Truck Runs Stop Sign, Kills Mother and 4 Children in SUV in Kansas: Officials

Texas Governor Declares Disaster After Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in City’s Water

The governor of Texas declared a disaster after a brain-eating amoeba that killed a 6-year-old boy was found in a city’s water supply. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday declared a disaster (pdf) in Brazoria County and said that of 11 water tests conducted in the county, three found N. fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba. That is now “posing an imminent threat to public health and safety, including loss of life,” he said. “A proclamation certifying the presence of Naegleria fowleri, which can cause a rare and devastating infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis, was identified in the water supply in Brazoria County; and declaring a state of disaster,” his order said. “TCEQ and city officials are actively working on a plan to flush and disinfect the water system. Until…

A Kansas mother and four of her children were killed after a semi-truck ran through a stop sign and crashed into her SUV, according to officials.

Jessica Noel, 32; her 10-year-old daughter Anaiah; 4-year-old son Jeffrey; four-month-old son Hank; and 23-month-old son Mack died in the crash, according to her family in a GoFundMe page and the Sedgwick County Sheriffs Office.

The sheriff’s office told KSN-TV that Noel was driving southbound on 263rd Street when a grain truck failed to stop, crashing into her vehicle.

The driver of the truck, Andrew Specht, wasn’t injured in the crash, according to officials. The accident is under investigation, reported the Hays Post.

Sedgwick County Commissioner David Dennis said the commission is now attempting to make changes at the intersection.

“The tractor-trailer didn’t stop, it didn’t even slow down,” Dennis told KSN. “The latest word we got was that he had his cruise control set at 55 miles an hour and went through the stop sign. So, it’s really inattentive driving that caused five fatalities.”

“My heart and my family are broken over the loss of my sister-in-law and my four nieces and nephews,” Noel’s family said in a statement about the five deaths. “There are just no words….Thank you to ever who has reached out by email, text, or otherwise. We are taking it one day at a time. Thoughts and prayers are all that’s needed, but if you are able to give more to cover the medical bills and funeral expenses the Go Fund Me link my daughter created is below. Thank you. I love you all.”

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Packing Supreme Court an ‘Empty Threat,’ Unlikely to Happen: Former FEC Member

The Democrats’ call to add more justices to the Supreme Court is but an “empty threat,” said Hans von Spakovsky, a Republican lawyer and former member of the Federal Election Commission. With President Donald Trump and the Republican-dominated Senate poised to nominate and confirm a conservative Supreme Court Justice to fill the vacancy left by liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg, some Democrats have revived the radical idea of expanding the size of the high court. Von Spakovsky said the Democratic court packing is unlikely to happen. “The Constitution does not specify how many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court that set by statute, but it has been nine justices now for a very, very long time,” said von Spakovsky during an interview on Epoch Time’s “Crossroads,” when asked about the…