Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Over this weekend, a video clip showing a group of teenage boys in MAGA hats surrounding a Native American elder went viral. The boys, who were from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, had been in Washington DC in order to participate in the March for Life, but encountered Nathan Phillips,…
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Per Variety, Sony Music has decided to dissolve its working relationship with R. Kelly. According to a source, no public announcement of the decision is planned for the immediate future, but Kelly was removed from the RCA Records website - which lists the label's signed artists - around 10am on…
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Michael Cohen was Donald Trump's trusted confidante for years, but now he's turned into his worst enemy. Reportedly the former attorney turned convicted felon has flipped on his former boss, and is spilling all of the glorious tea. Special counsel Robert Mueller's FBI investigation has been remarkably tight-lipped, but this…
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If you thought the story of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman would be a dramatic one, you're still probably underestimating just how strange it gets. He's escaped from prison with elaborate schemes more than once, but now he's on trial for various drug conspiracy charges, and the court proceedings are…
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Forget Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly - the hottest beef in America is Donald Trump versus Nancy Pelosi. (Unfortunately, there are no diss tracks...yet.) As you could probably tell from the salty looks of unpaid TSA agents at the airport, we are currently in day 27 of a partial government…
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Earlier this week, on Tuesday, January 15th, a sergeant with the NYPD went above and beyond the call of duty when he saved a teenage boy on Manhattan Bridge. Sgt. William Hart was passing by the Brooklyn end of the pedestrian walkway by chance that evening when he was flagged down…
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Marie Jean Pierre, a 60-year-old former dishwasher at the Conrad Miami hotel, was awarded an incredible $21.5 million this week after claiming she faced discrimination by being forced to work on Sundays. Pierre worked at the hotel, which at the time was managed by Hilton, for more than a decade before…
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Picture this: you're working a long shift in a McDonald's, fretting about the fact that you can't afford to buy a new car or repair your old one. Then your manager calls you in to speak with you privately. This can't possibly be good news can it? When Vicki Anderson…
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On Monday night, President Trump hosted a dinner for the Clemson University Tigers to celebrate winning the NCAA championship. And what do you serve a championship football team from a South Carolina college, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Washington D.C. to visit the White House? A buffet of McDonald's, Burger…
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The #MeToo movement has inspired countless victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment to come forward and share their stories. As a result, we've seen a tectonic shift in culture, as rich, powerful figures finally face consequences for their bad behavior. Our eyes are open, and now that change has…
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In a world of free trade and globalisation, President Trump rose to power on a wave of isolationist and protectionist rhetoric. America would become great again by creating jobs, mining its resources and building not bridges, but walls. However, while his close relationship with Russia didn’t cause this wave of…
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A star high school football player has unexpectedly died, the day after he committed to play in college, after undergoing routine knee surgery. Nick Dixon, a senior at Spartanburg High School in South Carolina, had an operation to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a torn meniscus in his knee…
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Last week, a 13-year-old girl was discovered after going missing for 88 days, following the death of her parents. Her captor, the same man responsible for the murder of her mother and father, was caught soon afterwards - and both their statements on the crimes committed are absolutely chilling. Jake…
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Police in Utah have issued a warning to drivers after a woman reportedly crashed her car while driving blindfolded as part of the Bird Box challenge. According to the BBC, a teenager drove into oncoming traffic with a hat placed over her eyes in the city of Layton. Netflix had…
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In August of 2004, 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown shot Johnny Allen in the back of the head. She killed him in his home, with her handgun, fleeing with his car and wallet. He had been a US Army veteran with a stable job whereas Brown was a delinquent with a history…
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Last August, Kate Grant became the first model with Down's Syndrome to win an international beauty pageant. After she was crowned champion of the Teen Ultimate Beauty Of The World pageant, she told Mirror UK, "I was in shock. My family were all in the audience, crying and cheering. My dream…
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What's the first thing you would do if you found out that you had bought a winning lottery ticket? Before you get a chance to even confirm your purchase to claim your winnings, you've got a lot of excitement you'd want to share with someone. Like a lot of people…
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Donald Trump has apparently made "the wall" his personal Alamo. At virtually every stop during his presidential campaign, he promised his red-hat base that he would build a 2,000 mile border wall between the United States and Mexico, and that Mexico would pay for it. But as they say in…
