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A dying mother with days left to live was taken to the beach in her hospital bed and gown so that she could watch the sun set for the last time. Carmen Leon de la Barra passed away after a battle with bowel cancer last week, but before she died, a…
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A heavily pregnant server working at a diner was taken aback by the kindness of a police officer, who left a generous message - and an even more generous tip - on her receipt. 23-year-old Courtney English is around seven months pregnant - expecting her first child on April 1.…
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Last week, on Valentine's Day, a group of inmates became unlikely heroes after freeing a baby from a locked car. The incident happened at the Pasco County courthouse, where a group of prisoners were on work release repairing parking meters. While they had been working, a father managed to shut his…
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As many as 28 students were taken to hospital on Valentine's Day after consuming a sizeable amount of holiday candy, police have confirmed. Cliff Jones, Academic Officer for Fulton County Schools Chief in Atlanta, Georgia, explained that 28 students at Sandtown Middle School started to feel "nauseated and disoriented" after eating snacks…
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A prominent bank has been forced to apologise after an employee threatened one of their vegan customers, reportedly telling them: "vegans should be punched." [caption id="attachment_12488741" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Credit: Getty[/caption] British bank Natwest offered a woman in Bristol around £200 in compensation, after she had an extremely unpleasant experience on…
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A vegan couple have been arrested after almost starving their newborn child to death by reportedly only feeding him a potato-based formula. Julia French, 20, and 31-year-old Robert Buskey were taken into custody in Titusville, Florida. Titusville police accused the couple of knowing their five-month-old son was malnourished, but doing…
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An 11-year-old boy, who apparently refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as an anti-racism protest, has been arrested by police. The young student, a sixth grader attending Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Florida has not yet been named. He was apparently arrested after getting into an altercation with…
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The New York Police Department is investigating allegations that a precinct commander threatened rapper 50 Cent. Deputy Inspector Emanuel Gonzalez is accused of allegedly telling officers to shoot the In Da Club star "on sight" during a police roll-call for a boxing match which the star was due to attend.…
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A college student was left outraged after she was told to stop wearing a sports bra in the gym because she would "distract" men. Kate, a junior at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, claims that she was "dehumanised" and "humiliated" by a male member of staff in early January as she went…
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In October 2017, reports in The New York Times and The New York Reporter exposed Harvey Weinstein as a serial rapist and abuser of women in Hollywood. Over the following months, more than 80 women came forward to accuse the film producer of inappropriate conduct of varying degrees, eventually leading…
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A man who was kidnapped as a baby and returned two years later discovered he was not his parents' son in an extraordinary turn of events 48 years after his abduction. Paul Fronczak grew up as Dora and Chester Fronczak's child - but everything changed when he was 10 years old…
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Last month, it was reported that Jussie Smollett, star of the hit TV show, Empire, had been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack at the hands of Donald Trump supporters. Now, it is apparently suspected that his story was a lie. According to Chicago police, it is believed…
