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Johnson & Johnson asks high court to void $2B talc verdict

May 31, 20210

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is asking for Supreme Court review of a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using the company’s talc products. The case features an array of high-profile attorneys, some in unusual alliances, including former independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who is representing the women who sued Johnson & Johnson. The nation’s largest business groups are

5 injured in boating accident

May 31, 2021May 31, 20210

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Five people were injured when two boats collided on Lake Murray on Friday night, state officials said. News outlets reported that the accident happened Friday evening. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said a cabin cruiser boat carrying two people collided with a pontoon boat with six onboard. A department spokeswoman said all the injuries happened to people on the pontoon boat, including two serious

Duke beats NC State 1-0 for first ACC title since 1961

May 30, 2021May 31, 20210

Duke pitcher Cooper Stinson throws against North Carolina State in the first inning of an NCAA college baseball game at the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game on Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cooper Stinson gave up three hits with no walks in six scoreless innings and Duke beat North Carolina State 1-0 in the ACC Tournament championship game on Sunday. The

Horror, heroism mark deadly shooting at California rail yard

May 28, 20210

By TERENCE CHEA and JANIE HAR Family members of shooting victim Timothy Romo embrace during a vigil at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in honor of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury) SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Taptejdeep Singh died trying to save others from a gunman. Kirk Bertolet saw some of

3 officers face arraignment in Black man’s restraint death

May 28, 2021May 28, 20210

By GENE JOHNSON Marcia Carter-Patterson, right, the mother of Manuel "Manny" Ellis, stands with her son and Ellis' brother Matthew, left, as she speaks Thursday, May 27, 2021, at a news conference in Tacoma, Wash., south of Seattle. Ellis died on March 3, 2020 after he was restrained by police officers. Earlier in the day Thursday, Washington state attorney general filed criminal charges against three police officers in the death

Voice of Disney’s ‘Sebastian the Crab’ dies at age 72

May 28, 2021May 31, 20210

By MEG KINNARD Samuel E. Wright, the South Carolina native who famously voiced “Sebastian the Crab” in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and had an acting career spanning five decades, died this week. He was 72. Wright died Monday in New York after a three-year bout with prostate cancer, according to his family’s obituary. “My beautiful, strong, loving daddy is off to his next adventure,” one of Wright’s daughters, Dee Kelly, wrote

Environmentalists want NC governor to halt pellet plants

May 27, 2021May 28, 20210

Advocates for environmental justice and eastern North Carolina residents urged Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday to block permits for future wood pellet plants and pay more attention to their effects on health. The activists, organized by the Dogwood Alliance coalition, came to Raleigh to deliver a petition to Cooper and other state agencies demanding that future industrial energy project permits that aren’t embraced within the state’s Clean Energy Plan be denied. Future

Unraveling more COVID-19 myths

May 27, 2021June 21, 20230

By DR. JOYNICOLE MARTINEZ, Staff Writer On May 25, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported 525 new cases with approximately 700 currently hospitalized and a daily percent of positive tests above 4%. Even with this news, there is a lot of disinformation regarding the disease and the vaccine. Myth: If you’ve already had COVID-19, you don’t need to be vaccinated. Fact: Although rare, reinfection is possible. Some

Reemployment bonus idea advanced by NC Senate committee

May 27, 2021May 27, 20210

By GARY D. ROBERTSON With employers struggling to fill positions as post-pandemic restrictions end, North Carolina state senators advanced a proposal Wednesday giving $1,500 bonuses to unemployment benefit recipients who return to work this summer. The Senate Commerce Committee gave bipartisan support to the measure, which would offer bonuses, but only if federal labor officials allow the state to use money coming from Washington that’s made unemployment benefits more generous

Howard names College of Fine Arts for Chadwick Boseman

May 26, 2021May 28, 20210

By ASHRAF KHALIL WASHINGTON (AP) — While studying at Howard University, young Chadwick Boseman helped lead a student protest against plans to merge his beloved College of Fine Arts into the College of Arts and Sciences. He failed in that goal, but 20 years later, the acclaimed actor is being posthumously honored as the namesake of Howard’s newly re-established Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. Boseman, who graduated in