Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A total of 13 US service members tragically lost their lives after an explosion outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan took place that was carried out by ISIS. At least 170 have been confirmed dead as a result of the attack. In a White House speech Thursday after the attack, President…
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A woman has been hailed as a hero after she saved her five-year-old son’s life by fighting off a mountain lion with her bare hands. Captain Patrick Foy, a spokesperson with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said that the 65-pound mountain lion attacked the child while he was…
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A landlord has spoken out about her frustrations after being unable to evict tenants - despite being owed more than $23,000 in rent. As reported by CBS News, single mom and Air Force veteran Brandie LaCasse has been left "functionally homeless" after not being paid rent for nearly a year…
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President Joe Biden was seen placing his head onto his hands during a news conference following questions about the recent Kabul attack in Afghanistan. Biden's address on Thursday came after 13 US servicemen - including 12 Marines and one Navy medic - were killed following an attack by an ISIS-K…
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A Republican congressman has warned that the Taliban now has access to $85 billion worth of US weapons. Jim Banks, a former US Navy reservist, made the revelation during an August 27 speech in Washington where he said that the group now has access to 75,000 vehicles, 200 airplanes, and…
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Seven US Capitol police officers are suing Donald Trump on the grounds that he allegedly conspired with far-right extremist groups to incite the Jan. 6 insurrection which led to the deaths of five people, Reuters reports. The suit names the ex-POTUS, Trump's ally Roger Stone and members of the far-right…
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White supremacist mass shooter Dylann Roof is set to be executed for killing nine people in the South Carolina church shooting. Per The Independent, the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday, August 25, that Roof is to remain the first person ever sentenced to death for a…
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Former NFL star Herschel Walker has launched his bid for the Georgia Senate after Donald Trump said that his politics "would be unstoppable." The Republican, 59, will now be challenging Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in the state with the backing of the former president, The Sun reports. "He would be…
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Joe Biden says the US is "on pace" to have the country's troops leave Afghanistan by August 31 despite calls to extend next week's evacuation deadline. According to CNBC, Biden had been under pressure from foreign allies and US lawmakers to extend the deadline but warned that staying any longer…
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A group of 75 doctors have staged a mass walkout to protest the rise of unvaccinated Covid-19 patients. The doctors in South Florida walked out of their hospital on Monday, August 23, to protest the surge in unvaccinated Covid-19 patients who they are having to treat, New York Post reports.…
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The tallest man in America has died at the age of 38. Igor Vovkovinskiy passed away from heart disease on Friday, August 20, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, The Guardian reports. He first visited the clinic back in 1989 after abnormal levels of the growth hormone were secreted…
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its full approval to Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine. As reported by CBS News, the FDA's approval could result in the slowdown of first-dose inoculations being reversed. The FDA's Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock referred to this in a statement on…
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Joe Biden has once again defended his decision to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan. Speaking from the White House on Sunday (August 22), the POTUS said that once the evacuation is complete, the American people "will have a clear understanding of what I did, why we did it." He continued:…
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Donald Trump has taken a verbal swipe at congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her stance on the environment. The 75-year-old former president made the comments on Saturday night, during an appearance at a rally in Cullman, Alabama. Trump's appearance at the event was in support of Rep. Mo Brooks, who is…
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The US Department of Defense has called for commercial airlines to assist with the ongoing evacuation efforts in Afghanistan. On Sunday, August 22, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the Commander of US Transportation Command to activate Stage I of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) - which allows the DOD…
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Following the Taliban's political takeover of Afghanistan, people are calling for the 25th Amendment to remove President Joe Biden from office. On August 15, the Taliban entered the presidential palace in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul and declared the war "over", resulting in President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country. Many…
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Donald Trump hit out at Joe Biden in a scathing verbal attack during a rally appearance on Saturday, slamming the President's recent Afghanistan withdrawal. Speaking at a rally in Cullman, Alabama, the former president claimed that Biden had created "the greatest foreign policy humiliation in the history of the United…
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The University of Virginia has announced that it has disenrolled a number of students prior to the upcoming fall semester. As reported by CNN, a spokesperson for the university confirmed that the decision was made on Friday after 238 students failed to comply with the UoV's Covid-19 vaccine mandate. Further…
