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The US House of Representatives has voted to remove statues of Confederate generals from the Capitol building. According to CBS News, this new piece of legislation passed on Tuesday, June 29, with a vote of 285 to 120, with 67 Republicans joining all Democrats voting in favor of the bill.…
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A chilling audio file has emerged which reveals a firefighter's reaction to the Miami condo disaster. NBC Miami obtained an audio recording of first responders from the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Engine 76 rescuing victims from the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condominium. Per the above publication, in the Engine…
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The official who signed off on the collapsed Miami condo after residents complained of "shaking" in 2018 has been suspended. Rosendo "Ross" Prieto, the former top building official for the town of Surfside, is now on a leave of absence from his job as a government contractor, The Sun reports.…
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The death toll in the wake of the Miami condo building collapse has risen to 11 as cracks have been found in the foundation of its sister building. Tuesday marks the sixth day of search efforts as authorities continue to look for more survivors potentially trapped under the rubble. Thus…
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Five people have been confirmed dead following a tragic hot air balloon crash in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As reported by BBC News, the tragic incident occurred early on Saturday morning just after 7:00AM (local time). Video footage from the incident shows the moment the balloon plummeted to the ground in…
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A female spectator who caused a huge crash during the Tour de France is to face legal action, organizers have confirmed. Yesterday (June 26), an unnamed woman was caught on television cameras stepping out onto the road with a giant cardboard sign as the speeding peloton rode by. Appearing to…
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A toddler from Italy who went missing in the middle of the night was found by a journalist who was sent out to report on his disappearance, BBC News reports. The young boy, who is just three months shy of his second birthday, was discovered some miles away from his…
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A former NRA president was duped into giving a speech to 3,044 empty chairs which represented the gun victims who died before they could graduate. Both David Keene, who had previously led the National Rifle Association (NRA), and gun rights activist John Lott thought they had been invited to deliver…
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A dog walker managed to stumble across one of the survivors of the horrific 12-story condo collapse near Miami after seeing his tiny fingers and hearing his helpless screams. At least 159 are missing and four have been confirmed dead after the residential building in Surfside, Florida, near Miami partially…
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Drake Bell has pleaded guilty to attempted child endangerment and disseminating material harmful to children during a court hearing on Wednesday, June 23. The former child star, who is best known for his portrayal of Drake Parker on the hit Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh, was arrested and charged earlier…
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The mayor of a small city in Colorado has sparked outrage after he banned the Pledge of Allegiance from public meetings, KDVR reports. Shane Fuhrman, mayor of Silverton, announced the controversial decision over the quintessentially American pledge during a trustee meeting last week. He claimed the recitation of the Pledge…
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Connecticut will become the very first state to offer baby bond trusts as it attempts to close the "racial wealth gap," according to a state treasury news release. It is hoped that the move will address long-standing economic and race-based wealth disparities in the state as it is known to…
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A South African woman who claimed to have given birth to 10 babies earlier this month has now been admitted to a psychiatric ward. Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, from Tembisa claimed to have birthed the ten babies, known as decuplets, on June 7, the iPaper reports. However, local and national…
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The Mayor of Newark says replacing the Christopher Columbus statue with a monument of Harriet Tubman is "poetic." Per CBS News, Mayor Ras Baraka spoke about the new sculpture of the famous abolitionist that will replace Columbus' old spot in Washington Park in a recent interview on Friday, June 18.…
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Nine children and one adult have been killed after a tragic 15 vehicle pile-up during a tropical storm in Alabama. Per NPR, the fatal collisions occurred at approximately 2:30 PM on Saturday, June 19, 35 miles south of the town of Montgomery on Interstate 65, as a result of suspected…
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A teenager with Down syndrome has been flooded with support after they were left out of a cheerleading team photograph. Morgyn Arnold, 14, who lives with Down syndrome, is the manager of the Utah-based Shoreline Junior High's cheerleading squad and she recently posed for photographs with the rest of the…
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Harvey Weinstein can be extradited from New York to California to face fresh new sexual assault charges, a judge has ruled, according to BBC News. In March 2020, the 69-year-old film mogul was sentenced to 23 years in prison after he was convicted of engaging in a first-degree criminal sexual…
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The Biden administration has received a mixed response after replacing the word "mothers" with "birthing people" in the 2022 fiscal year budget. The Maternal Health Guidance section of the proposed budget, which saw the ground-breaking use of the gender-neutral term, addressed efforts to "reduce maternal mortality rates and end race-based…
