Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Per CNBC, The Government Accountability Office is claiming that the Trump administration violated the law by withholding military aid to Ukraine, in a new non-partisan report. The document, entitled: 'Office of Management and Budget- Withholding of Ukraine Security Assistance', was released to the public and shared by the GAO on…
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Politician and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has welcomed the rapper Cardi B's potential career in politics, after the star stated her intention to run for congress in the future. On January 12, the rapper tweeted to her millions of followers: "I do feel like if I go back to…
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A four-year-old girl, who didn't get vaccinated this season, has been left blind after contracting the flu. Jade DeLucia's mother, Amanda Phillips, rushed the child to hospital on Christmas Eve after her fever became dangerously high. Speaking to NBC news, she said "I looked down at her and her eyes…
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A Kentucky teenager has been expelled from her Christian high school after a picture of her celebrating her 15th birthday in a rainbow sweater and posing in front of a colourful cake was uploaded to social media. Kayla Kenney went out to celebrate her birthday at a local restaurant with…
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A teacher from Ohio has been jailed for two years for having sex with a student who she says "looked and acted like her husband", People has confirmed. Laura Bucy, a 32-year-old Home Economics teacher pleaded guilty in June to felony sexual battery and was sentenced on Wednesday. She had…
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Video footage has been released of a Florida teacher forcibly throwing a student out of his class. The incident took place on Wednesday of last week at Buddy Taylor Middle School in Palm Coast. There, 47-year-old Jeffrey Paffumi removed a 14-year-old pupil from his chair and pushed him through a…
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Trump has today announced that no Americans were harmed in last night's attack at bases used by US and coalition forces in Iraq. The President paid tribute to the skill and courage of the American military, while noting that "Iran appears to be standing down,” as per The Guardian. Speaking…
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As confirmed by the Pentagon, the POTUS, and the Iraqi military, last night (5:30pm EST on January 7), Iran fired 22 ballistic missiles at two bases used by US and coalition forces in Iraq. The al-Assad airbase in western Iraq and a base in Erbil in the northern region of…
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A "proud" Minnesota sheriff has received an unusual letter from a jail inmate. Taking to Facebook, Carver County sheriff Jason Kamerud shared a photograph of the letter, which thanked him for his work as a sheriff and the "excellent" facilities which he was using while serving their sentence. The Facebook…
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A Florida man woke up to find a stranger sucking his toes. The bizarre incident took place on Christmas Eve - the one night of the year where it's supposed to be acceptable for a stranger to break an entering, provided, of course, that they are dressed in a red…
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A Flordia woman has been arrested after threatening to get McDonald's staff "by any means necessary". As per the New York Post, the incident took place in McDonald’s in Vero Beach, Florida, last week after 19-year-old Maguire Marie Mclaughlin was refused a sachet of dipping sauce. According to a report…
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A man who set off fireworks near a movie theater accidentally caused immense panic amongst moviegoers after the bangs were mistaken for gunshots, Fox News reports. Nathan Sanders "lit off the fireworks while a friend was proposing marriage. There was no intent to cause panic to theatre patrons," police wrote…
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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…
