Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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When kids get to a certain age, you have to let them leave the house on their own. That can be scary for parents, who see horrific stories every night on the news. The world is full of bullies, thieves and even worse, kidnappers. When I was growing up, my…
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If I screamed the word "PIVOT!", what would be the first thing that comes to your mind? Like I even have to ask! The pivot scene in Friends remains of the most iconic scenes bits of footage to come out of the American sitcom and we thank God (and NBC) every…
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Thousands were left appalled last week when a video of a 16-year-old girl being pushed off a bridge, falling 60 feet into water, emerged online. The footage into question showed teenager Jordan Holgerson hesitating atop a bridge in Moulton Falls Regional Park in Yacolt, north of Portland. Deciding not to…
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Students of colour that excel in education often seen their achievements diminished, and attributed to affirmative action and lower standards. Not only are these assumptions obnoxious and patronising, but they also ignore the fact that these kids are excelling despite being given lesser opportunities in economically-challenged communities. Guillermo Camarillo of…
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Who needs enemies when you have friends like Jordan Holgerson's? Last week, the 16-year-old girl ended up making headlines after a video of her went viral on YouTube, which showed the teen being shoved off the side of the Moulton Falls bridge in Washington state; taking a 60ft tumble into the waters…
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As I’m sure a lot of women are aware, there are some guys out there in the world who just can’t help themselves when it comes to checking out a particularly attractive person. Well, that’s sort of a lie; they can help themselves, they just choose not to. But why…
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An unidentified pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on a California highway last Saturday, to the surprise of the cars behind it. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the single-engine Cessna was on its way from Lake Tahoe to Hayward Executive Airport when the engine started to fail,…
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It's been roughly a month and a half since Halsey and G-Eazy announced their split and fans are still shook. Sharing a one-year whirlwind romance, the famous couple had quickly become a fan favourite and, although they had only been together a short amount of time, everyone was pretty gutted…
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These days, dating apps are seen as commonplace and you know pretty much exactly what to expect. You swipe left or right, you make small talk, you go on a date, you fall madly in love (or find out your suitor is a complete freak and swear off relationships forever), and…
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In case you hadn't heard the happy news, Carrie Underwood is pregnant again! In a recent video message on Instagram - which was meant to be about her upcoming Cry Pretty Tour - the 35-year-old singer stunned her fans by revealing that she had a bun in the oven. "You…
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If you're a fan of the Kardashian family, you'll know there has been dissent in the ranks recently - and by that, we mean some seriously shady behaviour from both Kim and Kourtney. The defining moment in the recent battle came when the pair of sisters had an explosive row…
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It was nice while it lasted, wasn't it? Two months, eight glorious weeks of solid sun, an entertaining World Cup, plus Love Island (don't judge me). Summer 2018 was one of those summers you see in teen movies and stock photos; the kind of summer that John Travolta and Olivia…
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You may have noticed this year that there have been a number of incidents of racism that have gone viral. Rather than verbal abuse in public or outright physical assault, these situations often involved people of colour being marginalised, or even threatened, during their everyday life. Examples of this day-to-day…
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Donald Trump has said a lot of offensive things. He launched his presidential campaign by calling Mexican immigrants criminals. In a leaked tape from the Access Hollywood bus, he bragged about grabbing women's genitalia. And during a meeting with lawmakers about immigration, he reportedly asked why the United States would…
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A 29-year-old airline employee who stole a commercial aircraft from a Seattle airport has crashed after being chased by fighter jets. The man, who took off from the runway without authorisation, was said to be doing "stunts" in the air before crashing about an hour after he took off. The…
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Earlier this week came the shocking news that a teen's prank had some disastrous consequences. Many of us would have been in a similar situation to 16-year-old Jordan Holgerson at some point - uncertain whether to do something risky as our friends pressure us to go through with it. But most…
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At Stanford University, two graduate students cycled past Kappa Alpha fraternity at 1AM, and stopped. They noticed a horrific assault. Brock Turner, a 19-year-old student and promising swimmer, was forcing himself on an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. "What the f*** are you doing?" one of the graduate students reportedly yelled. "She's…
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Juggalos are perhaps the only appropriate bogeymen for the Trumpian era. In an age when life in the western world has never before seemed so strange, fragmented or unstable, it takes a villain of disastrous proportions to cut through the noise. With international tensions rising to unbearable levels one minute…
