Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Weed was legalized in Oregon back in 2014, but fast forward to present day, and the people of Oregon have more pot than they can smoke or eat. TIME reports that five years after voters moved to legalize marijuana, Oregon is trying to curb production, with there being so much…
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A longtime public utilities employee opened fire at the Virginia Beach municipal building Friday afternoon, killing 11 people and injuring six others, police chief James Cervera told reporters, per CNN. One of the 11 victims was a police officer. Authorities confirmed that the suspect died in a gunfight with police…
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Just hours before Missouri was poised to become the only state in America without an abortion clinic, a judge ruled that the facility can temporarily stay open. St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stezler issued a temporary restraining order on Friday afternoon, which blocks the state from revoking Planned Parenthood's operating…
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A long-fought and divisive debate has seen video streaming platform Netflix make enemies of hardline conservatives. Whether someone is pro-life or pro-choice has, historically, been a marker of where they might stand on other social and political issues. Yet it is uncommon for a multinational to nail its colours to…
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A Texas high school graduate met her father on the US-Mexico border bridge as he wasn't able to attend the ceremony. Sarai Ruiz even kept her graduation gown on as a surprise for her dad who was deported from the US when she was only four years old. This is…
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The world's smallest surviving newborn has recently been discharged from the hospital, five months after she was born. The child, named Saybie, was born in December 2018 at just 23 weeks gestation, according to the hospital. When she was delivered, she weighed just half a pound. A press release revealed…
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Amid calls for the special counsel to testify before Congress, and chatter amongst former prosecutors, several Democrats and one Republican to impeach Donald Trump, Robert Mueller made a rare public appearance. On Friday morning, the special counsel threw a press conference to speak out on his report for the first time.…
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Police in New York City are searching for a man they believe has committed a serious sexual assault, after a video emerged of him rubbing his genitals on a sleeping girl on a subway train. The teenager was unconscious while travelling on the 7 train bound for Queens when the…
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On Sunday, Jessica Richardson, her husband Franklin, and their dog decided to go for a picnic. Heading to Oktibbeha County Lake, they accidentally stumbled onto land owned by Starkville Kampgrounds of America (KOA), and were soon approached by a woman working on the campsite. Within five minutes, a truck pulled…
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Despite several attempts to raise taxes to fund higher salaries, the teachers at Colorado's 27J Schools are the lowest paid in the Denver metro area. As a result, the Adams County school district has struggled to attract and retain quality educators. Hoping to make jobs more appealing, administrators came up…
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Keith Raniere is said to be a charismatic yet dangerous man. He gained experience at Amway - a multilevel marketing company with links to US education secretary Betsy DeVos - before founding Nxivm. Ostensibly, this too was a multilevel marketing company. However, it has since been revealed as an oppressive,…
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In the wake of Georgia's harsh new legislation on female reproductive health, bosses at streaming giant Netflix have revealed they are rethinking their investment in the state. Earlier this month, representatives in Georgia signed a "heartbeat bill" that makes abortion illegal after the six-week mark - when it's first possible…
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Donald Trump's opinion poll numbers may be on a downward trend, but three separate projection models predict he will secure a victory in a second presidential term in 2020. That's according to Treasury Secretary adviser Steve Rattner, who wrote an opinion column on the New York Times and touched upon…
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A Colombian immigrant who moved to the US 23 years ago has now graduated from college alongside her daughter. 46-year-old Sandra Murillo and her daughter, 25-year-old Katherinn Lopez-Murillo, both graduated with bachelor's degrees from William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, NBC reports. Their respective journeys were by no means…
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Recently six American states - Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Georgia, Iowa, and North Dakota - passed so-called "heartbeat bills," forbidding abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which typically occurs six weeks into a pregnancy. These reports sparked outrage because at that point the embryo is about the size of…
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Two Texas men lost their life on Friday by attempting to jump over an open drawbridge, local police forces have reported. Louisiana State Police reported that they responded to a single car crash shortly after two o'clock in the morning at the Black Bayou Bridge. Investigators say the bridge was…
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A new bill signed into law in Colorado means that its diabetic residents will no longer see prices of insulin rise any further. The problem is widespread across the US, as around one in four insulin users have reported they need to ration their medication to afford the rapidly increasing…
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When Donald Trump was running for president, he promised voters he wouldn't spend a lot of time golfing. "I love golf, but if I were in the White House, I don't think I'd ever see Turnberry again. I don't think I'd ever see Doral again," he said at a 2016…
