Bernie Madoff died of kidney failure and hypertension according to death certificate

Bernie Madoff’s cause of death was kidney disease and hypertension, according to his death certificate. The 82-year-old died on April 14 inside Butner prison in North Carolina. He had been sentenced to 150 years in July 2009, and served his entire sentence at the prison, with fellow inmates including Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard and mob … Read more

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

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

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

J&J vaccinations paused at North Carolina site after 18 people had ‘adverse reactions’

Millions of Americans are currently receiving coronavirus vaccinations as the U.S. works to restore some sense of normalcy from the pandemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 33 percent of the US population has received at least one dose and 19.4 percent are fully immunized, either from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or Johnson … Read more