Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Carol Maraj - the widowed mother of chart-topping rapper Nicki Minaj - has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the driver charged with killing her husband last month. As reported by PageSix, on February 12, 64-year-old Robert Maraj was struck down while walking across the street in Mineola, New York.…
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A teenager who hacked the Twitter accounts of some of the most prominent figures in the world has been sentenced to three years in prison. According to The Guardian, 18-year-old hacker Graham Ivan Clark, who hails from Florida, infiltrated a number of Twitter accounts of major celebrities and organizations on…
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People have raised more than $600,000 for a 75-year-old grandmother who sent her attacker to hospital after fighting back against his unprovoked assault on her. As reported by the Metro, the unnamed attacker, 39, allegedly walked up to Xiao Zhen Zie and slapped her. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning…
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Twitter has suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene once again, as House Democrats move to expel the lawmaker from Congress. Taking to the social media platform Telegram on Friday (March 19), Greene, who has shown support for the unfounded, far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, revealed that she had her…
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The woman who was caught on camera ripping off her Uber driver's mask and coughing on him has been charged with two felonies and two misdemeanor offenses, the Independent reports. Arna Kimiai, 24, who assaulted, verbally abused, and used racist language towards her driver, 32-year-old Subhakar Khandka, faces a felony…
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Bernie Sanders has criticized Jeff Bezos for trying to discourage workers at Amazon's Bessemer warehouse from joining a union. As reported by Insider, the Amazon CEO had declined Sander's invitation to testify at a Senate hearing on income inequality, which took place yesterday (March 17). At the Senate Budget Committee…
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A woman who was caught on camera ripping off her Uber driver's mask and coughing on him is now facing time in prison after handing herself in to the police. In the footage, Arna Kimiai, 24, could be seen assaulting, verbally abusing, and trying to steal the cellphone of her…
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The court hearing of an alleged abuser came to an abrupt end when an eagle-eyed prosecutor realized that he was in the same house as his alleged victim, Fox 23 News reports. Earlier this month, Coby Harris, 21 attended a virtual court hearing via Zoom after being charged with attacking his…
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Two men have been arrested and charged in the connection with the alleged assault of US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. As reported by NBC News, Julian Elie Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39 of West Virginia, were taken into police custody on Sunday, with authorities accusing…
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The Minneapolis City Council agreed to a $27 million civil settlement with the family of George Floyd, the unarmed Black man who died while detained by police in May 2020. On Friday (March 12), the city council approved the settlement with a 13-0 vote, with $500,000 said to be going…
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A man who spent almost five years behind bars is suing a car rental company for failing to produce a receipt that would have exonerated him, after he was convicted of a 2011 murder. Herbert Alford, who hails from Michigan, was convicted of second-degree murder in 2016 for the shooting…
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President Joe Biden has condemned the surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans amid the Covid-19 pandemic. On Thursday night, Biden, 78, spoke about the harassment and scapegoating endured by the Asian community in the US over the past year in his first national primetime address as president. The speech…
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A judge has reinstated a charge of third-degree murder against the fired police officer who was filmed with his knee on George Floyd's neck. As reported by The Independent, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is currently being prosecuted for the death of Floyd, after he was recorded kneeling on…
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Michelle Obama is due to receive the honor of being inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. According to CBS News, the organization behind the National Women's Hall of Fame announced in a press release made on International Women's Day (Monday, March 8) that the former First Lady of…
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The Fearless Girl statue in New York City, which has become an iconic figure on Wall Street in New York City, has been surrounded by a shattered glass ceiling. The bronze sculpture was created by artist Kristen Visbal, and was first installed in the city on March 7, 2017, to…
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Oprah Winfrey has stated neither The Queen nor Prince Philip were the members of the Royal Family to voice their "concerns" over the skin color of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's unborn child. The announcement comes after the presenter's groundbreaking interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in which…
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Amanda Gorman - the 22-year-old poet who wowed the world after her performance at President Biden's inauguration - has shared a story of being racially profiled by a security guard. The former National Youth Poet Laureate may have captured the nation's attention with her reading of 'The Hill We Climb'…
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A young wheelchair user with cerebral palsy has saved his family from a potentially lethal gas leak after crawling to his parent's bedroom to warn them of the danger. Last month, seven-year-old Michael Martinez was woken by a loud beeping sound ringing through in his family's home in Aledo, Texas,…
