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…
A man in Bluffton, South Carolina has been charged with DUI and leaving the scene of a fatal three car accident on April 13. Bluffton police stated that the man was witnessed driving erratically in Bluffton on May River road. When he hit the other…
Virginia State Police charged a Georgia truck driver with reckless driving after a tractor trailer crash on I-81 that killed a father and son. The accident occurred at 6 am on May 7 as traffic was slowing in Frederick County, Virginia due to an earlier…
A jury in St. Louis awarded $110.5 million to a woman who developed ovarian cancer after using Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower products for more than 40 years. The civil defective and dangerous product lawsuit centered on the questions of whether…
An 18 year old freshman at North Carolina Central University died on the evening of April 9 in a head on car accident in Durham, North Carolina that allegedly was caused by a drunk driver. The Durham police stated that a car going east on…
A 23 year old medical student at Eastern Virginia Medical School was killed in the early AM hours of April 24, 2016 in a DUI wreck, by a 39 year old Virginia Beach man. This week, he received a sentence of a total of 11 years…
There are increasing calls to improve public safety after a tragic pool death in North Carolina due to electrocution where a lifeguard died. Experts say it is a very dangerous and invisible problem that can lead to paralysis or death in seconds. Thousands of volts…
April 2017 brought bad news about drug-related fatalities on two fronts. Virginia became the latest state to see dramatic increases in deadly opioid overdoses, and a report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) revealed that, for the first time, people killed in traffic crashes…