Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A college football star has been killed after more than 50 bullets were fired at his car, People reports. Ladarius Clardy, an 18-year-old quarterback at Kennesaw State University, was found dead in his car which had crashed in a ravine in a wooded area after the fatal gunshots were fired…
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At least 150 people lost their lives as a result of gun violence over the Fourth of July weekend. While the federal holiday is typically a time of celebration, data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive and cited by CNN indicates that Independence Day weekend saw more than 400 shootings across the…
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A woman was denied permission from a judge to save her pet from the standing part of the stricken Miami condo prior to the building being completely demolished. It has been nearly two weeks since the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South, a residential building in Surfside, Florida, near Miami.…
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Donald Trump has insisted there is no free speech in the US while continuing to make unfounded claims that he is the rightful winner of the 2020 election. On Saturday night, the 75-year-old former president delivered a lengthy speech to thousands of his supporters gathered at Robarts Arena in Sarasota,…
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Professional golfer Gene Siller and two others have been found dead at a golf course in Georgia. Atlanta's Cobb County police responded to a report of a person shot around 2:20 PM on Saturday, July 3, at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, CNN reports, and found the golfer on the…
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The remains of the partially collapsed Miami condo have been demolished ahead of storm Elsa. Explosions were heard in the area at 10.30 PM ET before the building began to fall, with the hope that the demolition will give rescuers access to more areas of the rubble as they continue…
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A gigantic firework explosion has caused chaos in Ocean City, Maryland. Per CNN, a truck carrying a large supply of Fourth of July fireworks unexpectedly exploded on Sunday, July 4, causing mass panic. The Starfire Corporation brand fireworks were intended to be detonated in a display scheduled for 9:00 PM…
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed the "racist and colonial policy" behind Sha'Carri Richardson's Olympics ban. Richardson, 21, was suspended from the US Olympic team for 30 days after she tested positive for THC - a chemical found in marijuana - following a drugs test. The US Anti-Doping Agency announced that Richardson…
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The body of a Miami firefighter's seven-year-old daughter has been discovered in the wreckage of the collapsed Surfside condo. Stella Cattarossi's father had kept watch in the area for nine days after she went missing following the tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on June 24. BBC…
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An Ohio police chief has resigned after surveillance cameras captured the moment he left a sign reading "Ku Klux Klan" on the desk of a Black officer. As reported by NBC News, footage captured by cameras at the Sheffield Lake Police Department in Ohio shows veteran chief Anthony Campo printing…
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President Biden has shared his thoughts on Sha'Carri Richardson's suspension from the Olympic 100m race, telling reporters: "Rules are rules". Richardson was officially handed a one-month suspension on Friday, subsequently preventing her from running in the Olympic women's 100m race in Tokyo. "America's Fastest Woman" had received the ban after…
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A bartender has been praised on social media after his cunning ploy saved a woman from being hit on by what he called a "creep." On Monday, June 14, a woman named Trinity Allie took to Twitter to share the story of how a server named Max Gutierrez had rescued her…
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The Biden administration is set to give US citizens a gender-neutral option on passports. In honor of the last day of Pride Month on June 30, the White House announced the change in legislation, as part of a series of sweeping reforms aimed at promoting sex and gender equality in…
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A woman trapped in the Miami condo rubble was heard screaming for hours - but sadly, her cries for help went silent before the search team could reach her. Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky recounted the unsuccessful effort to save the woman on Thursday, July 1 - exactly one…
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A new survey has revealed where Donald Trump ranks out of all the US presidents. Trump's one-term presidency was not without its controversies - including the so-called "Muslim travel ban" and the building of the US-Mexico border wall - however, he did garner the second most votes of any presidential…
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Donald Trump has revealed that he has made up his mind about whether or not he will run for president once again in 2024. Following Trump's tumultuous time in office, which saw a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol and an unprecedented double impeachment, the 75-year-old Republican has dropped a…
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The US House of Representatives has voted to remove statues of Confederate generals from the Capitol building. According to CBS News, this new piece of legislation passed on Tuesday, June 29, with a vote of 285 to 120, with 67 Republicans joining all Democrats voting in favor of the bill.…
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Donald Trump has slammed Joe Biden for rolling back the border policies he introduced during his time in office. The former president slammed his successor on Wednesday, June 30, for his u-turn on the US border crisis, saying: "I built a wall - Biden built a humanitarian catastrophe." "Our nation…
