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Earlier this week, a Pennsylvania state lawmaker was lambasted online after she was caught on video describing early miscarriages as "just some mess on a napkin", FOX News has reported. State Rep. Wendy Ullman - a Democrat from Bucks County - made the visceral remark on Tuesday during a state House…
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has lavished praise on Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg, calling her "a leader of our time". The Academy-Award-winning actor is well-known for his own environmental campaigning, and he recently had the opportunity to meet with Thunberg in person. DiCaprio took to Instagram to share two…
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A new audit has found that Coca-Cola is the biggest polluter in the world. It was conducted by the global movement Break Free From Plastics, which obtained its findings from the work of 72,000 volunteers who combed beaches, waterways and streets for litter on a single day in September this…
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The Daily Show host Trevor Noah has asked Hilary Clinton how she assassinated billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein. In a segment that was clearly designed to lampoon the various conspiracy theories that have arisen on social media in the wake of Epstein's supposed suicide, Noah asked the blunt…
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A court in Barcelona has acquitted five men over the rape of a 14-year-old girl because she was unconscious, and therefore no "violence or intimidation" took place, resulting in a lesser charge of sexual abuse. CNN has reported how, under Spanish law, a sexual attack can only be classified as…
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Queensland police are investigating a Halloween Facebook hoax after a woman pretending to be a nurse provoked controversy on social media, after she claimed to have given children Halloween candy infected with chicken-pox. According to a post shared in a pro-vaccine Facebook group Light for Riley, a mom by the…
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Congresswoman Katie Porter has provoked controversy on social media this week, after she showed up to vote on a bill dressed as Batwoman for Halloween. On Thursday, October 31, the Democrat representative strode into the Capitol dressed as the DC Comics character. Her colorful outfit came complete with a mask,…
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A New Jersey woman is suing a country club for $30,000 after a waiter allegedly spilt wine on her expensive pink handbag, the New York Post reports. Maryana Beyder is claiming as part of the lawsuit obtained by northjersey.com that back in September of 2017, a waiter at the Alpine…
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The shocking moment a teenager was thrown to the ground in Iran because she wasn't wearing a hijab has been caught on camera. The girl was walking unveiled through Shahr-e-Rey, near the south of Tehran, when she was stopped by a male officer. She kept on walking as the officer…
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A Muslim woman was reportedly refused entry into a nightclub in Australia after she refused to remove her hijab when a bouncer told her to. Twenty-one-year-old Soaliha Iqbal was barred from entering the Paragon Hotel by a bouncer there, who reportedly withheld her ID before confronting her about the hijab.…
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Former Democrat President Barack Obama has criticised call-out culture and stated that he thinks young people can be overly judgemental, particularly on social media. In a speech made at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago on Tuesday, he also professed the opinion that the mounting political division in contemporary America…
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A drunk man has been jailed for trying to have sex with a pile of leaves in the car park of a Premier Inn, the Mirror reported. Michael Golsorkhi, from Hyde, Greater Manchester, was seen with his trousers down while he thrust his privates into the pile of leaves in…
