Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A Texas man has pleaded for help after his family was left with just one piece of firewood amid the state's ongoing cold weather front. Chester Jones took to TikTok on Tuesday (February 16), under the account name @checkjones, to share a video of his four children sleeping in Dallas…
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The family of an 11-year-old boy who froze to death in a Texas trailer amid the state's ongoing cold snap is suing power companies for $10o million. Christian Pavon Pineda died on February 15 after his family were left in freezing temperatures without heating or water. His body was found…
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A female soldier has taken to social media this week to slam the United States Marine Corp for how the military handed her recent sexual assault case. According to The Independent, the video was uploaded to TikTok by a user identified only as Davina, who also goes by the handle…
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Senator Ted Cruz reportedly left behind his family pet poodle, Snowflake, when he took off for Cancun on Wednesday evening while tens of thousands of Texas residents were left without power or running water for a fourth day. A picture taken by a New York Magazine reporter showed the dog…
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A South Carolina man has won custody of his own daughter after she was adopted without his permission. WACH Fox57 reported that Christopher Emanuel's daughter, Skyler, was put up for adoption by his girlfriend without his knowledge or consent. "I was lost… I was hurt, I was confused because I…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has helped to raise $1 million in just four hours in an effort to help Texans struggling in the grip of record-breaking low temperatures. According to Pix 11 News, the 35-year-old Democrat representative launched an appeal to help Texans in desperate need of relief, with Arctic winds plunging…
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Ted Cruz has spoken out for the first time since returning from his infamous trip to Mexico during a tumultuous period of severely cold weather in the state of Texas this week. According to The Guardian, arctic storms that have swept across large parts of the central and southern United…
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Exhausted Domino's employees have been hailed "the essential workers that need recognition" amid the ongoing cold weather snap in Texas. Attention was drawn to the hard-working employees when a photograph of two weary Domino's workers in went viral online, prompting many calls for higher wages. In the picture, the two…
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A Black couple has opened up about how their home was valued $490,000 higher after their white friend pretended to own it. Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate Austin purchased the property in Marin City, California in 2016 from another Black family before investing $400,000 in a makeover. The extensive renovations…
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Tucker Carlson has been slammed on social media this week for suggesting that the perceived relationship between President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden is a "PR stunt". According to MSNBC News, the Fox News anchor made his controversial comments in response to some Valentine's Day-themed coverage of the…
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President Biden has stated that white supremacy is the greatest domestic terror threat in America today. Speaking at a CNN town hall meeting on February 16, Biden was asked a question about how his administration would address the threat of white supremacy in light of the deadly Capitol riot last…
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A series of images showing the recent sub-zero temperatures in Texas have appeared on social media this week, with power outages plunging millions of Americans into dangerous conditions of freezing cold and darkness. According to The Guardian, arctic storms that have swept across large parts of the central and southern…
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Donald Trump has criticized Mitch McConnell in a scathing statement, in which he branded the Senate Minority Leader "dour, sullen, and unsmiling". Trump issued his typically-blunt retort following McConnell’s damning statements made in a damning op-ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal. In the article in question, McConnell reflected…
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A woman who flew a banner reading "convict Trump" over the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida has branded him a "dictator." Speaking exclusively to the Huffington Post, the woman in question - who asked to remain anonymous and be referred to by the moniker "S" - works for an aircraft company…
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Saturday Night Live has lampooned former President Donald Trump's recent impeachment trial in a skit featuring Colin Jost. The impeachment trial, and the former Republican leader's narrow escape from a conviction in the Senate was the main focus of the NBC sketch show's long-running Weekend Update segment. Per The Wrap, Jost…
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House Democrats have hired a former gang member as senior adviser for diversity and inclusion, the New York Post reports. Dyjuan Tatro, a criminal justice advocate, was chosen by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the role. Tatro rose to attention after an appearance in a PBS docuseries called College…
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Former President Donald Trump has been acquitted during his second impeachment trial. A total of 43 senators voted that Trump was not guilty of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol Building on January 6 – the two-thirds majority required to clear the former president. As per the Metro, a…
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A video has gone viral on social media this week showing former Vice President Mike Pence and his family fleeing protesters during the Capitol riots. According to The Independent, the (until now) never-before-seen video in question was made public by impeachment managers prosecuting former president Donald Trump in his Senate…
