is believed to have been abducted Monday at 8:10 p.m. by Ashley Jordan Griffith, 30, a white woman with blond hair and...