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A teenager who was filmed hitting a cat while his friends laughed has been taken into custody. Footage of the incident started circulating Twitter earlier this week. It shows the 15-year-old approach the ginger cat, before he cruelly slaps it in the face. The cat then proceeds to jump off…
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On April 3, police were called to a home in Oxford on the grounds of severely injuring an animal. Callum Gerken was arrested on April 4, before being charged the following day for causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and sending malicious communications. Initially Gerken denied all charges, but…
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It is something I'm sure all working people have dreamt about; working less and having more money. It would be great to have the standard five-day working week reduced down to four - however, I'm sure most of us in the UK have just resigned ourselves to the fact that…
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Recently six American states - Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Georgia, Iowa, and North Dakota - passed so-called "heartbeat bills," forbidding abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, which typically occurs six weeks into a pregnancy. These reports sparked outrage because at that point the embryo is about the size of…
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When it comes to attendance at school, there are usually those who put the time in more than others. It depends on all sorts of things - from your general health to your social life to how strict your parents are when it comes to taking a day off sick.…
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Two Texas men lost their life on Friday by attempting to jump over an open drawbridge, local police forces have reported. Louisiana State Police reported that they responded to a single car crash shortly after two o'clock in the morning at the Black Bayou Bridge. Investigators say the bridge was…
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A new bill signed into law in Colorado means that its diabetic residents will no longer see prices of insulin rise any further. The problem is widespread across the US, as around one in four insulin users have reported they need to ration their medication to afford the rapidly increasing…
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Last week we heard the wonderful news that Taiwan's parliament legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in Asia to take this pivotal step. In 2017, the constitutional court ruled that these couples would have the right to marry, giving the government two years to pass these changes. The bills…
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When a bride-to-be found out that her fiancé had been cheating on her, she decided to expose him and his affair in as public a manner as possible - at their wedding. And, luckily for those of us who revel in other people's drama, the woman in question decided to…
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Theresa May has officially resigned from her role as the British Prime Minister as the murmurs of discontent over her handling of Brexit has brought discontent to fever pitch. The Prime Minister's job was hanging by a thread coming into this week, with prominent members of her Cabinet - including…
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A woman, who gave birth in a McDonald's car park, found the perfect way to celebrate: ordering a Quarter Pounder. The couple, who remain unidentified, drove into the car park at a McDonald's in Croydon, Melbourne's east, yesterday, where they unexpectedly welcomed a little bundle of joy. The birth, which…
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A man from Massachusetts claims that a mysterious intruder broke into his home while he was out, cleaned it immaculately, and then left. Nate Roman, who lives in a single-family home in Marlborough, originally thought that his family had been robbed, after he left for work the morning of May…
