Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Joe Biden is set to give his first television interview as president before the Super Bowl on Sunday (February 7). The interview with CBS News will be broadcast ahead of the game and will feature the president being interviewed by the channel's Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell. As per the…
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A Black US Navy sailor was stunned to find a noose left on his bed by a fellow serviceman who claimed it was a "joke". Per The San Diego Union-Tribune, the incident happened on board the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain last week. A Navy official with knowledge of the…
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A woman who was branded a "Courtside Karen" after clashing with Lebron James during a Lakers game has now apologized. On Monday (February 1), the LA Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks game had to be stopped halfway through after a female spectator began hurling abuse at the NBA star. The woman,…
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A number of participants in the Capitol riots have turned on Donald Trump while awaiting trial on assault charges. On Wednesday, January 6, a mob of pro-Trump protestors interrupted the ceremonial counting of the Electoral College votes affirming Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 US Presidential Election. The violent riots…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene can be seen urging Trump supporters to "flood" the Capitol building and resort to violence if they "have to" in a video that has recently surfaced online. In a very passionate 90-minute video originally posted on Twitter in 2019, the Republican Congresswoman said Democratic leaders should be "cowering…
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A woman has shared her horror after being forced to pay an "African American service charge" when she booked an American Airlines flight out of Charlotte, North Carolina, with her partner. Kyetra Bryant explained in a Facebook post on January 28, that she first noticed the fee on her bank…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed on Monday that she is a survivor of sexual assault, and accused Trump defenders of using "the tactics of abusers." In an emotional Instagram Live on Monday night, the 31-year-old Democratic congresswoman opened up about how her experience of the Capitol siege last month was impacted by…
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An eight-year-old girl has been expelled from a Christian school for telling a friend that she had a crush on her. Chloe Shelton, a second-grader at Rejoice Christian School in Owasso, Oklahoma, was expelled last week, her mother Delanie Shelton told CNN, after making the revelation to another student. In…
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A USPS worker saved an elderly woman's life after noticing that she hadn't collected her mail for three days. Shonda Lemon has been delivering mail to 89-year-old Helen Iwanski, 89 on her Chicago route for four years. The mail carrier suspected something was wrong after realising the elderly woman's mailbox was full. Deciding…
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A Black teenager who was body-slammed onto the floor by a school resource officer is now suffering memory loss, according to her mother. In a video shared on Twitter by Attorney Ben Crump, Deputy Ethan Fournier can be seen throwing 16-year-old Taylor Bracey to the ground. He then handcuffs the high…
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A Texas police chief has been arrested after his fiancée exposed his alleged triple life on Facebook by stating that he has a wife, girlfriend, and is still dating. Jason Collier, the former head of Stinnett Police Department, was arrested by the Texas Rangers on the felony of tampering with…
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Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize alongside his deputy Avi Berkowitz. The pair received the nomination from one of the former US president's lawyers for the role they played in negotiating the "Abraham Accords" – four normalization deals between Israel and Arab nations.…
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Former President Donald Trump has been forced to hire new lawyers after his first defense team quit prior to his upcoming impeachment. According to BBC News, five of Trump's attorneys have parted ways with him a mere week before his impeachment trial is due to commence. Trump, who is the…
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On Thursday, January 28, President Joe Biden signed an executive order expanding Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, the BBC reports. "I'm not initiating any new law, any new aspect of the law," he said in the White House Oval Office on Thursday, in response to criticism that…
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A judge has ordered the "entitled" man who was photographed with his foot on Nancy Pelosi's desk to be kept in jail. Per Buzzfeed News, Richard Barnett of Arkansas was being held in jail following the January 6 insurrection as he waited for his case going forward. "His entitled behavior…
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The man who stormed the US Capitol wearing a horned hat earlier this month is reportedly willing to testify against Donald Trump at his impeachment trial, his lawyer said according to Fox News. Jacob Anthony Chansley, a self-titled QAnon Shaman, did not take too kindly to being "duped" by Trump…
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Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump has announced that she wants to change her name to distance herself from the former president. In an interview with The Telegraph, Mary said, "I am prepared to change my name if need be," as she fears the negative connotations some associate with the Trump…
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On Wednesday, California congressman Jimmy Gomez announced plans of a resolution calling for Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to be expelled from the House of Representatives, the Boston Globe reports. Per the Independent, the move comes as a result of Greene's alleged public support of social media comments calling for…
