Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Two Marines have come under fire for posting a Snapchat video of themselves in blackface. The racist clip was reposted to Twitter by a user named Simar on February 23. In the video caption, he identifies one of the offending marines, Zach Highfield, and asks the US Marine's official account…
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In July of last year, a $40m yacht was released from its moorings on Lake Erie. At 50 metres in length, it more than satisfied the 24-metre requirement to be classed as a “superyacht”. Unmanned, the enormous vessel caused thousands of dollars of damage. However, it didn’t belong to a…
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A 31-year-old man has been arrested after getting caught dipping his exposed manhood into a pot of a customer's salsa dip, local news outlets report. A shocking video shared on Facebook shows 31-year-old Tennessee resident Howard Webb lowering his genitals into a container of spicy Mexican dip, reportedly in response…
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Billie Wayne Coble was executed on Thursday evening for the murders he committed nearly three decades ago. The victims of the 1989 were his estranged wife's parents, Zelda and Robert, as well as their son and his wife's brother, Bobby, a police officer. The 70-year-old man had requested that his…
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In Attleboro, Massachusetts, a woman called 911 because a man's pit bull mounted her dog at a dog park. The man, identified as 42-year-old Franklin Baxley, who is black, uploaded footage of their heated exchange on social media. "Why did this lady just call the cops on me claiming my…
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Brittany Zamora, a 27-year-old married sixth grade teacher in Goodyear, Arizona, was arrested last March for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with one of her students. She groomed the victim, a 13-year-old boy, using the school's own social media app, Class Craft, on which teachers and students can chat.…
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Three fast food restaurants in Ohio have had to close down this week after their entire workforce quit in protest. According to reports, employees at the Circleville, Lancaster and Grove City branches of Sonic Drive-In quit their jobs en masse after learning that their salaries would allegedly be reduced to…
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Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to Donald Trump, has branded his former employer a "racist" and a "cheat", in a testimony to Congress about the current President of the United States. Having worked as Trump's lawyer for years, Cohen has purportedly opened a window into Donald Trump's inner workings. In…
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Last year, the world's top scientists warned the United Nations that we have twelve years to address the climate change crisis, or the planet could suffer catastrophic consequences. In addition, America's top scientists released a 'dire' report, warning that if we don't address the climate change crisis, it could significantly…
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A man who was imprisoned for nearly 40 years for two murders he didn't commit has been awarded $21 million as compensation. Craig Coley, 71, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in 1980 for the 1978 killing of his ex-girlfriend, 24-year-old Rhonda Wicht, and her four-year-old son Donald. The…
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A former staffer on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has filed a federal lawsuit against the president, alleging he kissed her without consent. Alva Johnson claims she tried to move her face away as the former reality TV star attempted to kiss her on the lips during a 2016 campaign stop…
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Two-and-a-half years ago, in August 2016, 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was killed while riding on a 17-story waterslide at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas. The slide, which was called "Verrückt" (the German word for "crazy"), was shut down immediately after the incident happened, and the park's owners were…
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R. Kelly has turned himself into police after being charged with the sexual abuse of four girls, at least three of whom were minors, according to TMZ. The R&B singer surrendered on Friday night at a Chicago police station. [caption id="attachment_12478800" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Credit: Getty[/caption] Prosecutors hit the 52-year-old with…
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R. Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Cook County, Illinois. Prosecutors accuse him of sexually abusing four victims, with at least three of them underage, between the years 1998 and 2010. At the time of the alleged misconduct, the minors were between 13…
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A man convicted of nearly two dozen charges has been caught on police body cam sucker-punching his attorney in the face immediately following his sentencing. David Chislton, 42, was appearing in court on multiple charges, which included aggravated arson, domestic violence, and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, WKYC reports. Appearing at the Cuyahoga County…
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Since the turn of the year, R Kelly has been under fire following allegations that he sexually abused a number of underaged girls. The 52-year-old musician, whose full name is Robert Kelly, had previously been investigated on and acquitted of charges pertaining to the abuse of a teenage girl, but…
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A California coffee shop is drawing plenty of attention - as well as anger - from local residents, after dressing all of their baristas in skimpy bikinis. Pink Pantherz Espresso has been the subject of intense criticism from locals after employing servers and dressing them in either bikinis or lingerie…
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A teenager has issued a warning to others about the dangers of social media attention, after he nearly fell to his death in the pursuit of the perfect selfie. 18-Year-old Triston Bailey was rushed to Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Dallas, Texas after taking some serious damage. According to the hospital,…
