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Jamell Maurice Demons, best known as rapper YNW Melly, is facing the possibility of the death penalty for allegedly murdering two of his friends. On Monday, TMZ reported that Melly, a 19-year-old rising hip-hop star from Gifford, Florida, has been charged with two counts of first degree murder. The police…
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Senator Elizabeth Warren announced a plan today to cancel the student loan debt of tens of millions of American citizen. The proposal - which has made Warren the first major candidate in the presidential race to endorse a large-scale student debt forgiveness plan - would completely wipe out the debt…
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Denmark's wealthiest man, Anders Holch Povlsen, and his wife have lost three of their four children in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, a spokesperson for Povlsen confirmed today. While the representative declined to disclose any further details, Danish media have reported that the family had been vacationing in…
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Sri Lanka was devastated on Easter Sunday by bombings in three churches and four hotels. The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, subsequently lamented the violence, which affected many Christians attending mass to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. "I wish to express my heartfelt closeness to the Christian community…
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On Monday, April 15th, a fire tore through the iconic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, destroying a large portion of the 800-year-old structure. The city, and, indeed, much of the rest of the world, mourned the loss of the historic building, and France's president, Emmanuel Macron, vowed to have it…
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Today, Sunday April 21st, at least 207 people were killed and more than 500 were wounded when eight separate bomb blasts hit the Sri Lankan cities of Negombo, Batticaloa, and the country's capital, Colombo. Now, according to various reports, seven people have been arrested in connection with the attacks -…
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Over the past couple of centuries - and, more noticeably, in the past few decades - humankind has done a terrible job of looking after the planet. We've torn down rainforests, polluted oceans and rivers, generated tons of non-biodegradable waste, produced mass amounts of CO2, eradicated whole species of animals…
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A total of eight explosions have occurred in Sri Lanka today, killing at least 138 people and wounding 560. Half of the bombs went off during Easter services at churches in the cities of Negombo, Batticaloa, and the country's capital, Colombo, while the other half were targeting popular luxury hotels…
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A plane passenger has gone viral this week after she decided to wear 9lbs of clothing on a plane flight to avoid an overweight baggage fee. Natalie Wynn was stopped from boarding a Thomas Cook flight after a security officer told her that her bag was 4kg overweight. However, Natalie…
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A transgender man who attempted to take his own life has shared the hospital bill for $93,000 he received after treatment. Oliver Jordan, a 21-year-old who works as a legal assistant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, attempted suicide after struggling with his mental health in the summer of 2018. He spent one…
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We all like to celebrate the holidays in different ways. For some people, Easter is a time when people only indulge in traditional egg-themed forms of entertainment, like painting them, hunting them, eating them, and rolling them down hills. A lot of folks have forgotten the origins behind these practices,…
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A 9-year-old schoolgirl has been commended for her heartwarming display of kindness after making birthday boxes for classmates who couldn't afford parties. Back in 2017, a classmate told a third-grader Bella Smith, who attends Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary School in Kentucky, that his family couldn’t afford to throw a birthday party…
