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As president, Donald Trump has struggled to play the role of consoler-in-chief. After calling a pregnant widow, she said he couldn't remember her dead husband's name and "made her cry even worse." After Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico, he bashed the Mayor on Twitter and hurled paper towels at the…
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When you ask teachers why they do what they do, more often than not, they come back with a very similar answer. They speak of their love of imparting knowledge, of knowing that they've made a difference in a child's life, of being there for that magic lightbulb moment where it all clicks…
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Welcome to 2018, the year where literally everyone claims to be a time traveler. Since the turn of the year, there has been a notable rise in people telling us that they're from the future and giving us some scary predictions. First of all, there was the guy who claimed to…
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There's a dating site for everyone these days - and I mean everyone. Do sexy feet excite you? Time to hit up a foot fetish site. Feel like you're not up to scratch in the looks department? Ugly Schmucks is the one for you. Already dating someone else, but looking to…
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A local sheriff has revealed how an armed officer who was assigned to the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week, stood outside of the building while the shooting happened and did not intervene. Broward County Sheriff Scott Isreal confirmed that Deputy Scot Peterson has resigned…
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In recent history, medicine has progressed in leaps and bounds. In fact, in little over a hundred years, we've gone from being a species that performed haphazard operations without anaesthetic to an advanced race that has essentially eradicated many of the world's most deadly diseases. However, every now and then,…
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On the morning of January 13th this year, 42-year-old Kathleen Dawn West was found lying face down across the street from her house. She was partially clothed, had her cellphone next to her body, and a bottle of absinthe balanced on top of her. She had died of blunt force…
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Someone planning the murder of their parents to get to their riches is a familiar story. Not because it happens all the time, but because there are so many plays, novels and movies made about the subject. While it's a compelling story to follow in fiction, we don't expect that…
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Broadly speaking, care homes are pretty sombre places to be. They might liven up occasionally for bingo night or perhaps a visit from some school kids who are looking to give something back to the community, but - for the most part - life in a care facility is fairly…
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After surviving the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have as emerged passionate advocates for gun control. In powerful speeches, they've described their harrowing experience, criticized politicians for being puppets of NRA lobbyists, and condemned Congress for failing to take action after so…
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Since the infamous 2001 'anthrax attacks' in the United States, which killed five people, cases of hoax letters containing white powder have soared. Earlier this month we learned that Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr.'s wife, was evaluated in hospital after opening a letter containing white powder. The letter was addressed…
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Whenever the White House gets handed over from the Democrats to Republicans (or vice versa) after an election, there are always noticeable juxtapositions in the way that government is handled. Republicans tend to take a harder line on economic policies, for example, whereas Democrats often make waves in the realm…
