Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Many people fantasise about quitting their job to spend all their time on social media, but one college dropout has managed to actually follow through with this dream, and now earns over $6,000 a month via donations from his Twitter fanbase. 25-year-old Jovah Hill, a former political science major who…
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The teenage girl who was pushed off a 60ft bridge last summer in a horrifying viral video has spoken out on her conflicted feelings towards the friend who shoved her and her long road to recovery. Jordan Holgerson, 16, was left with six broken ribs, a punctured lung and air bubbles…
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A 16-year-old girl ended her own life just moments after sharing a video of herself on Snapchat this weekend. Hailey Nailor, a student at Danbury High School in Connecticut, jumped off the fifth-floor parking garage of the Danbury Fair Mall on Saturday afternoon following alleged bullying from her peers at school. "Before she…
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There is much talk at the minute about whether particular US states will fade from red to blue or blue to red. However, a number of states have also turned green. Cannabis is now legal in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. However, they are…
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Abigail Arias has been diagnosed with a Wilms tumour, a type of cancer that starts in the kidneys in children, and can often be terminal. The six-year-old's condition has worsened, to the point that she is not expected to live too much longer. But before things get any worse, she was…
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Kyle Yorlets, a 24-year-old man from Nashville, was shot and killed outside his home on Thursday. The culprits, police later found, were five children, aged 12 to 16. Yorlets, the lead singer of rock band Carverton, gave them his wallet, but was shot after he refused to give them his…
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Former boxing champion Rick 'Rocky' Lockridge has passed away at 60-years-old, his family have confirmed. He died in the home of his caregiver in Camden, New Jersey, due to complications that arose from pneumonia and a series of strokes. “Rocky had a way to make an ordinary person feel extraordinary,"…
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In 1993, Princeton graduate Jeff Bezos opened an online bookstore. Browsing books on a website and then receiving them in the mail, he decided, made for a quicker and easier experience. Initially working out of his garage, he warned early investors that there was a 70 per cent chance that…
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Conrad Roy grew up in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, and worked for his family’s company, Tucker-Roy Marine Towing and Salvage. Roy suffered from social anxiety and depression and had once tried to take his own life by way of overdose. Despite his demons, he was an honour roll student and talented athlete…
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Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola have been forced to issue an apology after napkins circulated on Delta flights were branded as "creepy" by airline customers. Ahead of Valentine's Day, which takes place next Thursday on February 14, travellers have been sharing several images of the offending napkins, which contain messages…
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Between 1974 and 1975, a serial killer known as "The Doodler" killed at least five men in San Francisco. The Doodler got his name after one of his victims managed to survive the attack, and recalled that his would-be murderer was doodling during a dinner they had shared that night.…
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Michael Jackson's relative allegedly feared he was grooming his young son Blanket and investigators were "convinced" the singer had preyed upon "several" of his nephews. The New York Post's PageSix column claims multiple sources have confirmed that police had received a "credible tip" that the Thriller star had abused his family…
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A Muslim woman who was brutally attacked as a teen by a thug who tried to pull off her hijab has hit back by launching her own self-defence classes for women. Rana Abdelhamid, a 25-year-old woman from New York, was a victim of a frightening hate crime while she was walking…
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A father of two has been confirmed dead after a fire raged through his family's home earlier this week. Sam Crawford, 40 from Orland, Maine, had escaped from the fire with his family beforehand, but re-entered the blaze to save their pet dog. He sadly never returned from the flames.…
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A Florida woman has been taken into custody by police after she allegedly assaulted her partner with a frozen piece of meat, local news sources report. Police believe that Jennifer Brassard, a 48-year-old woman living in Brooksville, attacked her boyfriend with a frozen pork chop after an argument escalated. Said argument was…
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It was impossible to miss female Democrats present at President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech on Tuesday as they all turned out in white. The striking sartorial choice was multilayered, having numerous important reasons behind it. It was designed to honour those who came out in the midterm…
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Thanks to its beautiful beaches, lush green forests, and stunning volcanic mountaintop views, Hawaii is the one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world. But for non-smokers, the state might become even more of a paradise. Lawmakers are considering raising the minimum smoking age to 100, which would…
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Donald Trump is known for doing unusual things. Upon becoming the president of the United States, he scrapped policies for LGBT rights and family planning, called German Chancellor Angela Merkel an “excellent salesman” and spent more than 100 consecutive days playing golf. Having proclaimed that he would build a Mexico-funded…
