Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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As per the most recent situation report from the World Health Organization, there have been 132,758 confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world, resulting in 4,955 deaths. In the United States, the number of confirmed/presumed cases of the disease surpassed 2,000 as of Friday afternoon, and the death toll across…
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President Donald Trump has declared that the United States is now under "national emergency" as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The POTUS is also invoking The Stafford Act - allowing for extra federal funding and access to emergency funds. Speaking at a press conference from the Rose Garden…
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Former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning is recovering in hospital after attempting suicide on Wednesday, her lawyers have confirmed, according to the BBC. The publication also reports that police from the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office have confirmed Manning was involved in "an incident" at a detention center in Virginia where…
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As the U.S women's national soccer team (USWNT) continues with their equal pay lawsuit, attornies for the U.S Soccer Federation have put forth the argument that male soccer players carry "more responsibility within U.S soccer" than their female counterparts. The lawsuit, which was filed in March of 2019, in Los…
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Border officers in California have found a Mexican national hidden inside the seats of a car, crossing into the United States, Fox News reports. The discovery, made on Monday, has since been branded an “inhumane” smuggling by the Southern Californian border patrol. According to the publication, an 18-year-old woman -…
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Trading in US shares was suspended after oil price plunges and coronavirus fears lead to stocks plummeting in early trading, the BBC and others are reporting. The Associated Press wrote on Twitter, "Trading temporarily halted on Wall Street as oil price plunge and coronavirus fears cause stocks to plummet in…
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A blind man has reportedly failed the reading portion of his citizenship test after the federal government refused to provide the questions for him in braille. According to a report by CBS Chicago, Mexican immigrant Lucio Delgado, who is disabled and blind, came to the United States six years ago…
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In a seemingly irrational response to the global coronavirus crisis, a disturbing video of a hate crime has gone viral on social media this week, showing an NYC subway car passenger spraying Febreze at an Asian man while shouting abusive at him. According to a recent report by the New…
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A white patron at an Olive Garden restaurant in Evansville, Indiana, demanded service from an employee who wasn't black, according to a hostess at the restaurant, the New York Post reports. A manager allegedly granted the request, resulting in a diner who observed the incident and the server involved taking…
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A Kentucky high school removed a bible verse from a locker room after an atheist organization complained that it "violates the constitution", Fox News reports. Written in bold on the wall above the lockers were the words, "But the Lord is with me like a Mighty Warrior", and underneath, the…
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Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren will reportedly announce her intention to suspend her campaign, following a failure to establish a majority in any states. The news comes according to sources who allegedly spoke with NBC News, the Massachusetts senator was considered one of the frontrunners, but her support has fallen far…
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The humanitarian impact of the coronavirus continues to climb, with more than 9,000 confirmed cases globally and over 3,000 deaths, at the time of writing. Today, Washington State reported a sixth death from the virus, with New York City governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, confirming a second case in the city,…
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A Florida student is now in coronavirus quarantine just days after he allegedly shook hands with Vice President Mike Pence. The incident took place when Pence visited the Sarasota Military Academy on Friday to meet students, shake their hands and pose for photographs. Per the Herald Tribune, Pence was visiting…
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President Trump has donated his fourth-quarter salary to help the coronavirus crisis. The news was revealed by the White House Press Secretary, Stephanie Grisham. She posted a picture of the quarterly $100,000 cheque on Twitter from Trump to the Health and Human Services Secretary, Alex Azar. This Wuhan medic broke…
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News has just broken that Mike Bloomberg has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, and is endorsing Joe Biden. The announcement comes despite Bloomberg spending over half a million dollars on his presidential campaign, CNBC reports. The former New York mayor performed disastrously in the Democratic primary debates on…
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Per CBS News, at least 19 people are believed to have been killed in Tennessee as the result of at least one tornado and severe storms that tore through Nashville and the region late on Monday and early on Tuesday. The death toll had been reported as 9 earlier on…
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Bodycam footage has been released of former ER star Vanessa Marquez being shot dead after she pulled a fake gun on police officers. The incident took place at the 49-year-old's home in Los Angeles, where police had been called to perform a welfare check over concerns about her mental health.…
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A cold blast and blizzards have transformed houses into something more reminiscent of igloos near Lake Erie in New York. The remarkable transformation was brought to the world's attention on social media, where people have been sharing pictures of the icy homes. In many cases, the ice covering the homes…
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
