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U.S. 10/13/21, 05:30

A record number of U.S. workers decided to quit their jobs last month though the economy has been reopening from the earlier pandemic-related lockdown. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report on Tuesday, Oct. 12, showing that 4.3 million Americans left their jobs in August, a record high. In August, ...

U.S. 10/13/21, 01:42

A second Facebook whistleblower is ready to give her testimony before Congress regarding her former employee, describing how she felt as though she had “blood on her hands” after working there. Sophie Zhang was ready to witness Facebook perform her “civic duty,” according to her tweet on Tuesday, Oct. 12. “If Congress ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 23:30

Steven Bertolino, attorney for the Laundrie family, refused further classification of Brian Laundrie's involvement in the death of Gabby Petito.  Autopsy results released on Tuesday, Oct. 12, confirmed 22-year-old Gabby Petito died of strangulation from human intervention.  While Bertolino shared condolences on her "tragic" fate, he said that her fiance, now missing ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 23:25

In a new interview, Dog the Bounty Hunter believed that Gabby Petito's fiance, Brian Laundrie, called his parents right after he "killed Gabby Petito" on the cross-country trip.The reality TV star told The Sun that he thinks Laundrie, the sole person of interest, was encouraged by his parents, Chris and ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 22:40

The FBI confirmed that the remains found in Watauga County do not belong to the missing 23-year-old Brian Laundrie.  “At this time, there is no evidence to connect or any reason to believe it is related to the search for fugitive Brian Laundrie,” the FBI told WSOC-TV on Oct. 11. The corpse ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 22:26

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, were dancing in many places in the world, including the U.S. sky, as a geomagnetic storm triggered by a flare of solar energy started to hit the Earth on Monday, Oct. 11. Though the wave of spectacular light this time shimmered at lower latitudes than ...

Trending 10/12/21, 21:20

Embattled comedian Dave Chappelle, according to Damon Wayans, is more than simply an "artist"—he's a "unicorn," a freedom warrior in the Netflix special "The Closer," which has already sparked outrage. "I feel like Dave freed the slaves. Yeah, the comedians," Wayans, 61, claimed TMZ. Wayans was headed to LAX to catch ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 21:03

A trans Netflix employee who virally tweeted against a new Dave Chappelle comedy special on the service has reportedly been suspended. The company representative acknowledged the ban but said it was for other reasons. "It is absolutely untrue to say that we have suspended any employees for tweeting about this show," ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 20:15

Conservative actor Jon Voight used his Twitter account to post two short videos. First, he harshly criticizes California Governor Gavin Newsom for recently passed laws that include large toy stores having a 'genderless' toy section and accused the Democrats of causing "chaos" in society and confusing children. Referring to the laws ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 19:19

The nation's highest court heard arguments Tuesday, Oct. 12, in a case involving a Kentucky law that protects unborn babies from dismemberment abortions. The case before the U.S. Supreme Court does not directly concern abortion rights, but focuses on a procedural issue, according to The Hill. Now the court's justices are considering ...

2022 Campaign 10/12/21, 17:50

Former President Barack Obama will join the political campaign of the candidate for governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, to encourage Democratic voters in a race that at the moment is very close. This Tuesday, the Democratic candidate's team announced that Obama would campaign alongside the former governor so that he could ...

Washington 10/12/21, 16:37

The chairman of the committee to investigate the Jan. 6 incidents on Capitol Hill, Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Oct. 12, that those witnesses who do not come forward to testify will be referred to the Department of Justice to be prosecuted for criminal ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 16:09

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) recently published a conservative children's book about the dangers of "cancellation culture" for society. BRAVE Books published the new title, "Fame, Guilt and the Raft of Shame." The publisher was founded by CEO Trent Talbot and describes itself as a "conservative alternative to the current cultural activism that ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 15:16

A Republican from Florida celebrated Columbus Day by declaring Christopher Columbus as a founding father of the United States. Gov. Ron DeSantis used the national holiday, which 23rd President Benjamin Harrison (R) announced in 1892, to commend the Italian-born explorer. "Columbus stands a singular figure in Western civilization who exemplified courage, risk-taking ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 14:46

DC Comics's timeless superhero Superman will have a romantic affair with another young man in the new 'Superman: The Son of Kal-El' television series. "The idea of replacing Clark Kent with another straight white savior felt like a missed opportunity," series creator Tom Taylor said according to The Hill. "[A] new ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 14:20

It was announced by the Wyoming coroner on Tuesday, Oct. 12, that Gabby Petito, the fiance of missing man Brian Petito, had been strangled to death. Petito, it was determined, had died three to four weeks before her body was discovered on September 19 near a rough bush campsite on the ...

News 10/12/21, 06:11

Phthalate, a synthetic chemical found in hundreds of consumer products, may cause the premature deaths of more than 100,000 American people a year, according to a new study released on Tuesday, Oct. 12. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Pollution, found that between 91,000 and 107,000 people aged 55 to ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 05:41

According to newly acquired audio, an air traffic controller is heard encouraging the pilot to "climb immediately" in the last seconds before the tragic crash of a small plane. On Monday, the twin-engine Cessna C340 crashed in a neighborhood in Santee, California, near San Diego, killing at least two people and ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 05:13

A female soldier who went missing over the weekend after failing to report to work at Fort Hood has been found alive. A private first-class soldier, Jennifer Sewell, was last seen departing her Texas base around 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7. According to officials, she has not been to work since. ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 04:47

According to Dog the Bounty Hunter, the Laundrie-Petito couple may have been on a rough path before Petito went missing. The TV star, whose real name is Duane Chapman, said in an interview with the Sun that 22-year-old Gabby Petito was yelling with Brian Laundrie loud enough that nearby vacationers could ...