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More than 300 mysteriously sickened on Texas-Mexico cruise ship
Greater than 300 individuals had been struck by a mysterious illness on a cruise ship voyage from Texas to Mexico and again, the Facilities U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention mentioned Wednesday.
No less than 284 passengers and 34 crew members fell sick with vomiting and diarrhea aboard Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess between Feb. 26 and March 5, in response to the CDC, which is investigating the outbreak.
The CDC despatched a crew of epidemiologists to probe the attainable virus that tore by means of the ship after it docked in Galveston, Texas on March 5, the Houston Chronicle reported.
However well being officers have but to find out what prompted the mass sickness.
Cruise ship officers tried to deal with the outbreak by rising cleansing and disinfection and altering passengers to outbreak, in response to the CDC.
Additionally they collected stool samples from sick individuals and despatched them to the CDC to aim to establish the reason for the sickness.
A Princess Cruises’ spokeswoman mentioned the sickness was possible on account of a extremely contagious norovirus, typically dubbed the “cruise ship virus,” reported CBS Information.
There have been a complete of two,881 passengers aboard the ship, and roughly 10 % had been contaminated.
It wasn’t clear if anybody had been hospitalized.
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Texas primary election runoff: Wesley Doolittle defeats Rand Henderson in Montgomery Co. Sheriff runoff race
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – Incumbent Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson has been defeated by his opponent, Wesley Doolittle.
Unofficial final results show that Doolittle received 54% of the vote while Henderson received 46% of the vote.
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Doolittle served with the Texas Department of Public safety for 22 years before retiring in 2022 and immediately sworn in as a Captain with the Montgomery County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office.
The vote means that Montgomery County will have a new sheriff after Henderson took office in 2017.
Gov. Greg Abbott ‘certain’ school vouchers will pass
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has made passing school choice legislation a top priority. The governor sat down with FOX 4’s Steven Dial to talk about where things stand after the primary election and says deals that were previously offered may now be off the table.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has made education savings accounts, what some people call school vouchers, a priority this election season.
The vouchers, which are opposed by Democrats and some rural Republicans, would give families state money to pay for private schools.
Gov. Abbott has made passing education savings accounts a priority, actively campaigning against Republican candidates who oppose the legislation.
Abbott told FOX 4’s Steven Dial that he is “certain” that his plan will pass in the new session.
Six House incumbents lost back in the March primary.
That leaves Abbott two votes shy of the 76 needed to pass education savings accounts.
In Tuesday night’s runoff elections, there are four incumbents fighting to keep their seats in the Texas House.
Gary VanDeaver was the only incumbent of the four to finish first in the March election.
Texas House District 1: Gary VanDeaver (Incumbent) vs. Chris Spencer
Gary VanDeaver has served District 1 in the Texas House in 2015.
He is being challenged by businessman Chris Spencer.
District 1 represents Texarkana, New Boston and Paris.
Texas House District 33: Justin Holland (Incumbent) vs. Katrina Pierson
Justin Holland has served as the representative for District 33 since 2017.
His opponent is former Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson.
District 33 is composed of several cities, including all of Rockwall County.
Texas House District 44: John Kuempel (Incumbent) vs. Alan Schoolcraft
John Kuempel was first sworn in to serve House District 44 in 2010.
He is facing a challenge from former Texas State Rep. Alan Schoolcraft, who served in the House from 1981 to 1993.
District 44 is made up of Guadalipe and Gonzales counties.
Texas House District 58: DeWayne Burns (Incumbent) vs. Helen Kerwin
Dwayne Burns has been a State House Rep. since 2014.
He is being challenged by former Glen Rose mayor and Somervell County commissioner Helen Kerwin.
District 58 includes Johnson County and Sommervell County, including Glen Rose.
Deadly storms kill at least 22 people in multiple states
In Texas, those who were killed by the powerful storms and tornadoes included some children. Homes were also destroyed in Arkansas and Texas.
Over 800,000 outages have been reported in Texas after severe storms swept through the state over Memorial Day weekend, with more on the way Tuesday.
At least 22 people were killed over the weekend from the storms as they moved through states in the central and southern U.S. The warm, moist air that’s fueled one of the most active recent years for tornadoes will linger over the southern Plains, bringing thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts and large hail to Texas on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service said the clusters of storms are expected to dump heavy rain, triggering flash floods particularly in areas west of Dallas-Fort Worth and north of Austin, and scattered flooding and strong thunderstorms could extend from the Texas Panhandle to the western Gulf Coast.
Storms are expected to continue overnight, where they should move eastward and decrease in intensity.
Here’s where power outages have already been reported in Texas.
See photos: Severe storms over holiday weekend leave trail of disaster
Texas counties with large power outages on Tuesday
The majority of outages over the last 72 hours are around the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with another large number of outages around Houston, according to a power outage tracker from USA TODAY.
Here are the Texas counties with the largest number of outages as of Tuesday morning:
- Dallas County: Over 300,000 outages
- Harris County: Over 126,000 outages
- Collin County: over 94,000 outages
- Denton County: Over 66,000 outages
- Tarrant County: Over 52,000 outages
- Kaufman County: Over 40,000 outages
Texas power outages: See map
Contributing: Christopher Cann, USA TODAY.
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