Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Derek Chauvin is requesting a new trial citing "misconduct" by the jury and prosecutors. The 45-year-old former Minneapolis police officer, who knelt on George Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, faces up to 40 years in prison after being found guilty on all charges last month. Chauvin's lawyer has…
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A woman has given birth mid-flight while traveling from Salt Lake City to Hawaii. The momentous occasion was captured on camera by fellow passengers, with the jubilation quickly going viral on the social media platform TikTok. Passenger Julia Hansen - who uses the handle @juliabernice on TikTok - shared footage…
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Three Colorado police officers have resigned following the arrest and booking of a 73-year-old woman with dementia that reportedly left her with a "dislocated shoulder". As reported by CBS News, former Loveland officers Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali, and Community Services Officer Tyler Blackett have all announced their departures from the…
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Former US president Barack Obama has revealed the details of the final conversation he had before Osama bin Laden was killed by US troops. Per BBC News, al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed ten years ago tomorrow - on May 2, 2011. In a statement to the American people…
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The Arizona Game and Fish Department have revealed that they are looking for "skilled volunteers" to take part in an organized hunt in an effort to "assist with the removal" of approximately 200 bison from the Grand Canyon National Park. Per USA Today, he 300 to 500 free-ranging bison located…
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President Joe Biden has delivered his first speech to Congress as the 46th President of the United States. The speech on Wednesday (April 28) comes half a decade after the president, 78, first entered congress as a senator and was the first time in American history where two women have…
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A woman who tried claiming the hefty $500,000 reward for returning Lady Gaga's stolen dogs is now being probed by police. TMZ initially reported that the singer's beloved French bulldogs Koji and Gustav were stolen in a terrifying kidnapping on February 24 earlier this year. Her dog walker, Ryan Fischer,…
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Kamala Harris has become the first Vice President ever to have a waxwork made in her honor at Madame Tussauds. Harris, who is the first female US vice president, as well as the first Black person and first person of Asian descent to hold the office, has been replicated into…
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Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi have made history. The Vice President and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives became the first two women to ever sit behind the president during his speech to Congress. In fact, President Joe Biden used his first line of his speech to acknowledge…
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Donald Trump has revealed that he's got his sights set on 2024. The former president - who lost out on a second term in office to Joe Biden - said he is "100%" thinking of entering the presidential run in three years' time. What's more, Trump has hinted that he…
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Police have revealed that the 2020 California wildfire was deliberately sparked to cover up a suspected murder. The fire engulfed buildings as it ripped through the entire state, and forced thousands of people to not only evacuate their homes, but lose them altogether. Now Solano County Sheriff's Office has confirmed…
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A Black woman has been showered with support after she was told she was "not the right color" by her white neighbor. Virginia-born Hilary Langlois was instantly fired from her job for the remark she made to her Black neighbor Laquetta Good, who was identified and interviewed by Daily Mail.…
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A juror in the Derek Chauvin trial has reflected on his time inside the courtroom, and says every day felt "like a funeral". Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty on April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. The ex-cop now faces a maximum…
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President Joe Biden is moving to boost the hourly pay of hundreds of thousands of federal contractors. Although he was unsuccessful in doing so in his Covid relief package, it seems as though the US President has now made it his mission to fulfill his promise. Biden's presidential campaign initially…
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Social media users have been left "heartbroken" after watching the TikTok videos Ma'Khia Bryant posted prior to her tragic death. The 16-year-old was fatally shot in Ohio on April 20 - the same day ex-cop Derek Chauvin received a guilty verdict for the murder of George Floyd. But just days…
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Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict in the George Floyd trial is "not a cause for celebration," according to a lead prosecutor. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. The ex-cop now faces a maximum sentence of up to…
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Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on June 16 for his part in the murder of George Floyd. Per ABC News, the time of the sentencing hearing is set for 1:30PM (central). The sentencing date comes after the former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder,…
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A man who lost his wallet three decades ago while on a boating trip has finally been reunited with it - but the amazing discovery is a reminder of the day his life changed forever. Revealing his story to the Daily Mail, former Queensland MP Rob Pyne admits that he…
