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The Royal Caribbean plans to send a ship carrying food, water and gas-powered generators to areas severely hit by Hurricane Dorian, the mightiest storm on record to hit the Bahamas. It was last weekend that the then Category 5 storm began blowing off roofs, flipping cars, and causing extreme flooding…
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Last Sunday, the mightiest storm on record to hit the Bahamas started blowing off roofs, flipping cars, and causing extreme flooding. Hurricane Dorian is, in fact, the second-strongest Atlantic hurricane since records began, with destructive winds of up to 165mph (270km/h). And now according to CNN, the category 2 hurricane…
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The US has been plagued by devastating mass shootings, which have prompted nationwide calls for harsher firearms laws. Per USA Today, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has been declared a "domestic terrorist organization" by officials in San Francisco after a shooting at a festival in Gilroy, California, left four people,…
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Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas. Now, a Floridian man has stepped in to help those affected, spending $50,000 on supplies and generators. According to CNN, the precise amount, $49,285.70, bought the man 100 generators and other household supplies, which are now being shipped to the affected area. [caption id="attachment_12550102" align="aligncenter"…
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Prosecutors have revealed that a 27-year-old Californian man has been arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, months after a video emerged of him allegedly rapping about killing a woman. Per CNN, The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office revealed that Robert Anthony Camou has been charged in the disappearance of…
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A boy left in a critical condition after being thrown from a Mall of America balcony has finally left hospital after five months. Identified only as Landen, the five-year-old, who almost lost his life in April, has recovered from the extensive injuries he received after he was pushed by a…
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The woman who was sexually assaulted by Brock Turner in 2015 - and whose 7000-word victim impact statement changed the way that we, as a society, think and speak about sexual crimes - has formally introduced herself to the world, ahead of the publication of her upcoming memoir. Chanel Miller,…
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A study has found that people with tattoos are more likely than those without tattoos to act "impulsively" and "recklessly", the Times reports. More than 1,000 people took part in the study, which was conducted by economists at Canada's McMaster University and published by the Journal of Economic Behavior and…
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A British teenager has reportedly been left clinically blind after spending years surviving off a diet of chips and crisps. The 17-year-old, who ate little else other than French fries, Pringles and white bread, developed severe malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies, which ultimately led to him losing his sight. According to…
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Recent headlines have been inundated by the devastating fires tearing through the Amazon rainforest. While the wildfires were, in part, the result of global warming, they were also influenced by the actions of the government, which has authorized deforestation and the contamination of water sources with pesticides. The latter of…
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A 38-year-old woman has been arrested by the police for attempting to impersonate her 21-year-old daughter during a traffic stop. Heather Garcia was driving a silver BMW when she was pulled over on Main Street in the town of Farmington in Utah after a Davis County police officer noticed that…
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On Sunday, the mightiest storm on record to hit the Bahamas started blowing off roofs, flipping cars, and causing extreme flooding. Hurricane Dorian is, in fact, the second-strongest Atlantic hurricane since records began, with destructive winds of up to 165mph (270km/h). The category 5 hurricane is set to spread to…
