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An elderly man fell to his death from the Grand Canyon on Wednesday of this week, marking the third fatality at the national park site in just eight days. The 67-year-old, who has not been named but has been confirmed as Californian, reportedly fell off the edge at a viewing…
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DNA evidence has proven that the person who came forward as a kidnapping victim is in fact not Timmothy Pitzen, who went missing back in 2011. On Wednesday, an individual was found roaming the streets in Kentucky who claimed to be the young kidnapping victim Pitzen, who went missing as…
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Ever since Scottish officials tried to build a "really ugly wind farm" by his Aberdeen golf course in 2006, Donald Trump has been an outspoken critic of wind power. He has also been a lifelong climate change denier, despite 97% of climate scientists agreeing that climate change is real and…
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In an essay for The Cut, Nevada lawmaker Lucy Flores accused former vice president Joe Biden of touching her inappropriately while backstage at a 2014 campaign event. She wrote that he sneaked up behind her, smelled her hair and "proceeded to plant a big slow kiss" on the back of…
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David Blaine has been placed under police investigation after allegations that the magician sexually assaulted two women. According to the New York Post, two women allege that Blaine assaulted them back in 1997 in Manhattan, more than 20 years ago. The cases have been taken up by sex detectives at…
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From the very beginning of his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump has been threatening to construct a border wall between the USA and Mexico. Now, as those threats get closer and closer to a reality, warnings about the impact it would have on the US economy are beginning to…
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Two men have been arrested in Arkansas after they shot at each other with firearms while wearing bulletproof vests. Charles Eugene Ferris and Christopher Hicks were arrested on Monday, April 1, on charges of aggravated assault. Deputy Dorian Hendrix, of the Benton County sheriff's department, visited Ferris Mercy Hospital on…
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Last week, Nevada lawmaker Lucy Flores wrote an essay for New York magazine The Cut accusing former vice president Joe Biden of touching her inappropriately backstage at a campaign event in 2014. "I felt him get closer to me from behind," wrote Flores. "He leaned further in and inhaled my…
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On Tuesday, New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation abolishing Columbus Day as a national holiday. Instead, the state will celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day, which honors the heritage of Native Americans. It is the fifth state to do so, joining Minnesota, Alaska, Vermont, and South Dakota. Although Christopher Columbus…
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You couldn't turn on the radio in Los Angeles last year without hearing Nipsey Hussle's infectious single, Last Time That I Checc'd. His debut studio album, Victory Lap, was a huge success, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard charts and scoring a Grammy nomination for best rap album of the…
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Donald Trump is a president like no other. His ability to whip up excitement for politics, especially from those who previously despised it, is second to none. He has created a vast following of loyal supporters who - for some reason or another - don’t mind when he says something…
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A heroic mother has gone viral after taking on a mountain lion that threatened to kill her seven-year-old son - and succeeding. Chelsea Bromley heard her young son Zack screaming outside their home in Lakeview Park, in Vancouver Island in Canada, and rushed to his aid to discover that the…
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump held an event with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss defense spending by European countries. While expressing disappointment in Germany's budget, he said he still respects the country as an ally. The 72-year-old then made a bizarre false statement regarding his father's heritage. “I…
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The death penalty has long been a hot button topic with many arguing that it is necessary both as a deterrent and a punishment, while others campaign that it is outdated and barbaric. However, as the self-styled leader of the free world, the US is something of an anomaly. There…
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A maths teacher has filed a $3 million lawsuit after she was fired from her job when a topless selfie she sent a former boyfriend resurfaced in the hands of a student. Lauren Miranda, a Bellport Middle School teacher, was reportedly fired on Wednesday after a pupil recently obtained the…
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Actress Alyssa Milano has leapt to the defence of former Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, who has been accused by two women in recent days of sexual misconduct. First of all, Lucy Flores, who was running as the Democratic candidate for Nevada's Lieutenant Governor in 2014, claims…
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Last Friday, President Donald Trump threatened to shut down America's southern border if Mexico does not take action to stop the influx of migrants into the United States. "If they don’t stop them, we’re closing the border,” he said at an event in Florida. "We’ll close it. And we’ll keep…
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Growing up, Danette Haag would dress up as a princess, imitating her Disney favourite, Cinderella. But her dreams were completely derailed when she was just 10 years old, after a freak accident left her with burns all over her body. A faulty valve in the furnace of her family home…
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