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On Friday morning, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rattled Anchorage, Alaska. Roads were cracked in half, items flew off the shelves in stores, and students were evacuated from schools. Initially, a tsunami warning was issued, but now that warning has been cancelled. The National Tsunami Warning Center says there is no…
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Cameron Underwood, who attempted to take his own life by shooting himself in the face, has now undergone a face transplant. The Yuba City, California native, had a life-changing reconstruction operation on his face back in January, and the results have only now been revealed. The 26-year-old welder attempted to…
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Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán has finally been taken to trial, after two prison escapes and numerous drug charges levelled against him. Even the opening statements from the trial earlier this month were chilling, revealing that even some of his family members weren't safe from his "thirst for blood," but now…
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At John Wayne airport in Orange County, California, a mother and her five-year-old daughter suffered an uncomfortable experience during the pre-flight boarding process. The Southwest Airlines gate agent noticed the girl had an unusual first name: Abcde, which is pronounced ab-city. Instead of complimenting the unique name, or saying nothing…
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A law enforcement officer who had worked for more than 20 years has been forced to resign in disgrace after he was caught stealing food from a crime scene. Last year, a team from La Plata County Sheriff’s Office searched a home in Durango, Colorado, on the suspicion that the…
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Donald Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, has made a surprise court appearance in New York, and pled guilty to lying to Congress about one of the president's real estate projects in Russia. The 52-year-old attorney has previously pled guilty to violating election campaign finance laws in August, telling the court that…
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During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republicans and the mainstream media obsessed over Hillary Clinton's email scandal. During her four years as Secretary of State, Clinton set up a private email server at her Chappaqua, New York home, which she used for all work-related and personal emails. Previous secretaries of state,…
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When you're behind the wheel of a car, there's a massive responsibility on your shoulders to ensure your rolling two-ton death machine hurtling down the street at 70 miles an hour doesn't unnecessarily hurt anyone. For me, a responsible driver means keeping your complete concentration on the road, whatever it…
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O.J. Simpsons 1994 murder trial was one of the biggest broadcasted events in modern American history. On the one hand, it was a simple case of a man accused of murdering his ex-wife and another man alongside her, but because this was one of America's most beloved icons, and just…
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What's the most damage you've ever caused at a party? I don't want to sound like someone from the Rolling Stones, but I feel like I've managed to trash a fair few properties while in a drunken state over the years. I once woke up after a night of heavy…
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"Climate change" refers to a rise in the surface temperature of the Earth, primarily caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Human activities, such as agriculture, deforestation and burning fossil fuels, contribute to the proliferation of these gases. If we don't change our activity…
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Toward the end of last week and over the weekend, I'm sure that plenty of you got to sit around the table with your loved ones and enjoy a pretty good Thanksgiving evening. We talk about Black Friday and eating a ton of food, but spending time with people you…
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A restaurant out in Hawaii has been forced to close after a video of a rat being cooked on their grill went viral over the last week. Out in Mapunapuna, Hawaii, a branch of the Teddy's Biggest Burger franchise had to shutter its windows for the next few days for cleaning…
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I'm pretty sure that most people have at least one extreme sport on their bucket list, right? maybe you want to go hang-gliding, or rock climbing, or bungee jumping, but like me, your paranoid brain just can't help but imagine everything going horribly wrong. We're always assured though, over and over…
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Now that Thanksgiving's over, it's time to decorate your house, apartment and/or shack in the woods for Christmas. Maybe you'll keep it simple with a modest Charlie Brown tree and a wreath of holly. Or maybe you'll go all out, with a full Nativity scene in the front yard, a…
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Drama has unfolded on the U.S.-Mexico border this week as migrants traveled to protest officials to move faster with legal asylum requests. San Ysidro Port of Entry, supposedly the busiest of the border checkpoints, was closed to crossings on Sunday, Customs and Border Protection officials announced. As per the Indepdendent,…
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As soon as that Thanksgiving meal settles deep in our stomachs and the holiday season starts to enter its peak, our attention turns from delicious turkey and delicious meals, and more toward that washing machine in the basement which is definitely on its last legs. Thanksgiving is all well and…
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When you park your car on the street in the middle of the afternoon, you assume it will be safe. Someone might decide to smash your window and snatch your bag, which happened to me. (Hope you enjoyed that empty laptop bag, thief!) Or, somebody might accidentally bang into your…
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
