Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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In the wonderful worldwide passion that is the consumption of food (I dare you to find someone who doesn't like eating), there's nothing sadder than not having the means to eat anything at all, or having certain foods stricken off the menu through no fault of your own. While modern…
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The head of Paramount Pictures television has been fired after allegedly making controversial comments in a meeting that included "racially charged" language". Amy Powell, who has been TV president of the entertainment company since 2013, was dismissed after an internal investigation into her comments was prompted by a series of…
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It's a sad fact that waitresses are often on the receiving end of unwarranted sexual harassment and abuse. Indeed, most female servers will have at least one traumatic horror story about being groped or subjected to creepy behaviour while at work. It's a fate that nobody should be forced to…
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Despite its relatively short history, the USA has a lot of skeletons in its collective closet - some of which are less metaphorical than others. In April of this year, while working on the construction of a new school, the Fort Bend Independent School District of Texas discovered the remains…
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Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign on putting 'America First,' but it seems more like he puts Russia first. Recently he held a joint press conference with his apparent BFF, Russian president Vladimir Putin, in the Finnish capital of Helsinki. It was a stunning disaster that drew savage bipartisan criticism…
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Two children have been injured in shark attacks off the coast of Long Island, New York, in what is the first of such incidents in the state for 70 years. Authorities report that a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were treated for puncture wounds to their legs in separate…
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How do this lot do it? How do the Kardashian/Jenner sisters manage to constantly make eye-watering amounts of money? Has there ever been a family this famous for - pretty much - doing nothing? Has there ever been a group of sisters who have been so influential on modern culture?…
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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are your classic on-again-off-again couple. The Hollywood pair have been keeping us on our toes for years now, and all we want to do is see a happily ever after. However, recent reports have suggested that a rom-com style ending is not nigh for the…
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A family vacation is supposed to be a joyous and fun occasion, but for one family, it ended in tragedy. Nicole Hughes and her family were on vacation when her three-year-old son drowned. Taking to a blog titled "Scary Mommy," Nicole wrote a post in which she outlined what happened that…
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I don't know about you, but for me there's no greater feeling than going out and making a contactless payment, completely confident that the payment will go through, knowing you won't be left embarrassed on your date, your night out, or your trip to the grocery store. It's a sad…
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When Donald Trump travelled to the UK for a visit last week, all eyes were on the president, and all hands on deck to point out any and every mistake he made. The president's enemies did just that, stepping in to mock him when he was met by city-wide protests,…
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When Walter Carr's car broke down the night before he was due to start his new job, he was faced with missing his first day. However, he refused to be beaten and swore that he would make it to work. So he walked. For 20 miles. After he asked a…
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On October 1, a shooter stationed in the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino opened fire on a crowd attending an outdoor country music concert. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. 59 people were killed, and 851 people were injured. The gunman was…
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We like to think of film casts as one big happy family, but sadly this isn't always the case. Case in point: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Tyrese Gibson. After starring together in The Fast and the Furious series, you'd expect the two actors to be in each other's pockets.…
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It's getting a bit old now, isn't it? Seemingly every day now, we come across a story of someone calling the cops on black people, whether it be for the unforgivable iniquity of holding a BBQ, or for the heinous crime of selling water without a permit and being eight years…
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If there's one thing that social media has taught us lately, it's that bigoted judgements and instances of racial profiling are still depressingly commonplace in the supposedly-woke United States. Case in point: the alarming number of minorities in the US who have had the cops called on them for no…
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Here's a question for any divorcées reading: If you had the chance to utterly roast your ex onstage in front of hundreds of people, would you take it? Well, of course you would! Just imagine being given the opportunity to completely rip into your old partner for their every misdemeanour…
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Breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world to do, but it seems wherever mothers try to do it, they just get shamed. Regularly in the news, we've seen stories of women attempting to feed their babies in public, and whether they do it on a train, in a cafe,…
