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…
Yesterday I wrote about the “brain-eating amoeba,” Naegleria fowleri that killed three young people this summer. The amoeba causes the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)….
Last week I attended the first hearing for the DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Litigation. A large group of lawyers met with United States District Judge Ed Kinkeade in Dallas Texas last week to organize…
It sounds like the plot of a summer horror movie. The creature that crawls in swimmers’ noses and eats their brains. But it’s not fiction. So far three people have died this summer…
The Work Zone Safety Program, first created in 1989, aims to increase work zone safety awareness and education in the state of North Carolina in hopes of reducing work…
Parents know how important it is to stay up to date on recalls. This is particularly true in the case of infant and toddler chairs. Little arms, legs, fingers and toes can and do find any…
Photo: flickr/mrjasonweaver The BBC is reporting a stunning case of distracted driving. A British court banned a 34-year-old driver from driving for one year after he was stopped by police for…
In recent years, cell phones and their users have taken some serious blame for making our roads more dangerous. Texting while driving or even talking while driving—both forms of distracted…
Photo: flickr/tomoneki A proposed law banning the persistent tethering of dogs in Forsyth County, North Carolina, appears to have the support of the commissioners following a large outpouring of…
Former Supreme Court nominee, Robert Bork, was the subject of legal blogs several years ago when he stepped up onto a dais to deliver a speech to the Yale Club of New York City and fell backward….
The following news item from the American Academy of Pediatrics definitely falls into the not exactly a revelation category. But as a parent, it serves as an important reminder Children…
