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Last month marked the five-year anniversary of George Zimmerman's acquittal of a second-degree murder and manslaughter charge, after the 34-year-old shot and killed teenager Trayvon Martin in an incident that trapped the public consciousness for more than a year. Following Trayvon Martin's death in February of 2012, protests erupted all…
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Last month a disturbing video spread across the internet. CCTV footage from outside a cafe in central Paris showed a man hitting a woman, moments after catcalling her. 22-year-old Marie Laguerre was walking when she bumped into the offender and later explained that he insulted her, wagged his tongue and made…
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On Monday, Rick Davis, Sen. John McCain's former presidential campaign manager and a family spokesman, read the senator's farewell statement at a news conference at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. McCain died aged 81 after being diagnosed with brain cancer. In his statement, he thanks the people he has…
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Police in Jacksonville, Florida have identified the mass shooter who terrorised a video game tournament in a spree that was partially captured on livestream. 24-year-old David Katz killed himself and two others, and left 11 people injured in the shooting which took place at the Jacksonville Landing complex at around…
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Yesterday, on Saturday August 25th, Senator John McCain passed away surrounded by his family at the age of 81. The renowned Vietnam veteran and presidential candidate succumbed to an aggressive brain tumour just a day after announcing that he would be ceasing treatment for the condition. "My heart is broken,"…
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One of 2017's most heartwarming stories has recently become a lot more complicated. Towards the end of last year, Kate McClure's story went viral, after a homeless man helped her out of a dire situation. Stranded by the side of a road after her car broke down, she met Johnny…
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Have you ever seen something in life that made you do a double-take? Something that looked so weird and unusual that it made you question exactly what you were supposed to be looking at? Sometimes our eyes can play tricks on us and make it look like the impossible has…
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It may have seemed outlandish to some that in Breaking Bad, Gus Fring operated a drug empire from behind the doors of a family-friendly fast food restaurant - but this fiction wasn't too far from the truth. Earlier this month, authorities in Arizona discovered $1 million in various drugs during…
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It's perfectly normal for most people to play with dolls when they're kids (or with action-figures, if your masculinity is so fragile that you insist that they're totally different) but it isn't a hobby that most people carry on with in adulthood. A small child cradling a little plastic baby…
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According to authorities in suburban Philadelphia, a former Playboy model has been found strangled to death in her home. 36-year-old, Christina Carlin-Kraft was discovered in the bedroom of her condominium complex in Lower Merion, Penn. Law enforcement were called to the residence around 9:15pm on Wednesday for a welfare check,…
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On Wednesday, August 22nd, a father-of-four was arrested in a courtroom after leaping over barriers in order to punch a pedophile who had abused two of his daughters. Kevin Smith, a 45-year-old US navy veteran, has been held on misdemeanour charges of obstructing governmental or judicial administration, fourth-degree assault and disorderly conduct…
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What would you do if you found out that someone was breaking into your car, in the dead of night, right outside your house? I'm assuming most of us would either shout at them to scare them off and call the police. I think, however, that even in the most…
