Before someone dies of dehydration, he or she will likely experience several days of nausea, dizziness, severe headaches, fainting, seizures, insomnia, rapid heart rate, sunken eyes and a swelling of the tongue. Based on an autopsy report released last week, that may have been what North Carolina inmate Michael Anthony Kerr was going through in […]
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Federal judge questions N.C. voting reforms
Opponents of controversial voting reforms in North Carolina may have cause for optimism. As reported on left-leaning Think Progress Monday, the panel of three federal appeals court judges that will hear the case for and against last year’s voting law includes two Obama appointees and one Clinton appointee. Think Progress noted at least one of […]
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Two new dismissals reported following inmate’s death
The Indy has learned of two additional dismissals in the ongoing fallout from a North Carolina inmate’s death in March. N.C. Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Pam Walker confirmed this week that Roger Moose, assistant superintendent for custody and operations at Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville, and John Monguillot, assister director of mental health in […]
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Autopsy blames dehydration for inmate’s death
After five months of waiting, an autopsy report released Thursday blamed deceased N.C. inmate Michael Anthony Kerr’s death on dehydration. However, the report says it’s unclear whether Kerr was dehydrated because prison workers did not provide water or because he refused water, leaving his official manner of death “undetermined.” Kerr’s sister Brenda Liles, said the […]
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Toxicology report released for deceased N.C. inmate
A toxicology report released Monday by the N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner offered no insight into the still unexplained death of Michael Anthony Kerr, a 54-year-old North Carolina inmate who died en route to Raleigh’s Central Prison in March. Monday’s report found no traces of various drugs such as cocaine, opiates and ethanol […]
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After four meetings, Gay-Straight Alliance at Stanback Middle School eliminated
It took more than two years for supporters to form a Gay Straight Alliance at A.L. Stanback Middle School in Hillsboroughand just a few months to see it eliminated under curious circumstances. Past and present staff say Principal Gloria Jones told them that she was heeding a new system-wide policy from Orange County Schools when […]
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Chapel Hill Town Councilman Lee Storrow takes a new title
Chapel Hill Town Councilman Lee Storrow has a new title. Storrow has been named executive director of the N.C. Aids Action Network, an influential nonprofit that helps to promote advocacy and policy about the disease. At 22 years old, Storrow was the youngest town councilman in two decades when he was elected in Chapel Hill […]
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Meats, butter and even insects destined for smokehouse on Duke’s campus
If your cheese smells like feet, that’s because it may be swimming with the same bacteria. And that, says Vassar College Assistant Professor and visiting food scholar Thomas Parker, may not be such a bad thing. “There’s bacteria on that cheese because it may not have been pasteurized, and neither have your feet,” Parker says. […]
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Sanford no longer backing fracking
Where once there was hope, now there is anger. In Sanford, where the N.C. Mining and Energy Commission held a public hearing on a draft of the state’s fracking regulations, opponents of the controversial drilling practice are waving small red flags, their ire given a menacing edge by protesters’ thumping drums and whistles outside the […]
