Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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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…
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William Brown, a 24-year-old electrician from Fort Worth, Texas, was killed last week by an exploding vaporizer pen. His grandmother, Alice Brown, told WFAA that he purchased the device at the Smoke & Vape DZ store in the nearby town of Keller. Then he sat down in his car to use the…
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An Indiana school superintendent has resigned from her job after being charged with using her own insurance to help a sick student. Superintendent of Elwood Community School, Casey Smitherman, released a statement last week announcing she would be leaving her job on Friday (February 2) and citing the public attention she had…
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A mother of three was found dead in her home in Freehold, New Jersey on Monday morning, with her daughters still in the house. Soon after, the body of her husband was discovered in the Raritan River, indicating that it may have been a murder-suicide. Bartone's car was found parked…
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Maddie, a student at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, thought she had a ghost in her apartment. Articles of clothing repeatedly went missing, and peculiar handprints appeared on her bathroom wall. She and her roommate say they consistently lock their doors, and did not notice any damage to…
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Rappers often feel that they have to create a persona. In fact, Lil Peep's brother explained that the late rapper “mentioned how being a hip hop artist is like being a pro-wrestling character”. However, 21 Savage appears to have taken this idea to unusual extremes. News broke yesterday of the…
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Vegans have taken offence at the Hyundai commercial that aired during last night's Super Bowl, with many plant-based eaters taking to Twitter to express their displeasure. With several prominent plant eaters as well as PETA getting involved, the source of their ire was a commercial which took aim at the…
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A terrifying video has emerged on social media this week, showing a prisoner serving a life sentence taking a hostage in the jail library. Timothy Monk, who is doing a 97-year-long stint at the Lewis prison near Buckeye, Arizona, held a prison librarian hostage for several hours inside the law library before wardens…
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Cedric Marks, who has previously fought in the UFC, has been arrested under suspicion of killing two people, one of whom was his ex-girlfriend. He was re-captured on Sunday by police, after he initially evaded authorities, escaping from a prisoner transport van in Texas. Marks was arrested in Michigan last…
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A woman from Chicago has performed an incredible act of kindness this week, by paying for the hotel rooms of over 60 homeless people. 34-year-old real-estate developer Candace Payne performed the amazing public service, due to her business partner of many years telling her about his experiences living homeless in…
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Four people have been arrested after their chilling plan to kidnap and murder a child was uncovered. David Bailey, 37, Matthew Toole, 32, Talia Furman, 32, and Jayme LaPoint, 19, were all arrested by Michigan State Police and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to…
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An 18-year-old University of Iowa student has passed away after being found unconscious outside a campus building in the freezing cold. Gerald Belz was found by campus police lying on the ground behind Halsey Hall in extreme temperatures just before 3 am on Wednesday. The unresponsive teenager, who was studying pre-med, was taken…
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As North America braces against a lethal chill, some Iowa natives have found a funnier side to the freezing cold. In the past weeks, a polar vortex has been wreaking havoc across the Midwest, delaying over 2,500 flights and halting the U.S. Postal Service. Pictures coming out of the snow-covered cities…
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A 27-year-old nutritionist has tragically been found dead after hanging herself in her Manhattan apartment. Tara Condell, who was a San Francisco native, was found by police after worried co-workers reported her missing when she didn't show up for work. Condell, who worked as a nutritionist at the Midtown office of…
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Soon enough it'll be time for the Super Bowl one more, with the 53rd edition of the monumental sports event airing on Sunday February 3. The two-time defending champions, the New England Patriots, will be facing off against the Los Angeles Rams to determine the champion of the NFL's 2018 season,…
