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The Trump International Hotel in Washington DC has increased its room prices to over three times their usual rate over the dates of president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Per a recent report by The Independent, the hotel - located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue - recently unblocked the dates after months of…
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has stated that the decision to legalize abortion should be made by women. Speaking to reporters on Thursday (December 31), 67-year-old President Lopez Obrador was asked whether or not Mexico should follow Argentina in legalizing abortion for women. In response, Lopez Obrador said that…
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A newly exonerated Philadelphia man has been awarded $9.8 million after he spent 28 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Per The Philadelphia Inquirer, the settlement is one of the largest ever in the city's history. In 1991, 21-year-old Chester Hollman III - a man with no…
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Mike Pence has been accused of leaving a "shameful" tip on a restaurant bill, after a tweet allegedly showing the meager amount was shared to Twitter, where it went viral. Remember the fly that landed on Mike Pence's headed during a debate? A Twitter user named Sachin Chheda shared a…
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An Australian sailor feared to be dead has spoken out about being found clinging onto a water beacon for three hours after his yacht. As reported by 9News, 64-year-old David Simpson was found two-and-a-half kilometers away from his vessel after getting into trouble off Queensland's Sunshine Coast towards the northern…
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A homeless man who selflessly returned a woman's lost wallet has had his kindness paid forward, as her granddaughter raised hundreds of dollars for him. Earlier this month, grandmother and northern California resident Evelyn Topper stopped at Kamson coffee shop in San Rafael to grab herself a chai soy latte…
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The National Park Service is investigating an incident that saw a park ranger use a Taser on a Native American man walking off-trail, The Washington Post reports. Darrell House was walking through the Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque on Sunday with his dog and sister when he walked off the…
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A man's romantic clifftop proposal went horrifically wrong after his fiancée fell 650ft off the cliff just moments after saying yes. As reported by German tabloid newspaper Bild, the unfortunate couple had trekked to the top of the mountain in Carinthia, Austria, where the man, 27, proposed to his 32-year-old…
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A father is demanding an apology from an impatient cyclist who deliberately knocked down his five-year-old daughter in Belgium. The incident took place on Christmas day when Patrick Mpasa was walking with his family at a nature reserve in Jalhay, in the east of the country, as reported by Nieuwsbald,…
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Dawn Wells has died at the age of 82 after suffering from health complications related to Covid-19. As reported by BBC News, the Gilligan's Island star passed away peacefully in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning (December 30), as confirmed by her publicist, Harlan Boll. [caption id="attachment_12630515" align="aligncenter" width="493"] Credit: PA…
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A Queensland guitar shop has come under fire for its "no masks permitted" sign as it bans "fragile" customers from entering the store amid the ongoing pandemic. Morayfield music shop Guitar Exchange received a barrage of negative reviews after pictures of the sign were posted across social media, prompting people…
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After standing for 141 years, Boston has removed a statue showing a formerly enslaved man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln. As reported by CNN, the Boston mayor's office confirmed the removal of the "Emancipation Group" statue, which had stood in Park Square since 1879. A spokeswoman for Mayor Marty Walsh…
