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If you have little ones at home, no doubt both you and your children are looking forward to Halloween. The days leading up to Oct. 31 include picking out a costume for your little goblin or princess, carving a pumpkin, stocking up on candy, and planning the route your trick-or-treaters…

One person has died, and more than 100 people have become ill with Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever traced to a hot tubs exhibit at the N.C. Mountain State Fair in Fletcher, N.C., in September, according to multiple news reports. Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia caused by bacteria known as Legionella. People…

Two Kansas school districts are apparently following the lead of North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein by suing e-cigarette companies and asserting that they have marketed vaping to children. Officials of the Goddard School District, just west of Wichita, Kansas, have authorized a local law firm to sue the makers,…

A recent study says late model cars are becoming safer in collisions. Yet, in a front-end car crash, female passengers wearing seat belts are much more likely than men to be seriously injured or killed. A primary reason that women are at greater risk of suffering car accident injuries in…

Despite a changing cast of electric scooter rental companies in Raleigh, data from N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles show e-scooter accidents continue to cause harm across North Carolina. How Dangerous Are Electric Scooters? A Charlotte Observer report says there were 35 injuries reported in electric scooter crashes in Raleigh and Charlotte from January 2018 through May…

A federal court in Florida will hear legal claims by U.S. military veterans from across the country who say design flaws in 3M’s Combat Arms Earplugs caused them hearing damage, including deafness. A Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) decided that lawsuits against Minnesota-based 3M Company regarding defective military-issued earplugs…