Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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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,…
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Maia Chaka has made history by becoming the NFL's first Black female official. As reported on the NFL website, on Friday (March 5), Chaka was included in the NFL roster of game officials for the 2021 season, making her the first Black woman to be added to the football league's…
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Amazon has unveiled its new logo after the company's previous one sparked controversy for resembling Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Back in January, the e-commerce giant launched a brand new icon for its app, replacing the shopping cart graphic. The icon consisted of a beige square resembling an Amazon parcel, as…
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People have been left outraged after discovering that a seven-year-old girl in Alabama is selling lemonade inside her family-owned bakery to fund her brain surgeries. Elizabeth Scott is the mother of Liza who suffered a seizure earlier this year, leading doctors to discover "multiple cerebral malformations in Liza's brain that…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed the NYPD for testing its new robot police dog in low-income communities of color. Implying that the move was motivated by racism and discrimination against those from low socio-economic backgrounds, the 31-year-old Democratic congresswoman had a bone to pick with the department's "Digidog". Last Thursday, February 25,…
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Joe Biden has broken with presidential tradition by removing Dr. Seuss from Read Across America Day after a report claimed to have found racial undertones in the books. The annual event is held on March 2, Seuss's birthday, however, when Biden made a proclamation about the event on Monday (March…
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An American Airlines pilot's recent sighting of a UFO has been confirmed by the FAA as the FBI reveals it's now "aware" of the incident. ABC7 reports that the incident took place on February 21 36 thousand feet above New Mexico during an otherwise normal four-hour flight to Phoenix, Arizona.…
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Donald Trump has said that Joe Biden has had "the most disastrous first month of any president in modern history" in his first official speech since departing the White House. According to BBC News, the recently-acquitted former president made his damning comments on Sunday while speaking at the Conservative Political…
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Last night, Donald Trump gave his first major speech since departing the White House as president back in January. Speaking at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida on Sunday (February 28), the former president once again took the opportunity to baselessly claim false election fraud claims in the…
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Donald Trump has slammed the inclusion of transgender women competing in women's sports, claiming that records "are now being smashed with ease" and that women's sports "as we know it will die". Delivering his first major speech since exiting the White House back in January, the former president appeared at…
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley had the perfect response to a troll who tried to shame her about her hair loss due to an autoimmune disease. House Representative for the 7th congressional district of Massachusetts, Pressley revealed in January of last year that she has alopecia - a condition that causes her…
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A Florida woman who finally beat Covid-19 150 days after first being admitted to hospital has spoken out about her experience and claimed that she is "proof that God exists". After being admitted to hospital back in July with severe Covid-19 and pneumonia, 55-year-old Isabel Pupo was on the verge…
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A Trader Joe's employee has taken to Twitter to share an email that he sent to management about Covid-19 safety precautions that he claims resulted in him being fired. Ben Bonnema's story went viral after the Manhattan-based former employee decided to suggest ways that the company could help to keep…
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Close to a thousand girls have become the first-ever female Eagle Scouts, CBS News reports. The inspiring young women were able to score the top rank of Eagle Scout after they were first allowed into the Boy Scouts two years ago. According to the outlet, as little as 6% of…
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Barack Obama has stated that reparations for Black Americans are "justified" because the wealth of the US was "built on the backs of slaves". On his new podcast with Bruce Springsteen, Renegades: Born in the USA, Obama, who served as President of the United States between 2009 and 2017, spoke…
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A father-to-be has been killed after a gender reveal device exploded ahead of a baby shower. According to New York State Police, Christopher Pekny, 28, was working on the device that was to be used for his child's gender reveal and bay shower on Sunday (February 21) when it suddenly…
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Conspiracy theorists have been flooding social media with videos claiming the winter storm in Texas is "fake" as the snow "doesn't melt". Many parts of the US have had had to contend with the winter storm, which started last week. Texas, of which Republican Greg Abbot is governor, appears to…
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A teenager from Arizona has been arrested for faking his own kidnapping in order to get out of work, the Casa Grande Dispatch reports. According to police, on February 10, Brandon Soules, 19, was found with his hands tied with his own belt and a bandanna in his mouth in…
