The parents of two kids who were sickened by an E.coli outbreak linked to the recent Cleveland County Fair have sued the company that put on the event according to this article. According to court records, the complaint was filed last week in Gaston County on behalf of a 5-year-old…
Though most of us know about the cultural differences that appear to exist between people in red and blue states, we likely have never heard that there are also differences in fatal traffic accident rates. According to a recent article in the LA Times, red states have significantly higher fatal…
On the most recent episode of the Emmy award-winning drama Homeland, the Vice President of the United States was assassinated by a group of terrorists that hacked into the pacemaker controlling the beat of his heart. The terrorists were able to get their hands on the device’s serial number and…
A recent article in USA Today discussed a terrifying new superbug with origins here in North Carolina that has caused serious worries across the healthcare industry, leading to deaths in medical facilities large and small across the country. The bug, known as Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, is known for fighting…
A heartbreaking drunk driving crash in Charlotte, NC that severely injured a young couple and killed their unborn child and the drunk driver shed light a law that is meant to prevent bars and restaurants from serving alcohol to already intoxicated customers. The innocent North Carolina couple was driving home…
A North Carolina two-vehicle crash that led to the death of a young mother has resulted in charges for the other driver according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The man was charged with misdemeanor death by a motor vehicle and failure to stop at a stop sign. The accident…
The ABC11 I-Team recently revealed a series of problems with the existing nursing home rating system in North Carolina. The federal government ranks nursing homes on a system ranging from 1-star for the worst to 5-star for the best such facilities. The news station report revealed that almost half of…
It sounds like it’s been a week of bad news for the maker of the birth control drugs Yasmin and Yaz as Bayer AG announced in its most recent financial report that it had agreed to pay a combined $750 million thus far to settle thousands of claims regarding its…
A recent report in the Shelby Star revealed that a woman involved in a weekend car wreck on Polkville Road in Charlotte, NC is still in the trauma unit at Carolinas Medical Center recovering from her injuries. According to North Carolina Highway Patrol, a woman in a car heading North…
According to Fox Charlotte, a CATS bus in Charlotte, NC and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the 1500 block on N. Tryon Street at 10:25 one night earlier this week. The bus was making a left turn from N. Tryon Street onto Dalton Avenue. The 1999 Yamaha…