It is easy to forget their contribution amid all the chaos of the 2020 Presidential elections and the action taking place at the White House
Nov 18
Cornett was a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight but was sacked in 1995 after she married television reporter Mark Steines, who was hired immediately to replace her
Oct 28
Cornett was the first to champion AIDS awareness for her year of service and shunned wearing the crown to public appearances
The moment of Harris grooving in the Florida rain was uploaded on Twitter by the Recount, which immediately went viral
Oct 20
The POTUS was blazing through a speech he was reading from the teleprompter when he caught himself fumbling on the word
Sep 25
Trump attacked Biden for not campaigning even five weeks before the election, and said: 'He did a lid again this morning, I’m working my a**off. He does a lid all the time'
Sep 24
Many pointed out to POTUS that Biden was in fact in favour of police reforms and has promised to even work towards their mental health to help them focus on their jobs
The RNC 2020 is from August 24 to August 27 and it is mostly going to be a family affair with Trump likely to make appearances on all four nights
Aug 22
Biden slammed Trump's handling of the outbreak during an interview alongside VP candidate Kamala Harris and said the virus needs to be dealt with first to keep the country running
Aug 21
Timothy Cardinal Dolan has accepted the invitation to give the opening prayer ahead of Trump's nomination acceptance speech at the RNC
Aug 18
Stein Mart had warned in June that it had 'substantial doubt' that it could survive the pandemic and now it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Aug 12
The president, who said a final call will be taken soon, faced political backlash over both the options
Aug 10
Heather Reed Sprague had filmed her altercation with Debra Hunter and posted it on Facebook, where it was viewed more than four million times
Aug 2
The schools in the district are set to reopen on August 18 and students will return on a full-time basis
Jul 30
The president has been forced to scrap plans to hold his portion of the event in Charlotte and Jacksonville because of spiking coronavirus cases
Jul 28
'We can not indefinitely stop 50 million American children from going to school harming their mental, physical and emotional development'
Jul 23
From chances of the high-profile poll getting postponed to people casting ballots via mail, this election year is full of uncertainties
Jul 19
The blaze has caused the warship extensive damage and authorities have no clue yet if the vessel could sail again
Jul 16
Johnson was an author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, and civil rights activist, known widely for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Jul 2
Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels, who is up for re-election, issued a 3-minute video addressing anti-police brutality protests across the country
One senior citizen protesting for Trump is seen at some point in the more than two-minute long video yelling 'White Power' as others around him chant 'Trump'.
Jun 28
Rates of police-related fatalities vary in the US and some metros have death rates 9 times than those of other cities
Jun 24
In 1830, Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act, forcing the relocations of thousands of Native Americans from their traditional lands, resulting in widespread death and disease
Jun 22
The protesters threw ropes around the Andrew Jackson statue and climbed on top to try and topple the bronze statue
Smith sustained so many injuries that he had to be rushed straight to the hospital after UFC Fight Night
May 14
State Governor Ron DeSantis, as well as Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, favored the reopening even as April 17 witnessed the highest jump in confirmed COVID-19 cases in a single day
Apr 19
Coronavirus cases in Florida rose by 1,421 on Friday, the highest one-day increase since the onset of the deadly pandemic
Apr 18
While it is unclear how many workers for the online retail giant have been infected, it is reported that employees at warehouses in New York, Kentucky, Florida, Texas, Michigan, Connecticut and Oklahoma have tested positive for the virus
Mar 25
CamSoda is offering services to help passengers kill their boredom more effectively and they can now send a copy of their ticket to get 1000 free tokens
Feb 11
Kamiyah Mobley was kidnapped on the morning of July 10, 1998 — sparking a nationwide search that only ended a staggering 18 years later in January 2017. Lifetime's latest stars Niecy Nash (When They See Us, Claws), Rayven Ferrell (The Hate U Give) and Ta'Rhonda Jones (Empire)
Jan 16
Braxton and Bri'ya Williams were located in a broken down pumphouse after disappearing from their front yard in Florida.
Dec 17
The ex-Steeler slammed his former teammate after a Twitter user suggested that Roethlisberger was responsible for his success
Dec 12
The Desclefs family is fighting against an almost unthinkable situation and have set up a fundraising page to help raise donations that would cover their medical expenses.
Dec 9
A firefighter on a flight to Los Angeles performed lifesaving techniques for 30 minutes to revive a woman who had suffered sudden cardiac arrest and had no pulse.
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The Navy also said that the videos of the mysterious aerial phenomena were not to be released to the public.
Frank O'Rourke was knocked off his board and attacked by a shark while surfing at Jacksonville Beach in Florida
The teen faces the charge of tampering with a consumer product, the latest in a fad-wave being reported across the US. In the past week, another teenager was held and let off for licking from an icecream tub
Cori Ward is facing a felony charge of tampering with a consumer product without regard for possible death or bodily injury over the incident.
The 22-year-old defensive tackle is currently in a critical condition at a Miami-area trauma unit following the horrific car accident in south Florida on Thursday
23-year-old Bethan Pringle has been charged with felony child abuse causing serious bodily injury in connection to the case
The student had shared a picture of her and her fiance at a shooting range on Facebook and was suspended as a result
The incident was filmed by Jessica Richardson on her phone camera as she saw the woman in a yellow t-shirt approaching her and her husband with a gun
The child was inside the van from around 8 in the morning till the call came in around 1 pm with reports suggesting that temperatures in the area reached as high as 92 degrees
Michael Haim, now 52, murdered his then-23-year-old wife Bonnie Haim in 1993 and went unpunished for the next two decades before his son found her remains in 2014
19-year-old Shianne Soles of Veradale, Washington, and 23-year-old Meaghan Burns of Massachusetts were found fatally shot at a 7-Eleven in Portsmouth, Virginia, Saturday at about 11.30 pm.
Amidst mounting medical bills and an expiring insurance, John Thombleson saw no other option but to kill his wife and himself
The trial of Michael Haim, who is facing charges of second-degree murder for the death of his wife Bonnie Haim, was underway this past week
The child pornographer, identified as Christine Alyce Slayman, pleaded guilty to producing at least 18 videos of either abusing the child or instructing him to engage in sexual acts
Shortly after the incident, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office released a warning and urged residents to follow appropriate gun safety measures
Bryan Woodington was one of 300 sailors returning to their families right before Christmas and decided to recreate the iconic World War II kiss photo with his husband
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