Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has helped to raise $1 million in just four hours in an effort to help Texans struggling in the grip of record-breaking low temperatures. According to Pix 11 News, the 35-year-old Democrat representative launched an appeal to help Texans in desperate need of relief, with Arctic winds plunging…
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Ted Cruz has spoken out for the first time since returning from his infamous trip to Mexico during a tumultuous period of severely cold weather in the state of Texas this week. According to The Guardian, arctic storms that have swept across large parts of the central and southern United…
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Exhausted Domino's employees have been hailed "the essential workers that need recognition" amid the ongoing cold weather snap in Texas. Attention was drawn to the hard-working employees when a photograph of two weary Domino's workers in went viral online, prompting many calls for higher wages. In the picture, the two…
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A Black couple has opened up about how their home was valued $490,000 higher after their white friend pretended to own it. Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate Austin purchased the property in Marin City, California in 2016 from another Black family before investing $400,000 in a makeover. The extensive renovations…
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Tucker Carlson has been slammed on social media this week for suggesting that the perceived relationship between President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden is a "PR stunt". According to MSNBC News, the Fox News anchor made his controversial comments in response to some Valentine's Day-themed coverage of the…
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President Biden has stated that white supremacy is the greatest domestic terror threat in America today. Speaking at a CNN town hall meeting on February 16, Biden was asked a question about how his administration would address the threat of white supremacy in light of the deadly Capitol riot last…
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A series of images showing the recent sub-zero temperatures in Texas have appeared on social media this week, with power outages plunging millions of Americans into dangerous conditions of freezing cold and darkness. According to The Guardian, arctic storms that have swept across large parts of the central and southern…
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Donald Trump has criticized Mitch McConnell in a scathing statement, in which he branded the Senate Minority Leader "dour, sullen, and unsmiling". Trump issued his typically-blunt retort following McConnell’s damning statements made in a damning op-ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal. In the article in question, McConnell reflected…
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A woman who flew a banner reading "convict Trump" over the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida has branded him a "dictator." Speaking exclusively to the Huffington Post, the woman in question - who asked to remain anonymous and be referred to by the moniker "S" - works for an aircraft company…
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Saturday Night Live has lampooned former President Donald Trump's recent impeachment trial in a skit featuring Colin Jost. The impeachment trial, and the former Republican leader's narrow escape from a conviction in the Senate was the main focus of the NBC sketch show's long-running Weekend Update segment. Per The Wrap, Jost…
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House Democrats have hired a former gang member as senior adviser for diversity and inclusion, the New York Post reports. Dyjuan Tatro, a criminal justice advocate, was chosen by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the role. Tatro rose to attention after an appearance in a PBS docuseries called College…
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Former President Donald Trump has been acquitted during his second impeachment trial. A total of 43 senators voted that Trump was not guilty of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol Building on January 6 – the two-thirds majority required to clear the former president. As per the Metro, a…
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A video has gone viral on social media this week showing former Vice President Mike Pence and his family fleeing protesters during the Capitol riots. According to The Independent, the (until now) never-before-seen video in question was made public by impeachment managers prosecuting former president Donald Trump in his Senate…
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Fox News anchor Lou Dobbs has been axed after spreading conspiracy theories about widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 election. Dobbs was fired for his involvement in a $2.7bn defamation lawsuit against the network where he was personally named for promoting baseless conspiracy theories after Donald Trump failed to get…
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A 26-year-old man in Michigan died over the weekend after getting hit in the chest by shrapnel from a cannon that exploded at a baby shower, police said, per ABC News. Michigan State Police say that an unnamed individual, a homeowner in Genesee County, fired a small cannon in the…
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The cyclist who famously flipped off Donald Trump has run for office and has now defeated a local Republican. Trump was so angry at the time that he demanded that Juli Briskman was fired from her job in 2017, and she was so enraged as a result of her dismissal…
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A school in Utah has been criticized this week for allowing its students to opt-out of Black History Month during February. According to NBC News, the controversy began when Micah Hirokawa, director of the Maria Montessori Academy in Ogden, Utah, took to the school’s official Facebook page on Friday, February…
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The Trump Tower in Chicago is facing a $12 million fine after using 20 million gallons of water every day without a permit. An Illinois court ruled this week that the tower broke two of the state's environmental laws and became liable for damages as it does not have a…
