Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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One year on from the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the wound still feels fresh both to the friends and families of the victims and to the US as a whole. A total of fourteen students and three teachers were killed. In many cases, those who lost…
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Police in New Jersey are on the lookout for a young man who released a giant rodent into a McDonald's earlier last week, causing a frenzy inside the restaurant. NBC New York reports that a young man - accompanied by a young boy - walked into a McDonald's in Newark…
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A few weeks back, the news was awash with reports of a group of schoolboys who had allegedly harassed a Native American elder. The pupils, who were from Covington Catholic School in Kentucky, had been in Washington DC in order to participate in the March for Life and protest women's rights…
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The owner of a Mexican restaurant has been forced to post a strong response after a customer wrote a racist message on a receipt instead of leaving a tip. Vanessa Martinez, owner of Charrito’s Bar & Grill in Huntsville, Alabama, took to Facebook to reply strongly to the aggressor, who…
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Over the past few years, various internet "challenges" have seen younger people engaging in risky behaviour for the sake of getting some kind of online notoriety. We've had the Tide Pod challenge, the Bird Box challenge, the blue whale challenge, and now, worryingly, the "48 hour challenge". Concerns about this…
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When a person is called up for jury duty in the US, the chosen jurors have to keep the contents of the trial to themselves, while any potential conflict of interest or personal biases can result in their dismissal from the trial. It's rare, however, to see a juror dismissed…
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A school nurse in Maryland has been arrested and charged after being accused of performing oral sex on several high school students. Samantha Marsh, a 33-year-old school nurse at Crisfield High School & Academy, has allegedly admitted to engaging in sexual activity with at least three students. She is now facing…
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On Tuesday, Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, more commonly referred to as "El Chapo", was found guilty of 10 various drug trafficking-related charges at a US District Court in Brooklyn. Guzmán will be returning to court to be sentenced on June 25, but US Attorney Richard Donoghue has already told reporters that El Chapo…
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Detective Brian Simonsen was responding to a robbery at a T-Mobile phone store in Queens when he was fatally shot by a fellow officer in a tragic turn of events. During the Tuesday night shooting, Sgt. Matthew Gorman was also wounded, and the suspect of the robbery on Atlantic Avenue…
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A former employee at KFC has been awarded around $1.5 million in damages after she suffered from workplace discrimination that made it impossible for her to breastfeed her child. A lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court alleged that coworkers and managers at KFC and Taco bell restaurants in Kent County, Delaware…
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A nanny has been found guilty of drowning an infant in milk after the baby was said to have ruined her nap, reported the Washington Post. Chilling footage of 73-year-old Oluremi Adeleye, where she force-fed eight-month-old Enita Salubi nearly eight ounces of milk in a 30-second period, was crucial in finding…
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A video has gone viral on social media showing an alleged drunk driver launching into a racist tirade against the cop who arrested her. Julie Edwards, a 53-year-old woman from DeLand, Florida, was arrested by Deputy Brandon King on Thursday, February 7. King had been called in to investigate a disturbance in the…
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The first female pilot to lead the F-16 Viper team has been asked to leave the demonstration team just two weeks after her role was announced. Captain Zoe Kotnik was commander of the F-16 Viper Demo Team, which performs precision aerial manoeuvres to show the F-16's capabilities at air shows.…
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On Monday, President Donald Trump traveled to El Paso, Texas, which he falsely claimed used to have high rates of violent crime before erecting a barrier. The object of the speech was apparently to whip up support for a US-Mexico border wall, a project he failed to fund despite Republicans…
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Donald Trump's relationship with the media has been fraught throughout his two years as president - and that's putting it mildly. Even before he was handed the keys to the White House, he had coined the term "fake news" in retaliation to claims that he was sexist after a tape of…
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Mexican crime lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, leader of the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel, was found guilty of all 10 federal criminal counts against him, after his trial returned a verdict in the US today. The 61-year-old faces a mandatory sentence of life of prison. El Chapo, which means "Shorty" in…
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Blackface is a form of makeup used by a nonblack person to play a black role. Regardless of one's intent, the practice has an ugly history tethered to the brutal treatment of an oppressed group of people. Sporting blackface in public is bound to offend people, and could even kill…
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A man has been arrested after being caught allegedly caught pouring chemicals onto items at several grocery stores, according to the FBI. David Clare Lohr, a 48-year-old homeless man, was taken into custody last Wednesday in northern California by the FBI, after being caught on surveillance pouring bleach onto several…
