News in brief

By The Associated Press

Dozens sickened, one dead after eating carrots contaminated with E. coli

NEW YORK | An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots. One person died from the infection.

The CDC says 39 people were infected, and 15 people were hospitalized in 18 states after eating organic whole and baby carrots sold by Grimmway Farms. The company has recalled the carrots. The recalled carrots included whole and baby organic carrots sold in bags under multiple brand names, including 365, Cal-Organic, Nature’s Promise, O-Organics, Trader Joe’s and Wegmans, among others.

While the carrots are no longer in stores, the CDC is encouraging consumers to check their refrigerators and throw away any carrots that fit the description.

Typhoon Man-yi lashes the Philippines

MANILA, Philippines | A powerful typhoon has wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it barreled across the northern Philippines in the sixth major storm to pound the Southeast Asian country in less than a month.

Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the eastern island province of Catanduanes on Saturday night with sustained winds of up to 125 miles per hour and gusts of up to 49 mph. The country’s weather agency warned of “potentially catastrophic and life-threatening situation” in provinces along its path.

There were no immediate reports of casualties from the typhoon, which was forecast to blow northwestward on Sunday across northern Luzon, the archipelago’s most populous region.

—From AP reports