Hundreds of wildfires spread across Alabama as temperatures hit 100 Degrees
Daily Mail - Fri Sep 27, 2019
Several weeks of dry, hot weather has pushed the Deep South into an intensifying drought that is affecting more than 11 million people, jeopardizing crops across the region and burning thousands of acres of land. More»
The Secret History Of Fort Detrick, The CIA’s Base For Mind Control Experiments
Politico - Sun Sep 15, 2019
In 1954, a prison doctor in Kentucky isolated seven black inmates and fed them “double, triple and quadruple” doses of LSD for 77 days straight. More»
Oopsie! Air Force Jet Accidentally Fired a Rocket into the Arizona Desert.
CNN - Fri Sep 6, 2019
A routine training mission turned out to be anything but that aboard an Air Force plane in Arizona. More»
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Alaska, felt in capital city
Daily Mail - Sun Sep 1, 2019
The Alaska Earthquake Center reports that a magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit southern Alaska. More»
Security detail stepped up outside NRA president's home following mass shootings
WSB-TV - Wed Aug 7, 2019
MARIETTA, Georgia - Deputies are on standby guarding the Marietta home of the president of the National Rifle Association. More»
One dead in Kentucky, at least five injured after gas line explosion shoots fireball into sky
NBC News - Thu Aug 1, 2019
One person is dead and at least five were injured in central Kentucky after a gas line ruptured and produced a fireball that could be seen around the region early Thursday. More»
Explosion at Exxon Oil Refinery in Houston
ABC News - Wed Jul 31, 2019
An explosion and fire at an Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Texas on Wednesday left 37 people with minor injuries, in the latest of a series of petrochemical industry blazes this year in the Houston area. More»
New York state decriminalizes pot, stops short of Cuomo's legalization call
Reuters - Tue Jul 30, 2019
NEW YORK - New York state on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use, meaning possession of small amounts of the drug will be punished with fines rather than jail time, a step short of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s goal of legalizing pot. More»
Immigration Officials Snatch 9-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Heading To School, Hold Her For 2 Days
Huffington Post - Sat Jul 27, 2019
A 9-year-old American citizen on her way to school was apprehended by US immigration officials and detained for some 32 hours before she was released back to her family. More»
Reuters photo captures Guatemalan mother begging soldier to let her enter U.S.
Reuters - Sat Jul 27, 2019
MEXICO CITY - Ledy Perez fell to her haunches, a clenched hand covering her face as she wept, an arm clutching her small 6-year-old son, who glared defiantly at the Mexican National Guard soldier blocking them from crossing into the United States. More»
CEO says Pennsylvania school board REJECTED his offer to pay $22,000 in outstanding lunch bills
Daily Mail - Tue Jul 23, 2019
A Pennsylvania CEO said a local school board has rejected his offer to pay off $22,000 in outstanding lunch bills after the board threatened to send children whose parents are in debt to foster care. More»
Parents are warned their children could be put in foster care over lunch debt
NBC News - Fri Jul 19, 2019
"This is a failure to provide your child with proper nutrition and you can be sent to Dependency Court for neglecting your childs right to food," the Pennsylvania district wrote. More»
Trump claims 'there's a lot of talk' about Ilhan Omar being 'married to her brother'
Daily Mail - Thu Jul 18, 2019
Donald Trump suggested Representative Ilhan Omar was married to her brother on Wednesday, ratcheting up his attacks on the four Democratic women of color known as the squad. More»
Trump continues attack against congresswomen while crowd chants "send her back"
CBS News - Wed Jul 17, 2019
President Trump at a campaign rally on Wednesday doubled down on his racist remarks about four progressive congresswomen of color, casting them as an existential threat to modern American society and saying "let them leave. More»
Earthquakes rattle the Bay Area
Los Angeles Times - Tue Jul 16, 2019
The Bay Area was rattled Tuesday by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake and a 3.5 aftershock that hit in the East Bay near Livermore, California, on Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey. More»
Kellyanne Conway Asks Reporter’s Ethnicity As She Defends Trump’s Racist Remarks
Washington Post - Tue Jul 16, 2019
Kellyanne Conway, responding to a reporter’s question Tuesday about President Trump’s racist tweet directed to four Democratic congresswomen, asked the journalist: “What’s your ethnicity?”. More»
Trump’s Racism Hit A New Level As He Told Four Congresswomen To “Go Back” To Their “Broken” Countries
BuzzFeed - Sun Jul 14, 2019
President Trump railed against progressive congresswomen in a series of racist tweets on Sunday, telling the American citizens to go back to their countries. More»
A storm destroyed part of the 'segregation wall' in Arlington, Virginia
CNN - Wed Jul 10, 2019
In his "I Have a Dream" speech, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. called out, "We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream". More»
Gas explosion at shopping center in Plantation, Florida
NBC News - Sat Jul 6, 2019
A gas explosion rocked a shopping center on Saturday in South Florida, authorities said. More»
Fires Break Out After 7.1 Earthquake Strikes in Southern California
CNN - Sat Jul 6, 2019
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Southern California on Friday night - the second temblor to hit near Ridgecrest in less than two days. More»
Explosion rocks University of Nevada dorm in Reno blowing out windows and scattering debris on to the street below
Daily Mail - Fri Jul 5, 2019
An explosion at a dormitory at the University of Nevada in Reno Friday blew out windows and scattered debris on the street below. More»
6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southern California And Is Felt From Los Angeles To Las Vegas
Daily Mail - Thu Jul 4, 2019
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California amid Fourth of July celebrations. More»
U.S. Border Patrol Finds 4 Bodies, Including 3 Children, Near Rio Grande In Texas
PBS - Sat Jun 29, 2019
US Border Patrol agents have located four bodies by the Rio Grande in Texas Rio Grande Valley, near the US border with Mexico. More»
4 Severely Ill Migrant Toddlers Hospitalized After Lawyers Visit Border Patrol Facility
Huffington Post - Sat Jun 29, 2019
Four toddlers were so severely ill and neglected at a US Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, that lawyers forced the government to hospitalize them last week. More»
Shocking Photo Of Drowned Father And Daughter Highlights Migrants' Border Peril
The Guardian - Wed Jun 26, 2019
The grim reality of the migration crisis unfolding on America’s southern border has been captured in photographs showing the lifeless bodies of a Salvadoran father and his daughter who drowned as they attempted to cross the Rio Grande into Texas. More»
The short life and long journey of the 6-year-old girl who died near the US-Mexico border
CNN - Mon Jun 24, 2019
LUKEVILLE, Arizona - Gurupreet Kaur crossed the US-Mexico border shortly before her 7th birthday. More»
Two-year-old boy dies after taking a gun from his grandmother's purse and accidentally shooting himself in the head
Daily Mail - Fri Jun 21, 2019
A two-year-old boy in South Carolina died after he accidentally shot himself with a gun he reportedly found in his grandmothers purse. More»
Huge fire breaks out at Philadelphia oil refinery
WPVI-TV - Fri Jun 21, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - The Philadelphia Department of Public Health says air samples taken from the scene of a massive refinery fire show no findings that would point to an immediate danger to the surrounding community. More»
A train carrying grenades and bombs derailed in Nevada
Business Insider - Wed Jun 19, 2019
A train carrying bombs, ammonium nitrate, and grenades has derailed in Elko County, Nevada, but all that spilled was vegetable oil. More»
Alabama Republican County Official Refuses To Apologize After Writing 'F*****G Q****S Have Gotten Too Much Sympathy'
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 18, 2019
A county official in Alabama is defending his comments about gay people while the local Republican Party is distancing itself from him after he said fucking queers have gotten too much sympathy. More»