Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Breakups are never easy, but they're even more difficult when they're the result of infidelity. While most people in these scenarios wish every kind of unpleasantry on their ex, the majority never act on them beyond the odd social media dig. One man from North Carolina, however, got the ultimate…
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A girl from Utah, who survived being shot and left to die in a ditch, has been crowned homecoming queen by her high school. 17-year-old Deserae Turner was left paralyzed on her left side after being shot by two classmates and left for dead. She was found eight hours later,…
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It's often said that not all heroes wear capes. Now, it turns out that they can rock pompoms too. This was the case when 17-year-old Texas cheerleader Tyra Winters noticed a toddler choking from her homecoming float. She immediately jumped into action to save the child, whose mother had called…
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A 13-year-old boy has died just over a week after being sucker-punched at school in an attack that was captured on camera, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced yesterday, according to NBC Palm Springs reports. The video was posted to social media last week and showed the California middle school…
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Some parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children, leading to the revival of diseases that are avoidable thanks to vaccines. Now, following the worst measles outbreak in decades, a new law in the state of New York has come into effect to prohibit unvaccinated children from going to school.…
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A woman who urged her boyfriend to commit suicide is set to be released early from prison due to good behaviour. This comes after the parole board denied a bid to reduce her sentence. 22-year-old Michelle Carter has had her release date moved up to the 13th March from the…
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A plane was forced into an emergency landing after a passenger lit a joint mid-flight. The incident took place on board an American Airlines flight from Pheonix to Minneapolis. Passengers were not informed as to the specific reason for the emergency landing. The pilot simply said they had to land…
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A movement titled #NoFutureNoChildren has teenagers pledging not to have children until governments begin to take climate change seriously. Emma Lim, an 18-year-old student from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, launched the movement in an attempt to make officials see how climate change affects young people. Bill Nye Drops F-Bombs…
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A woman in South Carolina who pleaded with officers that she was “too pretty” to go to jail for a drunk driving charge has been spared a prison sentence after striking a controversial plea deal. 34-year-old Lauren Cutshaw, a local real estate agent, was stopped near the town of Bluffton…
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While not every hero may wear a cape, they all need a weapon. Thor has his hammer, Iron Man has his suit and Patti Baumgartner from Montana has her hairdryer. Admittedly, two of those can do significantly more damage than the other, but that’s not to say that they aren’t…
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An employee at a daycare worker in Ohio has been charged with child endangerment after a five-year-old girl was assaulted and held upside down by her legs. A disturbing image of the incident was shared on social by the Columbus Police Department following the arrests of Joshua Tennant and Emma…
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Per FOX News, President Donald Trump has confirmed that Hamza bin Laden, the son of former Al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, has been killed in a US counterterrorism operation. In a statement released by the White House on Saturday morning - just three days after the 18th…
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Taco Bell will be introducing a new vegetarian menu from tomorrow, which will mostly feature already-existing items and two brand new additions: the Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme and the Black Bean Quesarito. The veggie options - both old and new - will make up what is known as the "Vegetarian…
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The remains of a man who went missing 22 years ago in Lantana, Florida have finally been found thanks to satellite images on Google Earth, the BBC reports. The late William Moldt was found in a car submerged in a pond in Moon Bay Circle, Wellington after an individual was…
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Journalist, Garrett M Grath, who recently wrote an oral history of the September 11th terrorist attacks, claims he was in tears every day while compiling testimonies from survivors, and transcripts from the dead. The book was been written in anticipation of the 18th anniversary of the day when Al-Queda radical…
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A firefighter killed during the World Trade Center attack on September 11th, 2001, has been identified 18 years later. On the 18th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the United States, in which nearly 3,000 people lost their lives and a further 6,000 were seriously injured,…
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Eighteen years ago today, on September 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States was committed by radical terrorists. Thousands were killed, and many more were left badly injured, and the consequences of that terrible day had geopolitical ramifications that still resound nearly two decades…
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The city of Little Rock in Arkansas has now officially launched an initiative to pay homeless people minimum wage to pick up litter in the town. According to The Hill, the minimum wage in the state was raised to $9.25 in January. The scheme was devised earlier this year and…
