Dispatch audio reveals Andrew Brown was shot in back as seven deputies suspended

A black man killed while driving away from sheriff’s deputies was ‘shot in the back’ as he tried to drive away, newly released audio has revealed. Emergency dispatch audio recorded after the shooting of Andrew Brown, 42, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on Wednesday morning included a dispatcher saying: ‘We do have a subject that … Read more

Seven deputies put on leave – and another 3 resign – over fatal shooting of Andrew Brown

Seven deputies have been put on leave – and another three have resigned – after a black man was fatally shot in North Carolina, it has been revealed. Pasquotank Sheriff Tommy Wooten told WAVY-TV that seven deputies have been put on administrative leave following the shooting of Andrew Brown, 42, on Wednesday in Elizabeth City. CNN … Read more

Seven deputies put on leave – and another 3 resign – over fatal shooting of Andrew Brown

Seven deputies have been put on leave – and another three have resigned – after a black man was fatally shot in North Carolina, it has been revealed. Pasquotank Sheriff Tommy Wooten told WAVY-TV that seven deputies have been put on administrative leave following the shooting of Andrew Brown, 42, on Wednesday in Elizabeth City. CNN … Read more

Bigamist mother-of-three faces up to seven years in jail after marrying her lover

Bigamist mother-of-three faces up to seven years in jail after marrying her lover and having his baby – keeping the relationship AND pregnancy hidden from her ‘sad and distraught’ husband of 18 years Brinda Kantamanen, 42, falsified her father’s name on the marriage certificate It meant she was allowed to marry her lover while already … Read more

Bigamist mother-of-three faces up to seven years in jail after marrying her lover

Bigamist mother-of-three faces up to seven years in jail after marrying her lover and having his baby – keeping the relationship AND pregnancy hidden from her ‘sad and distraught’ husband of 18 years Brinda Kantamanen, 42, falsified her father’s name on the marriage certificate It meant she was allowed to marry her lover while already … Read more

Protesters call for the release of bodycam footage after black father of ten is shot dead by cop

Protesters have called for the release of police bodycam footage after a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy shot dead a black father of ten. Andrew Brown Jr. was shot at multiple times Wednesday while trying to drive away, according to eyewitnesses. The car skidded out of Brown’s yard and eventually hit a tree, said Demetria Williams, who … Read more

SUV driver narrowly escapes being hit by a falling tree

Moment SUV driver narrowly escapes being hit by a falling tree as it crashes onto the road bringing down power lines and traffic lights SUV was seen driving up to intersection as the large tree began to collapse Footage shows car pull ahead moments before branches crashed over the road Forestry workers in Durham, North Carolina … Read more

Duke researchers are working on developing flu shot using new coronavirus technology

Duke researchers are developing a flu shot using coronavirus vaccines’ new mRNA technology that could offer protection for up to FIVE YEARS Currently, flu shots are made by researchers guessing which strains will be the most prevalent The new version, being developed by Duke University, would be able to target all influenza strains It uses new … Read more

Rise and fall of America’s biggest Ponzi conman Bernie Madoff

Bernie Madoff, the man behind the biggest and most devastating Ponzi scheme in history that robbed tens of thousands of victims worldwide of $65 billion, went from a high-flying Wall Street financier to living out his dying days in a North Carolina prison. For decades, Madoff – a former chairman of the Nasdaq stock market … Read more

Rising sea levels are poisoning North Carolina woodlands causing ‘ghost forests’ near coasts

Rising sea levels are transforming the once lush woodlands along North Carolina’s coast into grayish-colored, lifeless trunks known as ‘ghost forests.’ The leafless, limbless trees cover about 11 percent of the state’s Alligator National Wildlife Refuge that what was once thriving with healthy forests. The change is caused by massive amounts of seawater creeping inland … Read more