Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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I'm pretty sure that most people have at least one extreme sport on their bucket list, right? maybe you want to go hang-gliding, or rock climbing, or bungee jumping, but like me, your paranoid brain just can't help but imagine everything going horribly wrong. We're always assured though, over and over…
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Now that Thanksgiving's over, it's time to decorate your house, apartment and/or shack in the woods for Christmas. Maybe you'll keep it simple with a modest Charlie Brown tree and a wreath of holly. Or maybe you'll go all out, with a full Nativity scene in the front yard, a…
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Drama has unfolded on the U.S.-Mexico border this week as migrants traveled to protest officials to move faster with legal asylum requests. San Ysidro Port of Entry, supposedly the busiest of the border checkpoints, was closed to crossings on Sunday, Customs and Border Protection officials announced. As per the Indepdendent,…
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As soon as that Thanksgiving meal settles deep in our stomachs and the holiday season starts to enter its peak, our attention turns from delicious turkey and delicious meals, and more toward that washing machine in the basement which is definitely on its last legs. Thanksgiving is all well and…
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When you park your car on the street in the middle of the afternoon, you assume it will be safe. Someone might decide to smash your window and snatch your bag, which happened to me. (Hope you enjoyed that empty laptop bag, thief!) Or, somebody might accidentally bang into your…
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It's almost Thanksgiving, when American families gather together for an epic feast and try not to talk about politics. (And usually fail once the wine starts flowing.) Or, if you've living far away from your family, you gather for pals for 'Friendsgiving' and give cooking an epic feast your best…
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The disastrous wildfires which have hit California have caused shocking damage, destroyed lives, and wrecked livelihoods. The 2018 season is now the most destructive ever recorded, with 7,000 fires over an area of approximately 1,667,855 acres causing a total of 2.9 billion in damages. according to figures provided by the California Department…
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Just a couple of years after Donald Trump was leading chants of "lock her up" when Hillary Clinton was found to be using a personal email account in her official position, his own daughter, Ivanka, has been caught doing just the same. According to a report released by the Washington…
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A 27-year-old American man was reportedly shot dead with arrows by a tribe on a remote Indian island as soon as he set foot on their home. John Allen Chau paid local fisherman to take him to North Sentinel Island, which is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous group who refuse contact…
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In August of this year, Senator John McCain died at the age of 81 following a battle with deadly form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. The two-time presidential candidate's passing attracted huge waves of sympathy and mourning from both Republicans and Democrats alike, and his funeral was attended by prominent politicians…
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A Vietnam War veteran was given the opportunity to spend one of his last days doing something he loved this week. After two debilitating strokes in 2015, Kenneth Jones didn't think he would ride a motorcycle ever again. However, the 71-year-old war hero and retired police officer took his very last…
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On Monday afternoon, there was an active shooter incident at Mercy Hospital, which is located on the south side of Chicago, at 25th and Madison Avenue. Four people were killed, including the gunman, an emergency room doctor, and Chicago police officer Samuel Jimenez. The shooting began in the Mercy Hospital…
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A woman out in Pittsburgh has been arrested after damaging another woman's car with cans of SpaghettiOs, law enforcement services out in Pennsylvania have confirmed. A woman was left with a broken window, a sliced finger and an almighty stain in her car to contend with, but as police brought…
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A manager of a Chipotle out in St Paul, Minnesota has been fired after allegedly refusing to serve a group of customers at the restaurant - as shown in a video that has quickly gone viral. But it's also been reported that Chipotle are considering rehiring the manager, as the…
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Most 10-year-olds out in the world today are fairly familiar with using technology, either through video games, or films and TV, or - in more recent years - social media. But Samaira Mehta is different. Not only does she know how to use the latest gadgets and gizmos, she also knows how…
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Samuel Little, a 78-year-old man who has been incarcerated since 2014, was known to be a dangerous individual - but some recent revelations have shown that he may have committed far more crimes than was initially believed. Little has been convicted of strangling three Californian women to death, for which…
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On September 22, 2017, 21-year-old Christopher Precopia went to work at the lumberyard in Georgetown, Texas. To his surprise, the police showed up and arrested him for a horrific crime. His ex-girlfriend claimed that he broke into her home, pushed her down, punched her in the face and carved an…
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What started off as a heartwarming story in 2017 has quickly unravelled, revealing some far more sinister. In December 2017, Kate McClure's story went viral after she was helped by a homeless man when her car broke down. She and her partner, Mark D'Amico, started a GoFundMe for the man, Johnny Bobbitt,…
