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On April 12, a man senselessly threw a 5-year-old boy off the third floor balcony of the Mall of America, a popular tourist destination in Bloomington, Minnesota. The child, identified as Landen, fell forty feet and suffered several life-threatening injuries, including multiple broken bones and severe head trauma. For the…
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A North Carolina woman was arrested and spent around 12 hours in jail, after complaining about finding vomit on her daughter's plane seat, local news sources report. Rosetta Swinney, 53, was travelling with her teenage daughter on a Frontier Airlines from Las Vegas to California. When her flight was delayed…
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This puzzle is seriously confusing people on the internet right now. There are two possible answers, but you'll need an IQ of 130 or above to be able to find either of them. The thing is, a lot of us look at the puzzle and immediately assume that the answer…
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An ambulance has been pictured outside Meghan Markle's new Windsor home, sparking speculation that Baby Sussex’s arrival is imminent. A helicopter has also been snapped in the skies above Frogmore Cottage, prompting further excitement that the long-awaited royal baby could be on the way. Meghan is thought to have her…
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A 39-year-old woman from Uganda has 38 children - and is raising them as a single mother. Mariam Nabatanzi's husband reportedly abandoned her three years ago. Reuters reports that Mariam first gave birth - to twins - just a year after she was married off at the age of 12;…
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A university gym boss has been dismissed for sending a message implying that women who miss fitness classes should be "raped". Ross Brain sent the message in a WhatsApp group to his co-workers at Edinburgh University Sports and Exercise Club, discussing potential punishment for an unidentified woman who had skipped…
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A female customer at a McDonald's in Beijing was horrified to find that her order of chicken wings allegedly came with the feathers still very much attached. The woman, known only as Zhou, apparently ordered the wings to-go for her daughter, who shortly after noticed something off about the food.…
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The last few years have seen a huge shift towards female empowerment and equality in the workplace. Scrutiny which was long overdue has highlighted gender pay gaps, sexual harassment and the institutional objectification of women. In 2017, the news that millionaire movie producer Harvey Weinstein had abused his position of…
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The perpetrator of one of the worst hate crimes in history has been executed today, with the racially-motivated killer of a black man receiving the death penalty. John William King, 44, died by lethal injection in Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, after becoming one of three men to be convicted…
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has announced his intention to run for President of the United States in the 2020 US elections. In a speech announcing his intention to run for president, which was posted to his official YouTube channel, Biden stated: "The core values of this nation… our standing…
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Last year, US president Donald Trump took a break from golfing and live-tweeting Fox News to visit the United Kingdom. Hundreds of thousands of protesters greeted him in London, flying a vibrant, 20 foot tall blimp, depicting POTUS as a wailing, diaper-clad baby. An activist group raised more than $45K…
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A woman has shot her husband dead after discovering that he had added an adult movie channel to their television subscription, local news reports. Prosecutors say that Patricia Ann Hill, 69, "flew into a rage" once she discovered that her husband, Frank, had re-added an adult movie channel to their…
