Brianna Sacks
Brianna Sacks is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles.
Contact this reporter at brianna.sacks@buzzfeed.com
"A New Paradigm": California Residents Are Having Their Power Shut Off Over Wildfire Fears
In an unprecedented move, the state’s largest utility company shut off power to tens of thousands of customers because of high winds and dry conditions.
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• One day ago
Florida Has Evacuated More Than 4,100 Inmates From Prisons Damaged By Hurricane Michael
Family members of those incarcerated had described dire conditions inside one of the facilities, which sustained major roof damage during the storm.
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• 2 days ago
This Drone Footage Shows The Devastation Left Behind By Hurricane Michael
"This is the first big wind event of this size we have seen in decades and we believe that we are going to see more."
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• 6 days ago
A White Woman Followed And Called The Police On A Black Man Babysitting Two White Kids
The six-year-old boy wants to know why the woman thought "it was weird that someone with brown skin was with someone with peachy skin," his father said.
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• 8 days ago
Dozens Of Young Female Divers Say They Were Repeatedly Sexually Abused And Officials Ignored Their Reports
A lawsuit also claims one coach — the head of Harvard’s diving program — solicited nude photos from female athletes. The university placed him on leave Tuesday.
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• 13 days ago
The Neo-Nazi Fight Club Named In The Charlottesville Arrests Is On The "Cutting Edge" Of Peddling White Supremacy
Four members of the California-based Rise Above Movement were arrested Tuesday for inciting violence in Charlottesville.
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• 15 days ago
A Gender-Reveal Party Went Seriously Wrong And Ignited A Massive Wildfire In Arizona
"I feel absolutely horrible about it," the father-to-be said in court. "It was probably one of the worst days of my life."
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• 16 days ago
A Group Of High Schoolers Are In Trouble For Spelling Out Racist Messages At A Senior Picnic
"A few students decided to spell out some dumb stuff to be funny in the moment, I guess, but that's not us or what most of us believe," one of their classmates said.
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• 17 days ago
The Trump Administration Is Suing California For Passing The Strongest Net Neutrality Laws In The US
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the most robust internet protections in the country into law Sunday and the Justice Department is not pleased.
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• 17 days ago
The FBI Spoke With Deborah Ramirez, Who Says Brett Kavanaugh Exposed Himself To Her At A Party
Ramirez, the second woman to accuse the Supreme Court nominee of sexual misconduct, gave the FBI a list of witnesses who she says were at the dorm party.
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• 17 days ago
The American Bar Association Wants Kavanaugh's Vote Delayed Until After The FBI Investigates
The organization had previously unanimously said the judge was "well-qualified" to serve on the Supreme Court.
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• 20 days ago
People Called And Told Their Own Sexual Assault Stories During Ford’s And Kavanaugh’s Testimonies And It Was Powerful
“This brings back so much pain. I thought I was over it, but I am not ... you get confused and you don’t understand it, but you never forget what happened to you.”
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• 20 days ago
Here's All The Bizarre Stuff Trump Said About Women At His News Conference
From not calling on women reporters, to telling one to sit down, to calling women "angry," the whole thing went really well.
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• 21 days ago
Scientists Warned Of Rising Seas In North Carolina. Now The State Is Dealing With A Disaster.
Thousands more homes were damaged by Florence because of rising seas, scientists said. Six years ago, North Carolina Republicans voted to ban sea-level rise science.
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• 22 days ago
The Fyre Festival Founder Is Claiming His Scams Were Caused By Mental Illness
But his partner, Ja Rule, maintains that the "idea was fucking beyond brilliant."
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• 23 days ago
The Reason Behind The New Mexico Observatory Mystery? Child Porn.
Well, this took a turn.
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• 28 days ago
Tom Arnold Said "Apprentice" Producer Mark Burnett Choked Him At An Emmys Party
“Mark Burnett just went apeshit & choked me at this huge Emmy party then he ran away with his torn Pink shirt & missing gold chain," the actor tweeted Sunday night.
Brianna Sacks
• One month ago
Florida Police Issued An Arrest Warrant For A White Man Who Pulled A Gun On Black College Students
A viral Twitter video captured the suspect harassing a group of college juniors and blocking them from entering an off-campus housing complex.
Brianna Sacks
• One month ago
New Mexico's Solar Observatory Is Finally Reopening But The Whole Thing Is Still Pretty Weird
"No one has reached out to us at all and we are not hearing anything but what conspiracy theorists are saying," Otero County Sheriff Benny House said Sunday. "It's all very weird."
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• One month ago