Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A former teacher was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday, after confessing to having a sexual relationship with her 14-year-old student. Stephanie Peterson, 27, must register as a sexual offender for the rest of her life, after admitting to having sex with the eighth-grader in her car twice, as well as performing…
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The Trump administration has relaxed the controversial requirements needed to be met to place unaccompanied migrant children in the custody of sponsors. It was announced on Tuesday that background checks from every member of a sponsor's household will no longer be needed. In June, it was declared that everyone living…
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Every US president has their secrets - and it seems George H.W. Bush had a heartwarming one that he kept under wraps for more than a decade. Almost a month after his death, it's been revealed that the American leader secretly sponsored a Pilipino child named Timothy for 10 years. According…
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An open murder case can destroy a community. If an innocent person has been slain in a small town, then many inhabitants will never feel safe there again. Despite the best intentions of modern police precincts, there are some homicides that will never be solved, and the colder a case…
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In southwest Missouri, a family of poachers got busted for the illegal killing of "several hundred deer" over the course of three years. Father Dave Berry Sr. and his two sons, Kyle Berry and Dan Berry Jr, reportedly shot trophy bucks at night, taking the heads and antlers, while leaving…
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A video of a white woman shouting racist abuse and kicking an Asian woman on a New York subway train has gone viral on social media. Anna Lushchinskaya had to be restrained by a fellow passenger and was the subject of a citizen's arrest last Tuesday morning when she repeatedly…
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This weekend, on Sunday, December 9th, a Texas-bound flight was forced to turn back to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport almost halfway through its journey when a human heart was discovered on board. The organ was supposed to have been left in Seattle after a previous flight from Sacramento, but someone had forgotten…
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This year, there was a worrying trend of white people calling the cops on black people for no reason. 'BBQ Betty' freaked out over a black family having a BBQ; 'Golfcart Gail' called the police on a black father at his son's soccer game; 'Permit Patty' called 911 to report…
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Last week, a mother-of-seven received a sentence of 28 years behind bars for inflicting extreme torture on her five-year-old stepson. Tammi Bleimeyer, a 37-year-old woman from Texas, was trialled last Friday more than four years since the abuse was discovered. Her stepson, Jordan Bleimeyer (now nine years of age), was reportedly…
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The case of the death of Mike Williams is shaping up to be one of the strangest and most incredible crimes of the last 20 years. Williams disappeared on December 16, 2000, during a fishing trip with his friend Brian Winchester at Lake Seminole. He was neve found, and five…
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Yesterday, Michael D. Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of breaking campaign finance laws, tax evasion and lying to Congress. This is terrible news for the president, who is no doubt panicking about all the dirt his former employee has on him,…
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Donald Trump is one of America's most polarizing presidents, stirring up fawning adoration from supporters and furious outrage from critics. As a result, his rallies became a cultural phenomenon, a magnet for both tribes to face off and yell at each other. It's the perfect microcosm of our country, poisoned…
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Brian Winchester testified in court on Tuesday, claiming that not only did he murder his best friend, but it was all part of a plan he had made with the friend's wife. He broke down into tears, describing how he had shot Mike Williams at the behest of his wife,…
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Kenneth Gross, better known to his friends and family as K.J, passed away in May this year. The boy was only twelve years old at the time, but had been battling leukaemia for eleven years, before he died of congestive heart failure. His family laid him to rest in a…
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When Genevieve Purinton was 18 years old, she gave birth to a baby girl at a hospital in Gary, Indiana. She was unmarried and alone, and was naive to the process of entering motherhood. So, when she was informed by hospital staff that her infant had died after delivery, she didn't even…
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When it comes to Christmas time, there's truly no better feeling than running your finger around a cake bowl and licking off that sugary batter. Maybe it's the taste, perhaps it's just the naughty nature of the whole thing, but everyone knows that cookie dough blows any other sweet treat out…
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A 23-year-old woman from Ohio who glorified convicted killers has been arrested this week after planning to commit "an upscale mass murder" at a Toledo bar. Elizabeth Lecron, who is now being held on terrorism charges, is known to have corresponded with Dylann Roof - the 24-year-old white supremacist who massacred…
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Two murder suspects - Ralph Keppler and his girlfriend Francesca Kiel - reportedly laughed at a bail hearing earlier this week after learning of their victim's brutal injuries. Theresa Kiel, the 56-year-old mother of Francesca, was found comatose Long Beach apartment building on Dec. 4, 2016, and eventually succumbed to her injuries last…
