Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A firefighter at Derek Chauvin's murder trial recounted how police officers prevented her from helping George Floyd despite her "desperate" pleas. Genevieve Hansen, 27, an EMT certified firefighter in Minneapolis explained during her tearful testimony that the officers refused to let her assist at the scene, even though Floyd was…
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An off-duty firefighter has put his beekeeping hobby to the ultimate test after a swarm of 15,000 bees flew into a man's car. In a scene that is - quite literally - my worst nightmare, off-duty Las Cruces firefighter Jesse Johnson came to the rescue after an unsuspecting member of…
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A New York headmaster has resigned after being reported for racism. Per the New York Daily News, John Patrick Holian, the headteacher at St. Martin de Porres Marianist School in Long Island, forced an 11-year-old student to apologise the "African way". HIs behaviour left the sixth grader "humiliated, hurt and…
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A prosecutor at Derek Chauvin's trial has corrected one of the most symbolic details about George Floyd's death. The former Minneapolis police officer knelt on George Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds and not the 8:46 timing which has since become a symbol of police brutality, it was revealed on…
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A new bill has been passed in Utah ensuring that biological fathers pay for half of all pregnancy bills. The bill, which has been named HB113, was designed to increase responsibility "for men in the bringing of life into the world." Under the bill, biological fathers will not have to…
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The White House has broken with tradition and listed itself as the"Biden-Harris Administration" on its website rather than simply, the "Biden Administration." "Thousands of people work in the West Wing, the East Wing, the Cabinet, and the Executive Office of the President. Learn more about the people who carry out…
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Donald Trump has given a speech at a couple's Mar-A-Lago wedding reception where he not only toasted the couple, but also discussed China and President Joe Biden. Dressed in a tuxedo, the former president spoke at a wedding on Saturday night (March 27), according to a video published by TMZ.…
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The trial of Derek Chauvin, who is charged with the killing of George Floyd after he knelt on his neck for approximately nine minutes, begins today (March 29). Nearly a year after Floyd's death in May 2020, the incident that saw former police officer Chauvin detain the unarmed Black man…
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A Georgia man was shocked to discover the delivery of his final $915 paycheck in the form of oily pennies. As per ABC7, Andreas Flaten's final $915 pay packet turned up four months late at the end of his driveway as 90,000 pennies, which he claims had been smothered in…
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The sale of recreational marijuana is set to become legal in the state of New York after lawmakers reached an agreement on the drug. As reported by the Associated Press, New York will join at least 14 other states that have already passed laws allowing residents to legally purchase marijuana…
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Deshayla Harris, a cast member on the reality television show Bad Girls Club, has been named as one of the people who lost their life in the Virginia Beach shootings on Friday (March 26). As reported by outlets such as The Sun and TMZ, the Virginia Beach Police Department officially…
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Piers Morgan has spoken out in defense of Sharon Osbourne after it was revealed by CBS that she had quit the US chat show The Talk after a heated row with co-host Sheryl Underwood. Underwood and Osbourne clashed on the March 10 episode of the show after Sharon was questioned…
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An Asian-American township trustee and US army veteran has unbuttoned his shirt during a Town Hall meeting to send an important message about racism in the US. Trustee Lee Wong was speaking at a West Chester Township meeting in front of members of the community when he started to speak…
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Jacob Blake has filed an excessive force lawsuit against the white police officer who shot him in the back in southeastern Wisconsin. In August 2020, Blake - a Black man - made headlines around the world after Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey was recorded by a witness shooting him in the…
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has confirmed that President Joe Biden will sign executive orders regarding gun control. In just 86 days, there have already been over 100 mass shootings in the United States, Insider reports. Earlier today, it was revealed by police that two people have died following…
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Two people have been killed and at least eight people have been injured following multiple shootings near the oceanfront in Virginia Beach. As reported by CNN, the Virginia Beach Police Department has confirmed at a press briefing on Saturday that eight shooting victims had been found at "the original crime…
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An Asian-American woman who fought off a man who attacked her in the street is donating the money raised by the public to charity. According to The Daily Mail, 76-year-old grandmother Xiao Zhen Xie was attacked by an assailant in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 17. A police report states…
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Joe Biden has revealed his "expectation" to run for a second term as President of the United States According to CNBC News, President Biden announced his intention to run for reelection in 2024 for the first time during a press conference held at The White House. Biden told assembled the…
