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Kyle Rittenhouse has been found not guilty on all counts in his homicide trial, after four days of deliberations by the jury, BBC News reports. The 12-person jury consisted of seven women and five men. Rittenhouse's defense argued that the then-17-year-old had feared for his life last August. Prosecutors countered…
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Serena Williams is the latest in a string of athletes to profess her concerns over the safety of Chinese tennis player, Peng Shuai, BBC News has reported. On November 2, Shuai accused former Chinese Vice Premier, Zhang Gaoli, of sexually assaulting her. In a Weibo post that was deleted half…
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Emmanuel Macron changed one of the colors on the French flag over a year ago - and barely anyone noticed until now. The French president's administration quietly switched from Marian Blue to a darker navy on the tricolor back in July 2020. Per Sky News, nobody gave any explanation for…
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The girlfriend of one of the men who was fatally shot by Kyle Rittenhouse has said she has "a lot of sympathy" for the teenager, more than a year after the killing. Rittenhouse, now 18, fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and injured Gaige Grosskreutz on August 25, 2020,…
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Over the weekend, an 11-year-old girl became the only survivor of a tragic plane crash, ABC News reports. Her father died while wrapping his arms around her in an effort to protect his daughter. Laney Perdue had been flying with her father on a commuter plane when it crashed on…
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Kamala Harris will today make history as "acting president" as incumbent President Joe Biden briefly transfers power to the vice president so that he can undergo a "routine colonoscopy". As reported by the Seattle Times, the White House has confirmed that Biden, 78, will have the procedure at Walter Reed…
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A Chinese food live-streamer has been banned from a seafood grill buffet after binging on pork trotters and prawns. Known only as Mr. Kang, the man told Hunan TV that he couldn't help having a big appetite, and accused the Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet in Changsha of discriminating against him.…
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A Texas attorney has filed a lawsuit seeking $2 billion on behalf of more than 200 alleged victims who attended the Astroworld festival tragedy, TMZ reports. Ten people have now died and hundreds of others were injured during a mass crowd surge during Travis Scott's performance on the opening night of…
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If you're a keen stargazer, you're in for a treat this week. The longest lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years will be taking place - and yep, it's the longest since the reign of Henry VI! Per NASA, for three hours and 28 minutes, the sun, Earth, and moon will…
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A woman has been arrested after she was caught on security cameras throwing a bowl of spicy soup in a restaurant worker's face. KCEN-TV reports that on November 7, a customer angrily confronted Jannelle Broland - an employee at Sol De Jalisco, a Mexican restaurant Temple in Texas. The disgruntled…
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More than 125 people are suing Travis Scott for $750 million after the opening night of his Astroworld festival left 10 fans dead and hundreds injured. At the time of the November 5 tragedy, a section of the 50,000-strong crowd began rushing towards the stage during the 30-year-old rapper's performance.…
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A former staffer of the Trump administration said she was warned against playing Taylor Swift's music in the White House because the singer wasn't "a fan of Trump's." Olivia Troye, an advisor for former Vice President Mike Pence who served on the Coronavirus Task Force, said she went to her…
