Fatal High School Shooting, Maryland Listeria Case, Record Lottery Win: News Nearby

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• High Point High School Shooting: One Dead, One Injured
• Fort Meade Woman's $500,004 Win ls Largest In State's History
• Stepson Given Maximum Sentence for Gunning Down DC Detective

Americans' Relationship With Cinco De Mayo: It's Complicated

First, let's get this out of the way: Cinco de Mayo has nothing to do with mayonnaise. Also important to note is that the holiday doesn't commemorate Mexican Independence Day. it's actually meant as a remembrance of Mexico's triumph over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 -- half a century after Mexican Independence Day celebrated on September 16.

"The significance of Cinco de Mayo is that it represents Mexican resistance to foreign intervention, it is a moment where Mexico as a young nation rallied to defend itself,"Raul Ramos, Associate Professor of History at the University of Houston, told NBC News. >>> Read more.

Maryland Case of Listeria Tied to National Veggie Recall

Eight people have become ill from eating frozen vegetables contaminated with listeria bacteria -- a problem that sparked a national recall of multiple food brands -- and two people later died, although not from the listeria infection, federal health officials say.

The Centers for Disease Control says all eight people were hospitalized, including a patient from Maryland and another from Washington State who died. In both deaths, listeriosis was not considered to be a cause of death, the CDC says. >>> Read more.

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