Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Madeline Marx, 24, was arrested in November after it was revealed that she'd had sexual relations with two of her students. The substitute teacher was arrested at Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio, and later released from her stay at Montgomery County Jail, where she was awaiting her trial. "We became…
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On Saturday morning, New Yorkers in Prospect Park came across a horrific sight. One witness, Irene Ryjova, was in the park early that day. She told the New York Post that she saw the body on lying on the floor, "like someone would lie on the sand at the beach".…
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It's a sad state of affairs when two young black men can't go into Starbucks and peacefully wait for a friend without there being an issue. Shockingly, despite the fact that this is 2018 and the world is seemingly a more accepting place, that is exactly what happened to two…
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When a 14-year-old boy missed his school bus on a Thursday morning, he thought that it would be safe to ask a neighbor for directions as he wasn't too sure of the route by foot. While this may seem like a completely reasonable course of actions, it almost ended in a…
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By now, we're all familiar with the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. On Valentine's Day, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz walked into his former high school with an AR-15 and opened fire. By the time police apprehended Cruz, he had killed 17 students and teachers. The nation mourned, and the surviving…
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In 1998, Steven Pladl and his ex-wife made the decision to give up their daughter, Katie, for adoption. For 18 years, they heard nothing from her, and presumed that she was living happily elsewhere with her adoptive family. However, when the girl tracked down her parents through social media in…
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It may feel like there the world is in a very precarious position at the moment, and has felt this way for the last year or so. It doesn't help when several world leaders seem to be at each other's throats, even employing Twitter (of all things) to vent their…
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A few years ago, if you had asked me what talcum powder makes me think of, I would've said old people and gym changing rooms. However, the last few years have seen the perception of the product change, and talc is now more commonly associated with cancer. After a series…
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Over the past few weeks, Facebook has been rocked with scandal. One, we learned the Trump-affiliated political consulting film Cambridge Analytica stole data from 87 million users, and used it to influence voters' decisions in the 2016 presidential election. Two, Facebook admitted it scans all of our conversations in the Messenger…
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Lakeith Smith, 18, was part of a group responsible for the burglaries of two houses in Milbrook, Alabama. There were five other men who assisted in the 2015 crimes, and one of them - 16-year-old A'Donte Washington - was shot and killed by a police officer. Despite the fact it…
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Since Donald Trump took over the role of president last year, he's received a great deal of criticism about how poorly he's handled the role. However, let's be fair to the guy for a moment - it's not just him who's made mistakes. The rest of his family has, too.…
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In the short time that he has been president, Donald Trump has encountered a whole host of controversies and scandals - but wall-gate has got to be the most prominent of them. For years, the former businessman has been promising a "yuge" wall along the southern border for the purposes…
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One man has died and six firefighters have been left injured after a fire broke out at Trump Tower in New York on Saturday, according to the New York City Fire Department. US President, Donald Trump, has a home and office in the building which is located on Fifth Avenue.…
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Though many people these days might claim that "sexism doesn't exist" anymore, or that feminism is an unnecessary movement, there are thousands of incidents that happen every day which prove otherwise. Sometimes, these are large-scale incidents (such as the ones we saw in the Me Too movement), and other times…
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When he walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, Nikolas Cruz became the teenager who took 17 innocent lives, injured 17 more and drastically affected the futures of hundreds of others. In the eyes of many people, he immediately became the embodiment of evil. Chillingly, among others, he has…
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People haven't been this unhappy with Facebook since their parents sent them a friend request. Last week we learned that the Trump-affiliated political analytics firm Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained private information from 87 million Facebook users and used it to influence voters' decisions in the 2016 presidential election. As a result of…
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To an outsider, Miracle Village may look like the standard American town. A sleepy suburb found in Palm Beach County, its white-walled houses and well-kept green lawns keep up the pretence of your average rural settlement. However, it harbours a dark secret: many members of the population are actually registered sex…
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Yesterday, just before 1 pm local time, shots were fired at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, Northern California. Three people were injured in the attack: a 36-year-old man, who is said to be in a critical condition, and two women aged 32 and 27. Nasim Aghdam, the woman who fired…
