Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A professor who wished Queen Elizabeth II "excruciating" pain prior to her death will not be fired after firm support from her university, she says. Dr. Uju Anya, a professor of race and linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, set Twitter ablaze after posting a seething tweet about…
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A teenage girl who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her alleged rapist to death has been ordered to pay $150,000 to the man’s family. As reported by BBC News, in June 2020, Pieper Lewis, now 17, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and willful injury for the killing…
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Rapper PnB Rock has been fatally shot during a robbery at the Los Angeles branch of Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles. According to Los Angeles police captain Kelly Muniz, on Monday (12 September) afternoon a shooting occurred at the restaurant on Main Street and Manchester Ave. The 30-year-old Philadelphia rapper -…
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A young mom who was tragically murdered in Northern California last week has just been identified, KGO-TV reports. The victim was identified as 27-year-old Door Dash driver, Karina Castro, who was a mother to two daughters aged seven and one. Per the report, Castro's youngest daughter was fathered by a…
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A North Carolina man could be put to death if convicted on a first-degree murder charge, which reportedly came about because his own mother recognized him in surveillance footage featured on the news. Per arrest warrants obtained by WECT, 22-year-old Charles Michael Haywood has been accused of the first-degree murder…
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The university professor who tweeted her disdain for the Queen and the Royal family has said that she will not apologize for wishing the monarch an "excruciating" death. On Thursday Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II was under "medical supervision" in Balmoral after her doctors came concerned with her…
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Today marks 21 years since one of the most horrific terrorist attacks the world has ever seen: 9/11. The event claimed the lives of 2,977 people and injured - at least - an additional 25,000, the Washington Post reports, forever changing anti-terrorism legislation around the world. The devastation to New…
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Just hours before America changed forever, Andrew Card remembers the start of that Tuesday morning like many others. "I remember it was a perfect day," Card said, per The Times. "When I stepped outside, when the sun came up, it was just like a perfect day." But the chief of…
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Today marks 21 years since the unforgettable September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. On that fateful day, the nation - and the rest of the world - was devastated by the single deadliest terrorist attack in US history. The attacks resulted in the deaths of 2,977 people, and…
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To mark 21 years since the September 11 attacks, we're remembering the heroic flight attendant who helped to identify hijackers on her plane. Betty Ann Ong's story was shared by the New York Post, as it was revealed that the 45-year-old wasn't originally supposed to work that fateful day, but…
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A mother was killed by a shark in front of her children as she snorkeled in waters around the Bahamas on vacation. Caroline DiPlacido, 58, from Pennsylvania had been a cruise passenger before embarking on a trip to a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas. According…
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Broadway actress Megan Hilty has spoken out for the first time since her pregnant sister, brother-in-law, and niece were killed in a plane crash on Sunday (September 4). The tragic incident claimed the lives of 10 people, including Hilty's three family members. Her nephew, Remy, was the only child on…
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A Pennsylvania university has issued a statement after one of its professors tweeted that she wished Queen Elizabeth II "excruciating" pain prior to the monarch's death. On Thursday, September 8, Buckingham Palace released a statement that Queen Elizabeth II was under "medical supervision" after her doctors had become concerned with…
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Megan Hilty has suffered an unimaginable loss after her pregnant sister Lauren Hilty, brother-in-law Ross Mickel, and nephew are presumed to be dead after a plane crash near Seattle. The incident is said to have happened on Sunday (August 4) in Washington state's Puget Sound. The float plane was carrying…
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A second-grade student at an Arizona elementary school was allegedly discovered with two guns and ammunition in his backpack. The incident happened on August 29 when Cochise County Sheriff’s officials said they were called to Cochise Elementary School on reports that a seven-year-old student had a weapon. After arriving at…
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A strict vegan woman has been convicted after the malnutrition death of her young son. Sheila O'Leary, 38, was convicted last June of six charges: first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child abuse, and two counts of child neglect. Authorities have said that Sheila and her husband Ryan Patrick…
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An astronaut shared his experience of 9/11. Frank Culbertson was the only American off-planet during the devastating terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. When the first plane hit the World Trade Center, Culbertson was approximately 250 miles above Earth, working in The International Space Station with two Russian cosmonauts. Looking…
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The man charged with violently kidnapping and murdering a Memphis teacher has a history of perpetrating similar crimes. Cleotha Abston, 38, spent 20 years behind bars after he abducted an attorney when he was just 16. Per the Commercial Appeal, the felon had barely been free two years before he…
