Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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The United States has urged all its citizens in Iraq to depart the country immediately due to ‘heightened tensions’ in the region, as a result of an airstrike targeting Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. The Pentagon confirmed that the incident took place in a strike ordered by President Donald Trump early…
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An Indiana woman has allegedly been arrested on a child neglect charge, after being accused of locking her five-year-old son in an operating washing machine. A Madison County prosecutor charged 30-year-old Heather Oliver with the level five felony - neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily injury - in connection…
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Heart-pounding footage has emerged of a semi-truck crashing into a pile-up in Lubbock County, Texas. The incident took place on Highway 84, where KCBD had a crew filming an initial pile-up. However, in a startling moment, an out of control truck comes speeding through the fog and crashes into the…
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A mother has been jailed for seven years for injecting feces into her son's IV as he battled cancer, the Daily Mail has reported. The incident took place at Riley Children's Hospital where Tiffany Alberts' 15-year-old son was being treated for leukemia. The teacher from Indiana was sentenced on Thursday…
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Employees at a northern California McDonald's restaurant at being praised for their quick-thinking actions that led to the rescue of a woman from her violent captor. Per Fox News, the victim entered the Flag City restaurant on Christmas Eve, along with Eduardo Valenzuela. The woman was quickly able to ask…
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An Iowa woman has been charged with attempted murder after running over a teenage girl because she was "a Mexican" police said, according to CNN. According to a press release shared by the Clive City Police Department, Police Chief Michael Venema said that the 14-year-old had been making her way…
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A bank robber has thrown the money that he stole into the air and shouted "Merry Christmas!" The incident took place in Colorado Springs at 12:30 on Monday, December 23. The suspect, 65-year-old David Oliver, entered the Academy Bank on 1 S. Tejon St., and like many bank robbers, demanded…
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The actor who played the Peloton husband in the now-viral advertisement has decided that life should imitate art. Case in point: Sean Hunter gave his real life girlfriend a Peloton bike for Christmas. Per TMZ, Hunter said "Here's hoping this goes over better the second time ... Merry Christmas to…
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Prior to winning the Miss America competition on Thursday, Miss Virginia Camille Schrier became the first contestant to conduct a science experiment in the talent segment of the show, NPR reported. The 24-year-old is currently undertaking her doctor of pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University. During the pageant, she announced that…
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President Trump’s former press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, has been criticized for mocking Joe Biden's stutter. The former Vice President was speaking at a Democratic debate on Thursday, in which he appeared to stammer. Biden spoke about children who suffer from speech impairments. Towards the end of Biden's speech, Sanders…
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A man who tore down and burned an LGBTQ+ flag at an Iowa church has been jailed for more than 15 years for the hate crime, the Metro reports. Adolfo Martinez of Ames, Iowa, was sentenced for the crimes of arson, reckless use of explosive/fire, and 30 days for harassment.…
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A vegan couple is on trial for murder after their 18-month-old son starved to death. On Wednesday, three months after the toddler's death, Ryan O'Leary, 30, and his wife Sheila, 35, were indicted on first-degree murder charges. Originally charged with manslaughter, the couple is set to appear in court on…
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A couple has made the Christmas of five children by fostering them so they can spend the holiday season together as a family. The heartwarming incident took place in Kentucky, where Whitney and James Meserve began the year by adopting siblings Norah and Sebastian in February. They then ended the…
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Following a vote by the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump was impeached on Wednesday, NBC News has reported. Trump becomes the third president in the history of the US to be impeached by Congress, following a 10-hour debate speculating if the POTUS violated his oath in pressuring Ukraine to…
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A passenger has gone viral after giving an 88-year-old woman his first-class seat to make her "dream" come true. The heartwarming incident took place onboard a Virgin Atlantic flight to New York and was revealed by Virgin stewardess Leah Amy on Facebook, where it subsequently went viral. The story centers…
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Christmas is famously known as the season of goodwill. A chance to make amends and generally make an effort to be kind to your fellow humans - in particular, those less fortunate than you. But it turns out that one teacher has yet to get the memo. Mom Takaria Scott,…
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An eight-year-old girl has died of sepsis after her stepmother made her drink from a dirty toilet, reports claim. Raylee JoLynn Browning, who died on December 26, 2018, also had a torn rectum, bruising, and burns at the time of her death. Her father Marty Browning, and her stepmother Julie…
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More than 750 historians have signed an open letter urging the House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump. After the Democrat-led House unveiled two articles of impeachment against the Republican leader last week, a letter entitled 'Historians Statement On The Impeachment Of President Donald Trump' was uploaded to Medium,…
