Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A giant slide in Detroit was forced to close after a matter of hours due to serious safety concerns, Deadline Detroit reports. The slide, named Belle Isle, had recently been reopened on Friday (August 19) after a hiatus following the pandemic. However, when the first riders began sliding down, it…
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A TV weather crew interrupted their broadcast yesterday to rescue a woman from drowning. Fox Weather multimedia journalist Robert Ray was reporting on the deadly flash floods that had swept through Dallas on Monday morning (August 22), when he experienced just how dangerous weather conditions could become firsthand. As he…
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An Uber driver has been hailed a "hero" by the company's CEO after saving people from a fire in New York City. Fritz Sam was driving passenger Jemimah Wei through Brooklyn on Wednesday (August 17) evening, when they spotted a four-story house fire on Classon Avenue. The driver told CNN…
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A Georgia jury has ordered Ford Motor Co. to pay $1.7 billion to the orphaned children of a couple killed in a pickup truck crash. According to a report by CBS News, the company plans to appeal the verdict, which was returned by jurors in Gwinnett County late last week.…
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An Oklahoma woman has made a wild break for freedom after being arrested by police. In crazy dash and bodycam footage released by state authorities, suspect Rachael Zion Clay can be seen slipping out of her handcuffs, picking up a police rifle, and opening fire out the back of the…
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The daughter of a January 6 rioter who was sentenced to over seven years behind bars has blamed former President Donald Trump for her family falling apart. On August 1, 49-year-old Guy Reffitt was given the longest jail sentence any Capitol rioter has received so far - seven years and…
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A Texas woman who was hospitalized after she removed a strange napkin from her car door has spoken out. On Tuesday evening, Erin Mims says she had enjoyed a meal out at a Houston restaurant in celebration of her birthday. However, the celebrations quickly turned into disaster shortly after she…
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A mom and her daughter were recently slapped with animal cruelty charges after their dog training video went viral online. Tina Frey, 52, and her 21-year-old daughter Victoria Brimer own and operate a dog training center in Louisiana. They're both now facing two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, the…
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A couple with a 42-year age gap has taken to TikTok to defend their relationship after receiving comments "gold digger" comments. Philippine-born Jackie, who is 27, often posts TikToks to the account she shares with Dave, who is 69. They have been married for over three years, and have been…
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A Florida student has died after being fatally shot by a woman he had pulled over to help, police have revealed. As reported by NBC News, the Clay County Sheriff's Office has revealed that 22-year-old college student Adam Simjee was traveling through Alabama with his girlfriend, Mikayla Paulus, last Sunday.…
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A Black couple in Maryland has brought a lawsuit against a mortgage loan provider and a local real estate appraiser, claiming they were in direct breach of the Fair Housing Act after appraising the couple's home unfairly low due to their race. Shani Mott and Nathan Connolly, who are both…
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A Florida teacher has been arrested after being accused of hiding a missing child in their home. Kelly Simpson, 31, was arrested on Wednesday (August 17) by the Charlotte County Sherriff's Office on a single count of interfering with the custody of a minor. The male child - identified only…
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A retired journalist has fallen to his death while on vacation in Milwaukee. Richard Dujardin, 77, from Rhode Island, was walking on the Kilbourn Avenue Bridge with his wife on Monday (August 15) when the bridge began to rise up. According to a report from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's…
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NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel has announced that his six-year-old son, Henry, tragically passed away. Engel shared the sad news in a tweet on Thursday (August 18). "Our beloved son Henry passed away. He had the softest blue eyes, an easy smile and a contagious giggle," the anchor…
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A toddler in Georgia made local headlines after he inadvertently discovered an elderly woman who had been missing from her home for several days. Ethan Moore, who is only one-and-a-half, was playing with his mother and blowing bubbles in their Coweta County garden last Friday (August 12), CBS46 reports. As…
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A Tennessee woman who allegedly slipped meth to a prisoner has been charged with the inmate's murder. Authorities claim Rachal Dollard, 33, gave Joshua Brown the "kiss of death" when she slipped a half-ounce balloon of methamphetamine into his mouth while giving him a peck. According to a statement from…
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A pregnant and parentless 16-year-old girl has been deemed not "sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy," a Florida county has ruled. According to court documents, the teen, who is referred to as Jane Doe 22-B, requested permission to seek an abortion without the consent of a parent…
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The execution of Alabama death row inmate Joe Nathan James Jr. last month may have taken longer than any other capital punishment in US history, according to human rights organization Reprieve US. As reported by The Guardian, an analysis conducted by the aforementioned group estimates that it took state officials…
