A new kind of hip replacement device cleared for marketing in the United States in 2003 came with the promise of better performance, longer useful life and fewer post-surgery complications than earlier models of the medical device that some 120,000 Americans have implanted each year. Those promises soon became nightmares for as many 13 percent…
A 17-year-old student at Roger Bacon Academy in Columbus County, North Carolina (NC) was killed in a car wreck that may have been caused by a driver that was texting while driving. The victim was a passenger in a car driven by another teenager who was reportedly texting behind the wheel, according to wect.com. The…
$461 million in federal money will be used to begin modernizing North Carolina’s rail system. The money will help pay for 24 projects in 11 counties including Guilford, Alamance and Davidson. Some of the projects including completing double tracks between Greensboro and Charlotte, building a dozen new bridges to eliminate 30 highway crossings and adding…
Some car and truck drivers are up in arms over the decision by police and politicians in Ridgeland, South Carolina (SC), to begin using cameras to catch and ticket speeders on the seven-mile stretch of I-95 that runs through the town just north of the Georgia (GA) border. The South Carolina Senate has gone so…
Drawstrings that can wrap around wearers’ necks and choke or strangle them have prompted the recall of 3,600 hooded sweatshirts sold by Sunsations beach souvenir stores in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head, North Carolina (NC); Ocean City, Maryland (MD); and Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA). Recalled hoodies range in size from 2T to 12, have…