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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, white children will not make up the majority of America’s youth in just a couple of years. Data shows that in approximately six years, minority groups will make up almost half of the population in 2019. The Associated Press reported in 2012, that more than half of babies being […]
A Florida man accidentally shot himself in the leg while bowling according to the Huffington Post. The man was at the bowling lanes in Jupiter, Fla., and witnesses say the ball hit the man’s leg while he was swinging the ball which fired off the gun. He was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries. […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have arrested the suspect wanted in a Mother’s Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people in New Orleans, police said. Akein Scott, 19, was arrested Wednesday night in the Little Woods section of eastern New Orleans, police department spokeswoman Remi Braden said. She said no additional details were available and […]
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury. Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said he hoped the death toll from the tornado would hold at six, with about 50 people injured and 250 people left homeless. The twister […]
Fort Worth, Texas native Michael Amos was found guilty of beating a six-pound Shih Tzu to death with a broom handle according to FOX DFW. Reportedly, Amos was upset that the dog used the bathroom in the house and that sent him into rage. However, Amos’ defense claims the death was an accident. Amos is […]
After educators, scientists and concerned people on social media spoke out in support of Kiera Wilmot, 16, the student at Florida’s Bartow High School who…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — His leg shackles rattling as he shuffled to the witness stand, a grayer, bulkier O.J. Simpson made his case for a new trial on armed robbery charges Wednesday, saying he was relying on the advice of his trusted attorney when he tried to reclaim mementos from his football glory days. After […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A police bomb squad searched an apartment Wednesday afternoon after finding explosive material in a man’s car and potentially explosive devices in his apartment. The bomb squad went to the apartment complex in the Palms neighborhood of an area of the city known as Westside after officers stopped a man for […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the resignation of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following a controversy over the agency’s targeting of conservative political groups. Obama, who has been criticized for appearing passive in his response to the matter, declared, “I am angry about it” and said the American […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Without increased immigration, whites would lose their U.S. majority in 2046, three years beyond official projections, and the nation’s population would not reach 400 million until after 2060, a decade or more later than forecast, according to census estimates Wednesday. In all, immigration will surpass natural increase — births minus deaths — […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama held assets last year that were worth between $1.8 million and nearly $7 million, according to federal financial disclosure forms the White House released Wednesday. Required by law, the forms allow public officials to list their assets in broad ranges, such as between $1 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee rebuffed Democratic efforts Wednesday to keep the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theological discourse on helping the poor. The House bill would cut about $2.5 billion a year — or a little more than 3 percent — from the […]
