Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Jill Biden has branded concerns about her husband's mental fitness "ridiculous" in a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning. Speaking to host Rita Braver, the 70-year-old first lady repeatedly backed her husband of 44 years when asked about recent polls that show some US citizens have called into question the…
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The parents of a 12-year-old boy who committed suicide after relentless anti-gay bullying have spoken out. Eli Fritchley was a seventh-grade student at Cascades Middle school in Shelbyville, Tennessee. As well as being ruthlessly taunted over his clothes and mannerisms, he was also told by classmates he would go to…
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Jussie Smollett has been found guilty of staging a hate crime attack against himself. The 39-year-old actor was charged with six felony counts of disorderly conduct for making a false report to Chicago police about an 'attack' in January of 2019. On Thursday, after over nine hours of deliberation, the…
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A rising star in the West Coast rap scene, Slim 400 has died, aged 33, from a fatal gunshot wound in California. As reported by TMZ, police officials confirmed that the hip-hop star, who hailed from Compton, was shot down on Wednesday evening (December 8), in the Inglewood neighborhood of…
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Kyle Rittenhouse has said he wants to become a lawyer after being acquitted by a Wisconsin jury in his homicide trial. The 18-year-old from Illinois told Blaze TV podcast You Are Here about his career plans in an interview on Monday. Last month, Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all…
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The alleged school shooter Ethan Crumbley has been appointed a lawyer by the court while his parents hired their own expensive legal team to fight their lesser charges, the Independent reports. Crumbley is accused of fatally shooting four students and injuring seven at Oxford High School in Michigan on November…
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Intimate photos of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein supposedly reveal that the pair were "partners in crime". Maxwell is charged with six counts alleging that she recruited, groomed, and abused four underage girls between 1994 and 2004. She has pleaded not guilty to all charges and faces 80 years in…
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Dave Chappelle is set to return to Netflix despite facing massive backlash over his most recent comedy special, The Closer. The streaming giant ignored calls to cancel Chappelle over his controversial comments about transgender people. On Monday, the company announced that the comedian will be headlining their Netflix Is A…
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A Mississippi man admitted to killing his sister-in-law - moments before he was executed for murdering his estranged wife. In a letter to his attorneys that was to be opened before his death, 50-year-old David Neal Cox confessed to killing his sister-in-law Felicia Cox in 2007. He also provided chilling…
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Kyle Rittenhouse has hit out at LeBron James after the NBA star's reaction to the teenager's emotional breakdown in court during trial. Last month, the 18-year-old was found not guilty on all counts in his homicide trial more than a year after he fatally shot two men and injured a…
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Alec Baldwin and his wife have both deleted their Twitter accounts just days after the actor gave his first interview about the fatal on-set shooting of Halyna Hutchins. On 21 October, while on the set of his new movie Rust, the 63-year-old actor fired a revolver containing a live round.…
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Oxford Community Schools superintendent Tim Thorne has explained the events leading up to the fatal shooting last Tuesday. Chief suspect Ethan Crumbley was sent back to class despite multiple warning signs, including concerning drawings found on his desk. After being dismissed from the counselor's office, the 15-year-old open-fired, killing four…
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A teacher in Michigan has been suspended after allegedly telling students how he would have carried out the Oxford High School shooting, which left four dead last week. The unnamed high school teacher was placed on leave by Hopkins High School in Allegan County after reports arose that he made…
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Donald Trump's new social media firm announced on Saturday, December 4, that it has entered into agreements to raise $1 billion from investors. Launched by the former president in October, The Trump Media & Technology Group has plans for a social media app to rival Twitter called Truth Social. Both…
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The Michigan school shooting suspect and his parents were separated and placed under suicide watch in jail, officials have confirmed, per CNN. During a press conference on Saturday, December 4, Michael Bouchard, the sheriff of Oakland County, Michigan, said that 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, and his parents Jennifer and James Crumbley,…
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Robert Joseph Dole - more commonly known as just Bob Dole - has passed away at the age of 98. The former US Senator and World War II veteran died on Sunday, November 5, in his sleep. The sad news was confirmed by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, which wrote in…
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A courtroom sketch artist covering the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial has spoken out about the "odd moment" the British socialite started to draw her. Speaking to The Sun, illustrator Elizabeth Williams revealed that the moment occurred during a pre-trial hearing in November. Williams - who has been a courtroom…
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Chris Cuomo has issued his first statement after it was revealed that he had been "terminated" from CNN "effective immediately". BBC News reports that the 51-year-old anchor was fired from the news network as a result of the help he provided to his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo,…
