When Hurricane Irene set its sights on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Notre Dame researcher, Andrew Kennedy, set his sights on Irene. A researcher in the university’s Department of Civil…
A family traveling through North Carolina on their way home from vacation Saturday was struck a heart-breaking blow when a crash took the lives of women from three generations. Those victims were a…
The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920, after more than 40 years of attempts. On August 26, 1920, the amendment was proclaimed in Congress. I…
Forecasters are concerned that Hurricane Irene could present a hundred-year flooding event. For those of us in North Carolina, such dire warnings evoke the haunting memory of weeks of disastrous…
There may be a hidden thief waiting for you at the ATM. No, I don’t mean some burly thug in a balaclava – but watch out for those too. The crook I’m writing of, however, is a…
Today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) advised consumers to immediately stop using a massager that is associated with life-threatening injuries — including a death and a…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing recommendations for residents in states that might be affected by Hurricane Irene to minimize the potential…
It was an outrageous case of child abduction. A little girl was taken from her elementary school in Mississippi – multiple times – apparently with the unwitting cooperation of the…
Despite the fact that North Carolina outlawed the deadly synthetic drug known as “bath salts” on June 1st, it is still being sold. Police in Fayetteville searched seven businesses on…
Can U.S. citizens rely on the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to adequately oversee the safety of medical products used in this country? The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the…
Picture: NCDOT State and local law enforcement officers will be out in force over the Labor Day holiday as part of the “Booze It & Lose It” Labor Day campaign. Checkpoints and…
Attention deer hunters! The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has some timely advice about safety and tree stands. “Unfortunately, we have tree stand incidents that involve injuries…