A 19-year-old in North Carolina is facing charges after a pickup truck accident killed two teenagers on June 13, according to a North Caroline state trooper. The fatal, one-vehicle pickup accident happened in Balsam Grove, North Carolina, which is a remote area of Transylvania County. There…
A pair of studies were released last month that comes to seemingly opposite conclusions about whether an increase in the use of marijuana is causing a higher number of car accidents across the US. The first study, which was done by the Insurance Institute for…
A three-year-old boy in Florida suffered pelvic fractures while jumping at a trampoline park in Tampa, Florida last week. The injuries and accident have raised new questions about the safety of trampolines for young children. The mother told the media that her three-year-old son broke his…
A drunk driver traveling in excess of 100 MPH in Salisbury, North Carolina caused a crash that injured three, and shut down a portion of Jake Alexander Blvd. in Salisbury on June 11. The North Carolina State Police reported that Abraham T. Morris, from Salisbury,…
Law enforcement officials in North Carolina are warning citizens in the state to be careful on the water after several boating and water-related accidents across the state on Memorial Day weekend left one dead and several injured. One of the incidents involved a man who drowned…
Four teenagers died in a Missouri car accident on June 6 near the Daviess-Grundy County line. This was the second quadruple, fatal car crash in northwest Missouri in 2017. The deadly Missouri car accident happened at 1:40 PM when the driver of a 1994 Isuzu…
Recent health and safety information has arisen with regard to asbestos contamination of common talc baby powder products, including talc products sold by Johnson & Johnson, and other talcum powder products still for sale throughout the United States. During 2016 and 2017, defective product personal
A rare win appears within reach for the “forgotten people” who stand to lose so much if Republicans in Congress succeed in completely repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). H.R. 1215, introduced as companion legislation to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and…
An entire family of four died in Lexington, North Carolina on May 16 when they were hit by a tractor trailer that apparently failed to slow down in a construction zone. The North Carolina State Police reported that three adults and two children in total…
A woman was arrested on May 20 in Charlotte, North Carolina in connection with a fatal hit-and-run car accident. Police stated that a person was attempting to cross a road in Charlotte at 10 PM when he was hit and killed by the women driving…
A 23-year-old in Raleigh, North Carolina was killed in a car accident in October 2016, and his mother claims that his death didn’t have to happen. The other driver ran a red light and slammed into the young man’s car. The at-fault driver had a…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a ban on the use of powdered gloves in surgery and other medical and dental procedures. The FDA originally issued a proposal to ban the gloves in March of last year but has now made that proposal…
