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A woman who was fired after a White House photographer captured her flipping off President Donald Trump's motorcade has won a local election in Virginia, CBS News reports. The viral photo, taken back in October of 2017, shows Julia Briskman riding her bike while making the rude gesture as a…
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Warning: Some people may find images in this article upsetting. A mother has shared pictures of the horrific injuries her son received after he was allegedly attacked by a "two-year-old child" at daycare. The incident, which took place in April of last year, left Jesse Harris IV with cuts, grazes,…
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Leaked footage shows the shocking moment an Israeli policewoman, who has since been fired, shot a Palestinian man in the back "for fun", the Guardian reports. The horrifying ordeal from over a year ago was recently released as a part of a video broadcast by Israel’s Channel 13 news agency.…
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Eleven thousand scientists in 153 countries have issued a stark warning about the climate crisis, declaring a global climate emergency, the Independent reports. They warn that "untold human suffering" is inevitable unless substantial changes are made to our way of life in terms of how it impacts the environment. The…
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Three innocent US women and six children have allegedly been slaughtered by a drug cartel while traveling to Mexico for a wedding, the New York Post has reported. The attack was a highway ambush in the Mexican border state of Sonora on Monday, November 4, in the town of Bavispe,…
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A recent graduate has provoked controversy after he attempted to sue the university he'd attended because he "didn't get the grade he deserved." Umer Riaz had his case dismissed by Cardiff County Court after he attempted to sue the University of South Wales after he didn't pass his final exams…
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Microsoft Japan has tested a four-day workweek and discovered that it has boosted employee productivity. The tech company recorded an almost 40 per cent increase in productivity after cutting working hours in a bid to promote a healthier work-life balance. The Work Life Choice Challenge initiative was started back in…
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An employee working for the airline company JetBlue has come under fire on social media after an image emerged on Twitter of them wearing an ''offensive'' Halloween costume A Twitter-used with the handle @nats248 posted an image of the employee on the social media platform on October 31. The image…
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A woman from Florida allegedly saved her husband and daughter from an intruder, after she used an AR-15 to gun down someone attempting a home invasion. Speaking to Bay News 9, Jeremy King described how his wife managed to fend off the attackers who brutally assaulted him after breaking into…
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A 71-year-old retired barber tragically lost his life after spending three weeks stuck inside a stairwell, an Australian inquest has heard. As reported by news.com.au, Bernard Gore, who had been making a shopping trip to Sydney’s enormous Westfield Bondi Junction mall with his family, went missing on January 6th, 2017,…
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A former US Navy Seal has alleged on a live Fox News segment that convicted the sex offender and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein did not die as a result of committing suicide. The incident occurred on Saturday, October 2, when Warrior Dog Foundation founder Mike Ritland was discussing the military dog…
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Earlier this week, a Pennsylvania state lawmaker was lambasted online after she was caught on video describing early miscarriages as "just some mess on a napkin", FOX News has reported. State Rep. Wendy Ullman - a Democrat from Bucks County - made the visceral remark on Tuesday during a state House…
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has lavished praise on Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg, calling her "a leader of our time". The Academy-Award-winning actor is well-known for his own environmental campaigning, and he recently had the opportunity to meet with Thunberg in person. DiCaprio took to Instagram to share two…
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A new audit has found that Coca-Cola is the biggest polluter in the world. It was conducted by the global movement Break Free From Plastics, which obtained its findings from the work of 72,000 volunteers who combed beaches, waterways and streets for litter on a single day in September this…
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The Daily Show host Trevor Noah has asked Hilary Clinton how she assassinated billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein. In a segment that was clearly designed to lampoon the various conspiracy theories that have arisen on social media in the wake of Epstein's supposed suicide, Noah asked the blunt…
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A court in Barcelona has acquitted five men over the rape of a 14-year-old girl because she was unconscious, and therefore no "violence or intimidation" took place, resulting in a lesser charge of sexual abuse. CNN has reported how, under Spanish law, a sexual attack can only be classified as…
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Queensland police are investigating a Halloween Facebook hoax after a woman pretending to be a nurse provoked controversy on social media, after she claimed to have given children Halloween candy infected with chicken-pox. According to a post shared in a pro-vaccine Facebook group Light for Riley, a mom by the…
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Congresswoman Katie Porter has provoked controversy on social media this week, after she showed up to vote on a bill dressed as Batwoman for Halloween. On Thursday, October 31, the Democrat representative strode into the Capitol dressed as the DC Comics character. Her colorful outfit came complete with a mask,…
