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Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the makers of Tylenol on Tuesday, accusing Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Kenvue of “deceptively marketing” the drug to pregnant women despite disputed research that its active ingredient can increase the risk of autism and ADHD in unborn children.
The lawsuit alleges that Johnson & Johnson, “seeing that the day of reckoning was coming,” violated state law by transferring its liabilities associated with Tylenol to a separate company to protect its assets.
The suit follows last month’s warning from President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that acetaminophen use by pregnant women can allegedly cause neurodevelopmental disorders in their children.
Their announcement cited a recent study to support the claim, but prominent medical groups insist the drug is safe.
Kenvue said Paxton’s allegations “lack legal merit and scientific support,” denouncing the “perpetuation of misinformation on the safety of acetaminophen,” which the company claims is the “safest pain reliever” for pregnant women.
Dallas ISD Principal Replaced for Shaming Students
The principal of Dallas ISD’s Woodrow Wilson High School has been replaced after she assembled the school’s approximately 100 black students on Friday to discuss their academic performance, suggesting they were to blame for the school’s B rating from the Texas Education Agency.
Chandra Hooper-Barnett acknowledged the meeting “caused concern within our school community” and “was not appropriate” in a Sunday letter to parents in which she offered to step down “to allow for healing and growth.”
Danielle Petters, a longtime principal and the former executive director of the Woodrow Wilson Vertical Team, was named the interim principal of the 2,000-student campus.
“I don’t even know how you resolve this and take it back, because the damage has been done,” said Jennifer Bush, whose son attended the meeting. “There is a trust that is broken between parents and students.”
Texas College Enrollment Hits All-Time High
A preliminary report from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shows a record 1,680,517 students are enrolled in Texas colleges. The total is up 4.7% from last year and represents the first time enrollment has exceeded the pre-pandemic figure of approximately 1,560,000.
Public two-year colleges have enrolled 776,432 students, while public four-year universities have enrolled 708,669. Private institutions have enrolled 160,869 students and saw the largest year-to-year increase, at 6.7%. Nearly 35,000 students are enrolled at health-related institutions.
Several of the state’s largest universities set enrollment records this fall, including UT Austin (55,000), Texas State University (44,596), and Texas Tech University (42,272). Texas A&M’s College Station campus, with more than 76,000 students, has capped enrollment for five years as its infrastructure is upgraded and expanded.
“The record enrollment numbers will help the state’s continuing efforts to build a talent-strong Texas and an increasingly educated workforce,” said Commissioner of Higher Education Wynn Rosser.
➤ Schertz: An Amtrak train carrying 129 passengers collided with a semitruck yesterday morning. No injuries were reported, and the train did not derail. (More)
➤ Terrell: William Armstrong, a scuba diving instructor whose 12-year-old student died during a class in August, resigned Tuesday from his position as an assistant chief deputy for the Collin County Sheriff’s Office. (More)
➤ New Braunfels ISD: High school libraries reopened Monday after a two-week review of some 50,000 titles to ensure compliance with a new state law that aims to bar sexually explicit books from library shelves. The district flagged 81 titles for further review. (More)
➤ Falls County: A small single-engine plane crashed in a field Monday morning after an engine failure. The pilot and his passenger were uninjured. (See Photos)
➤ Harris County District Court Judge Natalia Cornelio has received a public reprimand from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for exhibiting “bias” toward a convicted murderer by summoning him to a midnight court hearing that never occurred so he could receive an MRI at a private clinic. (See Details)
➤ Farmers Branch: A Dallas County Sheriff’s Office deputy fell off an overpass when a hydroplaning truck hit his squad car as he was responding to a crash Saturday morning. The deputy, who has not been identified, was hospitalized with serious injuries. (More)
➤ Killeen: Ofelia Negrete-Arriaga, a 57-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, has been charged with falsifying employment documents to work as a custodian at Harker Heights High School. According to ICE, she has entered the country illegally six times. (More)
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➤ The Dallas Mavericks announced that Mark Aguirre’s No. 24 jersey will be the fifth retired in team history, joining Derek Harper (#12), Rolando Blackman (#22), Brad Davis (#15), and Dirk Nowitzki (#41). (More)
➤ UNT quarterback Drew Mestemaker won the Associated Press’ national player of the week award after setting an all-time American Conference record by passing for 608 yards against Charlotte last Friday. (More)
➤ Texas Tech announced that backup quarterback Will Hammond suffered a torn ACL against Oklahoma State on Saturday and will miss the remainder of the season. (More)
➤ Cooper Flagg suffered a shoulder injury on the opening possession of the Mavericks’ loss to the Thunder on Monday night, but continued playing, scoring just two points in 31 minutes before being benched. (More)
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➤ Coppell retailer At Home has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy under new ownership that orchestrated the elimination of nearly $2 billion in debt and provided $500 million in new financing. The chain operates 229 stores in 39 states. (More)
➤ Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan are building a pipeline from the Texas Panhandle through Arizona to Southern California to “enhance energy reliability and address growing demand across the West.” The Western Gateway Pipeline is expected to be completed by 2029. (More)
➤ Massachusetts-based startup Quaise Energy showcased an innovative drilling technology powered by electromagnetic waves at a quarry in Marble Falls last month, reaching a depth of 387 feet. The company aims to use the drilling method to develop geothermal energy. (More)
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➤ The Texas School Nurses Organization named Sylvia Belmontes of Ysleta ISD as the 2025-26 Texas School Nurse Administrator of the Year. Belmontes leads a team of more than 70 nurses as the district’s Director of Student Health Services. (More)
➤ Mo Mahmood, the founder of an Austin-based nonprofit called More Monuments, is raising money to build a 650-foot-tall statue of George Washington to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday. He has completed one project so far—the 54-foot-tall Wellspring of Progress in Lockhart. (See Details)
➤ Elon Musk’s xAI launched Grokipedia yesterday as an alternative to Wikipedia, which he has criticized as woke. Musk said the AI-generated encyclopedia is “super important for civilization.” (More)
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Paxton Sues Tylenol Makers
