Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Billions of people out there dream of winning big on the lottery - but one person who no longer has to fantasize is Manuel Franco, who scored $768 million last month when he became the winner of the third-largest lottery jackpot in US history. The 24-year-old was reportedly "struggling" to…
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A disabled woman says she was left ‘terrified’ and 'in pain' after an American Airlines worker allegedly threatened to call the police on her. Jen Deerinwater claims she was left unable to work for days after an airport worker began menacing her over a disagreement about the best way to…
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A judge has ruled that a three-year-old child with leukaemia must continue with chemotherapy, after his parents pulled him out of treatment and fled the state. The child, Noah McAdams, was diagnosed with leukaemia in April and had started chemotherapy at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.…
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An unidentified white female officer used the N-Word while questioning a group of young black men in Silver Spring, Maryland. The men were suspected of trespassing at a McDonald's, and one of them recorded the testy exchange with the officers on his phone. The Instagram video went viral on Thursday,…
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When President Donald Trump met North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un in June 2018, he missed the club championship at his Trump International golf course in Florida. Investor Ted Virtue won the championship, but apparently that didn't sit well with POTUS. One month later, Trump ran into Virtue on the course,…
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This weekend in Russellville, Arkansas, a march of remembrance took place to honour those who were affected by the Holocaust during World War Two. While the majority of those present were there to pay their respects to the dead and remember those who survived the horrific ordeal, a smaller faction…
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Surveillance footage from a school bus in Utah has shown a driver close the door on a mixed-race teenager while he was trying to leave the vehicle in what many are referring to as an intentional act of discrimination. The driver's action resulted in the 14-year-old student being dragged by…
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Denver voters approved of decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms, according to the final unofficial results posted Wednesday afternoon. The margin was remarkably slim, with 89,320 votes in favor of the proposal, and 87,341 against. The Denver Elections Division will continue to accept military and overseas ballots, but those ballots are not expected…
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Things were looking up for both Sharonda Wilson and her son this year, as both were on their way to finishing their degrees and coming away with much to celebrate in the family. However, there was one snag they came across along the way that left the mother uncertain what…
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In September 2017, Spencer Hight visited a bar in Plano, Texas, where he consumed a large amount of alcohol. From this bar, he drove to the home of his estranged wife, who was holding a viewing party for a football game with several others. He entered the house armed, and…
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In the midst of the ongoing battle over the redacted Mueller report, Donald Trump has asserted executive privilege this week. Last month, Attorney General William P. Barr released a redacted version of the special counsel's 448-page report, but many Democrats have been fighting to see the full version. Barr has…
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Jerome Kunkel, an 18-year-old student at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Assumption Academy in Walton, Kentucky, refused to get vaccinated for the chickenpox due to his religious beliefs. As a result, he was temporarily banned from school and playing sports due to a recent outbreak. In a letter sent…
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On Tuesday afternoon, two students, one male and one female, opened fire on two classrooms at the STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado. The perpetrators, who were armed with handguns, killed one student and injured eight others. Authorities apprehended both suspects and took them into custody. Douglas County Sheriff Tony…
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It's time to say your prayers, because there's a new religion in America! For those who aren't too keen on Satan, this probably won't come as the best of news. But for those who do like Satan and Satan-adjacent deities (I don't know any, specifically, but I'm assuming they're cloven-hoofed…
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Shocking news just in, as an active shooter has been reported at a school in Denver, Colorado. Shots were first fired at STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday afternoon at 1.53pm. [caption id="attachment_12513524" align="aligncenter" width="634"] Credit: Fox News[/caption] Police have reported that at least two people have been injured and…
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After a two-year FBI investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded that Russian interference occurred "in sweeping and systematic fashion" during the 2016 US presidential election. The 400-page report "identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump campaign," and resulted in criminal charges for 34 individuals, including Trump's former national…
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An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing five-year-old girl who is believed to have been kidnapped by three men in Houston, Texas. Maleah Davis was taken on Saturday night and was last seen in Sugar Land, Houston, near the Southwest Freeway and Highway 6. The five-year-old's stepfather, his…
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Brunei will not be enforcing a death penalty for gay people following backlash over such a proposal, Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei confirmed in a speech. Talk of punishment by death for gay people in the oil-rich nation sparked outrage, with a number of high-profile individuals, including Elton John…
