Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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A middle school teacher in Florida is being investigated after it was reported that she not only hosted a white supremacist podcast, but has also been trying to insert her views into her lessons with young students. On top of this, she used Twitter to share anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and…
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Ben Cohen, a 66-year-old businessman from New York, isn't the most high-profile guy around. In fact, you've probably never heard of him. And yet, he's almost certainly been personally responsible for some happy moments in your life - because he makes up one half of Ben and Jerry, one of…
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There's never a dull moment with President Donald Trump. If he's not caught up in some scandal to do with grabbing women "by the p***y", or having affairs with former Playboy models and porn stars, or trying to start a trade war on Twitter, he's no doubt already thinking about…
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Last month, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery unveiled the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama. They're part of the "America's Presidents" exhibit, and the portraits of the first African-American president and First Lady were even more significant because the artists commissioned to do the job were for the first…
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There have been plenty of mass shootings before, and with each death toll comes the usual platitudes of 'thoughts and prayers' issued by politicians to the victims' families, with no changes to gun control laws to prevent massacres like this from happening again. In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, in…
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White House communications director Hope Hicks announced that she is resigning from the position within the next few weeks. The 29-year-old former model is one of Donald Trump's longest-serving aides, his right-hand woman, having joined his presidential campaign at the very beginning. The timing of her resignation is a bit…
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Timothy Jerrell Cunningham worked as an epidemic intelligence officer at the Center for Disease Control (CDC). On February 12th, he reported for work, and then asked to leave because he was sick. Nobody has seen him since, and it's been over two weeks. The Atlanta police have offered a $10,000…
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One of the biggest suppliers of sporting goods in the United States has revealed that it will no longer be selling assault-rifles in its stores. Dick's Sporting Goods made the announcement on Wednesday, with the company saying that the decision was made in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High…
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In April 1985, police officer Julius Schulte was shot and killed. The police account stated that Schulte was responding to a domestic disturbance call at the time. He asked the culprit, Vernon Madison, to leave the property as he looked after the woman he was living with, Cheryl Ann Greene, and…
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If anyone was in any doubt as to whether the current President of the United States would try his hand at getting re-elected, it is now known for definite: Donald Trump will be running for office in 2020. In addition to this, he has also announced the appointment of a…
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The US government's "war on terror" was launched in 2001 in response to the 9/11 attacks. The international military campaign was first alluded to by former US President, George W. Bush, and its initial focus was on countries affiliated with al-Qaeda. While the "War of Terror" was thought to have culminated…
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Two weeks ago, a 19-year-old man armed with a semiautomatic weapon shot and killed 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The incident sparked new debates on gun control, with many pro-gun supporerts dragging out the old "if only there had been a good guy with a gun" argument -…
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After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, there has been a fierce debate about what action to take to prevent such an atrocity from happening again. The surviving students have demanded new gun control legislation, which is always difficult since so many lawmakers accept millions of dollars from The NRA.…
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It would not be an overstatement to say that, at one point, it genuinely seemed like we were on the brink of nuclear warfare. While the rest of us watched on, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un were busy exchanging school-yard insults through the media and threatening to blow up each…
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Though opinions are divided on the matter, the death penalty still exists in a nunber of states across the US. Inmates who are sentenced to die can be executed in a number of different ways depending on which state they're convicted in - from electrocution to hanging to firing squad…
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For years now, the subject of gun control has been a divisive one in the USA. And, in the wake of the Parkland school shooting on February 14th, the debate on the matter has only become more heated. "To every politician who is taking donations from the NRA, shame on…
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On the morning of Wednesday, February 21st, 12-year-old Amy Martinez went about her usual routine. She got up, had some breakfast, and began her journey to the Lathrop Intermediate School, where she attends seventh grade. Unbeknownst to her, however, she almost wouldn't get to her intended destination. As she was walking along…
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As president, Donald Trump has struggled to play the role of consoler-in-chief. After calling a pregnant widow, she said he couldn't remember her dead husband's name and "made her cry even worse." After Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico, he bashed the Mayor on Twitter and hurled paper towels at the…
