Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A female sports reporter has taken to social media to share footage of the moment she was 'violated' by football fans. Lyndsey Gough, a Sports Director for the Georgia-based CBS-affiliated television station WTOC11, was on-hand during the fallout from the NCAA Clemson Tigers v. Georgia Bulldogs game on Saturday. However,…
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A statue of Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, is set to be taken down on Wednesday, September 8. The 12-ton, six-story bronze statue was a centerpiece of protests over racial injustice. Per CNN, the Commonwealth of Virginia announced on Sunday it would remove the confederate…
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The Satanic Temple has launched legal action against the new anti-abortion legislation in Texas. The controversial new legislation, Senate Bill 8, bans abortions after six weeks in Texas and took effect last week after the Supreme Court's inaction. The Supreme Court and a federal appeals court did not act upon…
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Lyft and Uber have announced that they will cover the legal fees of their drivers if they are sued under Texas' controversial new abortion law. As reported by CBS News, the state's new legislation prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and anyone who aids an individual in obtaining a…
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Bette Midler has suggested that women refuse to have sex with men in the wake on Texas' controversial new abortion law. Last week, Texas passed a law that banned abortion providers from carrying out terminations after the fetus' heartbeat had been detected - this is usually around the six-week mark.…
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Greta Thunberg has shared her thoughts on the new Texas abortion law with a very blunt chart. The 18-year-old Swedish activist took to social media in the wake of the southern state passing a new law - known as Senate Bill 8 - that bans abortion providers from carrying out…
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Authorities have identified the four people who tragically died after a plane flew into the side of a building in Connecticut on Thursday, September 2. Two of the crash victims were a couple expecting a child, per NBC Connecticut. The two pilots have been identified as William O’Leary, 55, and…
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A 911 operator is wanted by police after she allegedly disconnected emergency calls without obtaining the necessary information. According to the New Orleans Police Department, 25-year-old Precious Stephens, who worked with the Orleans Parish Communications District (OPCD) at the time, also failed to relay the emergencies to other dispatchers so…
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A woman running for the US Senate has been recorded swiftly shutting down a man's flirting attempt. Morgan Harper, 38, is a politician and attorney who is currently canvassing in the run-up to the November elections in the hope of representing Ohio. However, while making an appearance at the Ohio…
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TikTok users have flooded a Texas abortion whistleblower website with Shrek memes and fake reports. A campaign was organized by pro-choice supporters on Reddit and TikTok prior to the introduction of Texas' new abortion law, the Guardian reports. This resulted in the ProLifeWhistleBlower website being bombarded on the evening of…
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An MSNBC news anchor has choked up while reading the final words of the late Elijah McClain. Host Geoff Bennett became visibly emotional as he recounted the 23-year-old Black man's last words after he died as a result of a violent stop by police in August 2019. Watch Bennett choke…
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Five people have been indicted over the 2019 death of a 23-year-old Black man. As reported by MSNBC, unarmed Elijah McClain was stopped by three white police officers in the Denver suburb of Aurora on August 24, 2019. Officers were responded to calls of a "suspicious-looking" man in the area…
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Jen Psaki has been praised online for her responses to a male reporter's questions about abortion. The White House Press Secretary was repeatedly questioned by a male reporter during a press conference on Thursday following Texas' decision to introduce controversial abortion law. As reported by CNBC, President Joe Biden has…
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USA Gymnastics is proposing a $425 million settlement with hundreds of women who said they were sexually abused by ex-team doctor Larry Nassar, their coach, or another individual in connection with the sport, USA Today Sports reports. Convicted sex offender Larry Nassar was accused of sexual abuse by hundreds of…
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An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Joe Biden from a snowstorm 13 years ago when the president was a senator is pleading for help in escaping the Taliban. Delivering a desperate message to the 78-year-old commander-in-chief via The Wall Street Journal, the man, known only as Mohammed, said: "Hello, Mr.…
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Vladamir Putin has said that the US achieved "zero" in Afghanistan and that its 20-year war resulted in "only tragedies." The Russian president made the comments at an educational facility in the far east of Russia on Wednesday, September 1, and said the war proved that foreign values can't be…
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A Wisconsin school district has said that families will "become spoiled" by the existence of a free school lunch program. Almost every public school in Wisconsin offers free lunches to children, but Waukesha, around 20 miles from Milwaukee, does not after school board administrators intervened, USA Today reports. While the…
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Donald Trump has lambasted his predecessor President Joe Biden for the "tremendous disrespect" he has shown towards the troops who lost their lives in Afghanistan. On Thursday, August 26, explosions and gunfire erupted outside Hamid Karzai International Airport as thousands of Afghans tried to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban seized…
